From rinehuls@access4.digex.net Tue Dec 17 21:33:00 1996 Received: from access4.digex.net (qlrhmEbBUV1EY@access4.digex.net [205.197.245.195]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id VAA12742 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 1996 21:32:56 +0100 Received: from localhost (rinehuls@localhost) by access4.digex.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id PAA28803 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 1996 15:32:51 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 15:32:51 -0500 (EST) From: "william c. rinehuls" To: sc22docs@dkuug.dk Subject: SC22 N2359 - Migration to new DIS procedures Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ______________________beginning of title page _________________________ ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N2359 January 1997 SUBJECT: Migration to New DIS Procedures SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 WORK ITEM: N/A STATUS: N/A CROSS REFERENCE: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: N/A ACTION: To SC22 Member Bodies, WG Conveners and HODs for information. Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat William C. Rinehuls 8457 Rushing Creek Court Springfield, VA 22153 USA Tel: +1 (703) 912-9680 Fax: +1 (703) 912-2973 email: rinehuls@access.digex.net __________________end of title page; beginning of text ________________ ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) TO: SC22 Working Group Conveners and National Bodies SUBJECT: Migration to new DIS procedures At the JTC 1 plenary meeting in Paris, JTC 1 approved a migration plan for implementation of the new JTC 1 DIS development process. The process is that same as we have previously discussed and the implementation dates are now firm, although they are more ambitious than I would have liked. The key date for implementation is 1 May 1997. Details are as follows: -- CDs: Projects at the CD stage can continue to use the current DIS procedures PROVIDED they receive the necessary substantial support for advancement to DIS stage prior to 1 May 1997, AND the DIS texts are received by ITTF before 1 September 1997. Projects not meeting this criteria will be processed according to the new DIS procedures, i.e., a four-month Final CD (FCD) will need to be circulated before advancement to the new two-month up-or-down Final DIS (FDIS). SCs are authorized to begin submission of FCDs as early as 1 January 1997 if they wish. -- DISs: All DISs and DAMs circulated prior to 1 May 1997 shall use the current procedures, i.e., four month DIS ballot followed by preparation of final text for publication. DISs that are disapproved will continue to be processed according to the current (old) procedures. After 1 September 1997, the new FDIS procedure will be used. Between 1 May and 1 September 1997, either DIS procedure may be used as appropriate. As we've previously discussed, no technical or editorial changes will be permitted to DIS texts and P-members will respond with a simple Yes, No, or Abstain. Only minor corrections will be permitted, e.g., misspellings and printing errors. We will have to produce the final text for the standard on the final CD ballot in SC22. Working groups will need to identify these "final CD" ballots. (It may be helpful to think of the new "final CD" as similar to the old DIS. In theory, there was only supposed to be a single DIS ballot and documents should not have been advanced to DIS stage unless they were complete and there was substantial agreement about their content. Nonetheless, there were times when a second DIS was necessary since the document did not have the consensus that the SC thought it had.) We will distribute the official revised procedures as soon as we receive them. Meanwhile, if you have any questions, please contact either Bill Rinehuls or myself. Robert H. Follett Chairman _____________________end of document SC22 N2359 _____________________