Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14
DOCUMENT #:
GSC14-PLEN-042
FOR:
Presentation
SOURCE:
ITU-TSB
AGENDA ITEM:
PLEN 13
CONTACT(S):
G. Ratta
Availability of reference standards for
standards development
ITU
Geneva, 13-16 July 2009
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Problem statement
Reference copies of Standards for
use by ITU and PSOs are becoming
more difficult to obtain, in particular
due to:
removal of withdrawn or superseded
standards from websites
use of 3rd parties to manage portfolio
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Quality assurance of references
Assure that consumer of Standard
can access all information identified
in that standard
Verify the existence, stability and
availability of the referenced document.
Verify the existence and relevance of
the referenced clause(s), if given.
ITU-T requires normative references to
be “qualified” before approval of its
Recommendations.
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ITU-T qualification of references
Requirements defined in Recommendation
ITU-T A.5
a justification shall be presented for normative
references to texts other than ITU Recs. or ISO
and IEC Stds.
only reference docs from qualified
organizations
information is to be available for study groups
when approving new / changed Recs.
Elements of Rec. ITU-T A.5 justification
Organization information
Referenced text identification
Recommendation-specific justification
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Challenges
Many SDOs have stopped making
superseded or withdrawn versions of
documents available to public (including
ITU-TSB QA team).
Several SDOs have contracted with third
parties to manage the distribution of their
Standards; ITU-TSB QA team has no
access (it will not pay).
IMPACT – QA is thwarted
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Shared challenge?
It would seem that other PSOs have
similar needs and challenges.
Therefore, it would seem that a common
solution would be useful:
to make reference copies, with restricted
distribution, available to ITU and PSOs during
development of a standard
to allow access by ITU and PSOs to superseded
or withdrawn versions of standards
Note – ITU-T makes all versions of its
Recs. approved since 1988 freely available
to the public
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Supplementary Slides
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Supplementary Slides
Qualification of referenced org.:
Objectives.
Organization: legal status and secretariat.
Membership.
Technical subject area.
IPR Policy.
Working methods/processes.
Document publication and maintenance
process.
Document change control process.
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