TABLE OF CONTENTS

1    Introduction
1.1    Scope
1.2    General Provisions

2    Organisation
2.1    Establishment, Title and Scope
2.2    General
2.3    JTC 1 Organisations
2.4    Workshops
2.5    Subcommittees (SC)
2.6    Working Group Organisations
2.7    Other Organisational Entities
 
3    Membership Categories and Obligations
3.1    Participating Membership
3.2    Observing Membership
3.3    Liaison Membership
3.4    Coordination   

4    Administration
4.1    Information Technology Task Force (ITTF) 
4.2    JTC 1 Administration   
4.3    Subcommittee Administration
4.4    Working Group Administration
4.5    Non-Permanent Organisational Entity Administration   
4.6    Responsibility For the Archiving of Documents   

5    Officers   
5.1    JTC 1 Chairman 
5.2    JTC 1 SWG Convenors
   
5.3    JTC 1 Rapporteurs
5.4    SC Chairmen
5.5    WG Convenors   
5.6    Non-Permanent Organisational Entity Officers
5.7    Project Editors

6    Programme of Work
   
6.1    Overall Programme of Work   
6.2    Additions to the Programme of Work   
6.3    Target Dates and Priorities   
6.4    Progress Control and Reporting   

7    Meetings

7.1    General
7.2    Meeting Schedule   
7.3    Hosting a Meeting 
7.4    Funding Mechanisms   
7.5    Calling and Cancelling Meetings   
7.6    Meeting Agenda
7.7    Participation At Meetings
7.8    Meeting Documents
7.9    Languages 
7.10    Meeting Resolutions and Reports
7.11    Electronic Meetings   

8    Document Types, Numbering and Distribution Requirements   
8.1    Document Types   
8.2    Rules for Numbering of JTC 1 Working Documents
8.3    Document Distribution   

9    Voting
9.1    General
9.2    Conciliation Panels 
9.3    Votes on NPs   
9.4    Votes on CDs/PDAMs/PDISPs/PDTRs
9.5    Combined Voting Procedure   
9.6    FDIS/DIS/FDAM/DAM/FDISP Approval Criteria
9.7    Votes on FDISs/FDAMs/FDISPs
9.8    Votes on Fast-track DISs
9.9    Discussion during ballot period
9.10    Votes on DTRs   
9.11    Votes on DCORs   

10    Special Considerations   
10.1    Health and Safety Considerations
10.2    Copyright   
10.3    Patents   
10.4    Formal Descriptions (FD) 
10.5    Application Portability 
10.6    Standard International (SI) Units

11    Appeals   
11.1    General
11.2    Appeal Against an SC Decision
11.3    Appeal Against a JTC 1 Decision   
11.4    Appeal Against a Decision of the TMB/SMBs   

12    Preparation and Adoption of International Standards - Normal Processing
12.1    Stages of Technical Work   
12.2    General   
12.3    Stage 0, Study Period Underway
12.4    Stage 1, NP under Consideration   
12.5    Stage 2, WD under Consideration
12.6    Stage 3, CD under Consideration   
12.7    Stage 4, FDIS under Consideration   
12.8    Stage 5, IS Publication   

13    Preparation and Adoption of International Standards - Fast-Track Processing   

14    Preparation and Adoption of International Standards - The PAS Transposition Process   
14.1    Concepts   
14.2    Applicability   
14.3    PAS Criteria
14.4    Procedures

15    Maintenance of International Standards   
15.1    Revision  
15.2    Withdrawal   
15.3    Periodic Review   
15.4    Correction of Defects   
15.5    Amendment   
15.6    Stabilised Standards   

16    Preparation and Adoption of Technical Reports   
16.1    General   
16.2    Types of Technical Reports   
16.3    Outline of Procedures   
16.4    Maintenance of Technical Reports   
16.5    Fast-Track Processing of Technical Reports  

17    International Standardised Profiles and Related Documents   
17.1    International Standardised Profiles (ISP)   
17.2    Taxonomy of Profiles   
17.3    ISP Preparation and Adoption   
17.4    Explanatory Reports   

18    Appointment and Operation of Registration Authorities   
18.1    Overview   
18.2    Types of Structures for Registration   
18.3    Need for Registration and Registration Authorities   
18.4    Standards and Publications   
18.5    JTC 1 Registration Authorities  

Annex A   Secretariat Resources and Operational Requirements   
A1    Resources of a Secretariat   
A2    Qualifications of a Secretary   

Annex B    JTC 1 Standards Development Stages
  
Annex C   JTC 1 Policy on Conformity Assessment   
C1    Role of JTC 1 in Conformity Assessment   
C2    Authority and Responsibility   
C3    Mutual Recognition   

Annex D    (Not used)   

Annex E   Registration Definitions and Guidelines for Procedure Standards   
E1    Definitions   
E2    Guidelines for Procedure Standards   

Annex F    (Not used)   

Annex G    Forms 

G1     N-Document Cover Page
G2
     N-Document Letter Ballot
G3
     New Work Item Proposal

February 2004
G4
     NP Letter Ballot
G5
     Defect Report
G6
     CD Cover Page
G7
     FCD Cover Page
G8
     CD/FCD Letter Ballot
G9
     FDIS Cover Page
G10
    FDIS Letter Ballot
G11    Explanatory Report
G12    FDAM Cover Page
G13    FDAM Letter Ballot
G14    DTR Letter Ballot
G15    FDISP Cover Page
G16    FDISP Letter Ballot<
G17    Fast-track DIS Cover Page
G18    DIS Letter Ballot
G19    DCOR Letter Ballot
G20    IS Cover Page
G21    Amendment Cover Page
G22    Technical Corrigendum Cover Page
G23    TR Cover Page
G24    ISP Cover Page
G25    JTC 1 or SC Business Plan

G26    RS Referencing Explanatory Report (RER) Template

G27      Approved RS Originator Organization (ARO) Template

Annex H    JTC 1 Policy on Electronic Document Distribution Using the World Wide Web   
H1    Scope   
H2    Medium   
H3    Virus Checking   
H4    Document Preparation and Distribution   
H5    Compression Utilities   
H6    Direct Electronic Distribution   
H7    Access Control to JTC 1 documents   

Annex I  JTC 1 Policy on Interoperability  

Annex J    Guidelines for API Standardization   
J1    Characteristics and Definition   
J2    Methods and Components for JTC 1 API Work   
J3    Considerations in Proposing API Standardization   

Annex K    Collaborative Procedures for ITU T and JTC 1 Co-operation  

Annex L  Rules for ISO/IEC JTC 1 Workshop Mode of Operation   
L1    Proposals to hold JTC 1 Workshops   
L2    Review of proposals   
L3    Announcement   
L4    Workshop information   
L5    Participation   
L6    Workshop procedures and management oversight   
L7    Workshop deliverables and publication   
L8    Review of IWAs  

Annex M  The Transposition of Publicly Available Specifications into International Standards - A Management Guide   
M1    Purpose and Scope of this Guide   
M2    Benefits of the international standardisation process   
M3    The JTC 1 Policy regarding Publicly Available Specifications   
M4    JTC 1's strategic orientation and its standards establishment processes   
M5    The PAS transposition process   
M6    PAS Criteria: Overview   
M7    Detailed PAS Criteria   

Annex N 

The Normative Referencing of Specifications other than International Standards in JTC 1 International Standards - Guidelines for JTC 1 SCs

N1      Purpose and scope of this Guide

N2      JTC 1 approach to referencing other specifications

N3      Terms for normative references to other specifications

N4 Principles for referencing of specifications

N5 Description of the process for JTC 1 Subcommittee use

N6 Evaluation of a proposed RS

N7 An Approved RS Originator Organization (ARO)

 
 
Annex O  Ballot Periods   



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