JT/02-0305 / IT/02-0535, Draft Minutes - May 16, 2002 JTC 1 TAG Meeting #52

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JT/02-0305
IT/02-0535

JTC 1 TAG, Accredited US Technical Advisory Group to ANSI,
National Body Member of ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information Technology
JTC 1 TAG Administrator, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
1250 Eye St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005
Telephone 202-737-8888; Fax 202-638-4922
Email: jtc1tag@itic.org

Date:	May 17, 2002
Reply to:	Jennifer T. Garner
Phone:	202-626-5737
Email:	jgarner@itic.org

Draft Minutes
JTC 1 Technical Advisory Group (JTC 1 TAG)
Meeting Number 52

Oracle Corporation
350 Oracle Parkway
Redwood Shores, California 94065
Telephone: (650) 633-8300
Fax: (650) 633-8399

Thursday, May 16, 2002

10:00 AM - 4:20 PM

1. Administrative

1.1 Call to Order

(D. Thewlis)

Mr. Thewlis, the JTC 1 TAG Chairman, called the meeting to order at 10:00 AM on Thursday, May 16, 2002.

1.2 Membership and Attendance

(J. Garner)

1.2.1 Introduction of Attendees and New Members

The meeting participants were introduced. The attendance list is available in Attachment 1.
The meeting host, Dr. Deutsch of Oracle, welcomed the JTC 1 TAG members.

1.2.2 Status of Members in Jeopardy for Failure to Attend Meetings

At the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting, it was determined that no members were in jeopardy for failure to attend meetings.
Voting members without representation at this meeting were:

EIA

Farance, Inc.

ICCP

Intel

Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will issue jeopardy letters to the representatives of the following organizations for failure to attend meetings: Farance, Inc. and ICCP.
Observer members without representation at this meeting were:

Boeing

CRC Enterprises

DDC-I

DISA

Sybase

Unisys

US Department of Energy (US DoE)

1.2.3 Status of Members in Jeopardy for Failure to Return Letter Ballots

At the February 2002 meeting, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator was instructed to track JTC 1 TAG member voting patterns for letter ballots closing in 1st Calendar Quarter 2002 (January 1 - March 31, 2002).
The report for 1st Calendar Quarter 2002 is detailed in JT/02-0200. Twenty JTC 1 TAG letter ballots (including three personnel ballot and not counting accelerated ballots) closed in the 1st Calendar Quarter 2002 (January 1 - March 31, 2002). Personnel ballots were only included in the calculations for members that responded to the personnel ballots. There were eighteen voting members of the JTC 1 TAG at the close of 1st Calendar Quarter 2002.
Based upon an analysis of JTC 1 TAG member responses (see Attachment 1) to letter ballots closing in the 1st Calendar Quarter 2002 (January 1 - March 31, 2002):

The following JTC 1 TAG member placed in jeopardy for failure to respond to at least 80% of the letter ballots closing in 4th Calendar Quarter 2001 (October 1 - December 31, 2001) responded to at least 80% of the ballots closing in 1st Calendar Quarter 2002 (January 1 - March 31, 2002) and the organization's membership has been returned to normal status:

Oracle

No members were placed in jeopardy for failure to respond to at least 80% of the ballots closing in 1st Quarter 2002.

Reference: JT/02-0200 (1st Q 2002 voting report)

1.2.4 Membership Report

Since the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting, the following change in organizational representation has occurred:

Mr. Philip Wennblom has been named the Intel additional alternate representative on the JTC 1 TAG (JT/02-0139).

Since the October 3-4, 2001 JTC 1 TAG meeting, the following change in organizational membership has occurred:

Hitachi has terminated voting membership on the JTC 1 TAG (JT/02-0117).

Total voting membership on the JTC 1 TAG is 18. Quorum is 10. Fourteen organizations with voting memberships were in attendance at this meeting. The attendance list for the May 16-17, 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting is available in Attachment 1.
Reference: JT/02-0117 (Hitachi), JT/02-0139 (Intel)

1.3 Approval of the Draft Minutes, February 18-19, 2002

(J. Garner)

The draft minutes of the February 18-19, 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting (JT/02-0129) were approved as presented at this meeting by unanimous consent (Silletti/Zajaczkowski).

Reference: JT/02-0129

1.3.1 Review of the Action Items, February 18-19, 2002

Ms. Garner reviewed the status of the action items from the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting. With the exception of the following, the action items were completed or overcome by events:
3. Mr. Mikoski (EIA) and Ms. Higginbottom (INCITS) agreed to work with Mr. Farance to discuss options for SC 25/WG 1. (Agenda Item 7.7, July 2001 minutes) - CARRYOVER
4. Upon receipt of the required documentation and notification of INCITS approval of the request to host the 2004 SC 24 Plenary, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator will forward the documentation to the JTC 1 TAG for approval. (Agenda Item 6.5, October 3-4, 2001 minutes and Agenda Item 6.6, February 2002 minutes) - CARRYOVER
21. The JTC 1 TAG Chairman will invite Dr. Tescher, the JTC 1 Liaison to IEC/TC 100, to serve as the JTC 1 TAG Liaison to the IEC TC 100 TAG and to provide status updates for consideration at JTC 1 TAG meetings. (Agenda Item 9.1.1, February 2002 minutes) - CARRYOVER

Reference: JT/02-0129 (Agenda Item 12)

1.4 Approval of the Draft Agenda, May 16-17, 2002

(J. Garner)

The second revised draft agenda (JT/02-0285) was approved as revised at this meeting by unanimous consent (Smith/Baronas).

Revisions to the agenda:

post JT/02-0288 to agenda item 4.3.1

post JT/02-0289 to agenda item 6.2 and rename as "For Action - Approval of the Foundation for Institutional Development Offer to Host the September 2002 SC 36 Plenary and WG Meetings"

post JT/02-0292 to agenda item 6.3

post JT/02-0265 to agenda item 6.4

add new agenda item "7.5 For Action - Notification of the INCITS Executive Board's Intent to Relinquish Financial Support for the SC 34 Secretariat" and post JT/02-0291

post JT/02-0290 to agenda item 8.5 and delete JT/02-0284

The final agenda for the May 16-17, 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting is available in Attachment 2.

Reference: JT/02-0285

2. Chairman's Remarks

(D. Thewlis)

On behalf of the JTC 1 TAG, Mr. Thewlis thanked Dr. Deutsch and Oracle for hosting this meeting of the JTC 1 TAG.

Mr. Thewlis announced Mr. Hill's recent appointment as JTC 1 TAG Vice Chairman.

2.1 Status of JTC 1 TAG Officers

2.1.1 JTC 1 TAG Vice Chairman

As reported in JT/02-0127, Mr. Hill has been appointed JTC 1 TAG Vice Chairman.
Reference: JT/02-0127 (follow-up for JTLB 2757)

2.1.2 JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee (JTFC) Chairman

As a result of the approval of the revised JTC 1 TAG/TD-1, Organization and Procedures, the JTC 1 TAG Chairman has appointment authority for JTC 1 TAG Subgroup officers. At this time, the office of JTFC Chairman remains vacant.

3. JTC 1 TAG Administrator's Report

(J. Garner)

Ms. Garner presented the JTC 1 TAG Administrator's report contained in JT/02-0218. An analysis of the issues considered by JTC 1 TAG letter ballots issued in 1st Q 2002 is detailed in the report.

Reference: JT/02-0218

3.1 JTC 1 TAG Financial Reports

3.1.1 2001 Results

Ms. Garner referred the committee to the following final 2001 financial reports:

JT/02-0182 - the 2001 results for the JTC 1 TAG program show that the JTC 1 TAG program realized a $125K surplus at the end of 2001

JT/02-0187 - as indicated in the final financial report for the 2001 JTC 1 Plenary hosted by the US National Body, the $31.8K surplus has been transferred to the general JTC 1 TAG reserve account in 2002

JT/02-0183 - details the 2001 results for the JTC 1 Reserve account at ITI and reports that $5.9K in investment income was realized in 2001

JT/02-0256 contains the 2001 audited results for the JTC 1 International Program

Reference: JT/02-0182 (2001 JTC 1 TAG program results), JT/02-0183 (2001 results - JTC 1 reserves at ITI), JT/02-0187 (2001 results - JTC 1 Plenary), JT/02-0256 (2001 results - consolidated JTC 1 Program)

3.1.2 1st Quarter 2002 Actuals and 2002 Projections

The list of 2002 JTC 1 TAG Administrator services was approved at the April 2001 JTC 1 TAG meeting ( JT/01-0241).
The results of 1st Quarter 2002 (JT/02-0262) were reviewed. The 2002 projections column shows the beginning reserves at approximately $241K. It was reported that the $31.8K surplus from the 2001 JTC 1 Plenary had been placed in the JTC 1 TAG reserves and therefore the $241K included the excess plenary funds. As noted in the 1st Quarter financial report, a $40K deficit in JTC 1 TAG income to fund the committee's assessment for the JTC 1 Secretariat is projected. The JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee agreed that this shortfall in income would be treated as an operational deficit to be covered by the JTC 1 TAG reserves.
Reference: JT/01-0241 (approved 2002 JTC 1 TAG Administrator services), JT/02-0262 (1st Q 2002 actuals and 2002 projections)

3.2 For Action - Approval of the 2003 JTC 1 TAG Administrator Services

(D. Thewlis)

Following the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator issued a call for changes to the list of proposed 2003 JTC 1 TAG Administrator services (JT/02-0157) as the JTC 1 TAG would approve the 2003 JTC 1 TAG Administrator Services at the May 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting so that the expectations could be used by ITI to develop the 2003 JTC 1 TAG budget. No contributions were submitted to propose changes to the services provided.

The JTC 1 TAG addressed the following motion:

(Michael/Baronas)
The JTC 1 TAG approves JT/02-0157 as the list of JTC 1 TAG Administrator Services for 2003. ITI will use this list in the development of the 2003 JTC 1 TAG budget.
Vote on the motion: unanimous consent
The motion passes.

Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will distribute the approved list of 2003 JTC 1 TAG Administrator services. ITI will use the approved list of JTC 1 TAG Administrator services in the development of the 2003 JTC 1 TAG budget.

Reference: JT/02-0157

4. JTC 1 TAG Subgroup and Rapporteur Reports

4.1 JTC 1 TAG Procedures Group - JTPG

(G. Kisor)

In the absence of the JTPG Chairman, Mr. Kisor, Mr. Thewlis reported that JTPG had not met since December 1997 due to lack of a Chairman. Most recently, the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Procedures addressed procedural issues relevant to the JTC 1 TAG program and drafted the approved revision of the JTC 1 TAG/TD-1,Organization and Procedures, under which the JTC 1 TAG was reaccredited in September 2001. At the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting it was announced that Mr. Kisor had been appointed JTPG Chairman.

A call for volunteers to serve on the JTC 1 TAG Procedures Group was issued following the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting (JT/02-0181). The current JTPG issues list is contained in JT/02-0180.

Reference: JT/02-0180 (JTPG issues list), JT/02-0181 (call for participants)

4.1.1 Status of the Revision of the JTC 1 Directives

The draft revision of the JTC 1 Directives (JTC 1 N 6746) has been distributed for review and National Body comment by July 15, 2002. JTC 1 TAG member comments have been requested by June 1, 2002 for consideration by JTPG in preparing the US comments. An updated list of major differences between the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 and the JTC 1 Directives (JTC 1 N 6747) has been issued for consideration during the review of JTC 1 N 6746. Preliminary comments submitted by the Japanese National Body are contained in JTC 1 N 6748.
Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will issue a reminder that comments on the draft revision of the JTC 1 Directives (JTC 1 N 6746) are due by June 1, 2002.
Upon close of the JTC 1 TAG comment period on June 1, JTPG will determine whether to conduct the review via email, teleconference or physical meeting. The comments developed by JTPG will be subject to JTC 1 TAG review and approval via letter ballot.
Reference: JTC 1 N 6746 (draft revision of JTC 1 Directives), JTC 1 N 6747 (updated major differences between ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 and JTC 1 procedures), JTC 1 N 6748 (Japanese contribution on JTC 1 N 6601)

4.2 JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee (JTFC)

(D. Thewlis)

Mr. Thewlis referred the JTC 1 TAG members to the draft minutes of the April 25, 2002 interim teleconference of the JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee (JT/02-0258). The teleconference was scheduled to determine the proposed 2003 JTC 1 TAG Administrator service fees.

Mr. Thewlis reviewed the JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee report to the May 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting (JT/02-0260). He reported that JTFC perceptions concerning the JTC 1 TAG financial picture for 2003 were as follows:

After the very substantial increase of JTC 1 TAG service fees for 2001, the JTC 1 TAG decided not to increase the fees for 2002.
As a result, the JTC 1 TAG budget for 2002 anticipated a $72K deficit.
Due to loss of membership in 2001 and 2002, JTFC now projects an additional reduction of income in 2002 of about $40K, which will result in a $118K deficit for 2002.
Since the deficit must be paid by the JTC 1 TAG reserves, the reserves will be drawn down at the end of 2002 to approximately $128K.
ITI policy requires the JTC 1 TAG to maintain a reserve of between 2 and 6 months operating expenses in a reserve account. This means that the reserves cannot fall below about $108K.
Therefore in 2003 the JTC 1 TAG cannot draw down its reserve further; it must have a balanced budget.
This means that the JTC 1 TAG income must match the JTC 1 expenses for 2003.
The Finance Committee established a "best guess" estimate of expenses for 2003 of $670K. This is the 2003 projected costs for the JTC 1 TAG Administrator and the JTC 1 Secretariat with a 5% increase to cover potential inflation. (Specifically the total cost for 2002 is estimated to be $637,583, of which $336,000 is the JTC 1 Secretariat expense and $301,583 is the JTC 1 TAG Administrator expense.)
The 2003 SDO assessments for funding the JTC 1 Secretariat will generate $241,500 in income for 2003.
This means that the remaining $428,500 must be met by the JTC 1 TAG members. [Note that 30% of this is the TAG's 30% burden to support the JTC 1 Secretariat.]
The JTC 1 TAG Administrator estimates that the 2003 income from JTC 1 TAG members will be $273K.
Assuming no changes in membership status for 2003 and no changes in SDO funding for 2003, this means that the JTC 1 TAG must provide an additional $155,500 in income over its anticipated $273K in revenue to meet the estimated $428,500 requirement.
With the same membership as 2002, this means a 60% increase in membership service fees.

The Finance Committee also noted that:

To address the projected gap between revenue and expenses, the JTC 1 TAG must increase its revenue (e.g.. by raising fees, adding new members, or other methods), decrease expenses, or use some combination of both to cover the estimated $155,500 shortfall.
The Finance Committee is satisfied that the JTC 1 TAG Administrator and JTC 1 Secretariat staff have done a prudent job of expense reduction and cost control over previous years, and does not see value in trying to revise the current expense structure to address the deficit.
Most particularly, since the amount of the deficit is such that any such expense reductions, even if realizable, would not have a substantial impact on the problem, the Finance Committee feels that such activities at this point would only serve to distract the JTC 1 TAG from the real problem
There are activities underway, such as those in the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Futures, which are due to be considered in 2002 and which could result in organization changes which would seriously impact the funding scheme, even though the basic functions must still be funded if the United States is to continue to participate internationally in JTC 1.

Therefore, the Finance Committee reports to the JTC 1 TAG that it will have a $155,500 deficit in revenue for 2003 which must be resolved in some fashion. JTC 1 TAG members and the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc Groups were invited to submit proposals for consideration at the August, 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting. If no other viable funding alternatives or solutions are proposed, the JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee is likely to recommend to the August 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting that a significant service fee increase must be instituted to meet the anticipated 2003 expense.

The JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee agreed that the morning of the first day of the August 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting should be converted to an open JTFC meeting where the 2003 JTC 1 TAG Administrator service fees would be discussed. Any proposals resulting from the July Finance Committee would be submitted for consideration at the special August session. If the JTC 1 TAG approves this proposal, the August 2002 JTC 1 TAG agenda will note that the JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee recommendation on 2003 service fees will be made just prior to the start of that JTC 1 TAG meeting.

The JTC 1 TAG accepted the JTFC proposal that the morning of the first day of the August 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting should be converted to an open JTFC meeting where the 2003 JTC 1 TAG Administrator service fees would be discussed.

Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will revise JTC 1 TAG meeting schedule for the remainder of 2002 to indicate that JTFC will hold a special session on the morning of August 5, 2002 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon and that the JTC 1 TAG meeting will begin at 1:00 PM on August 5.

Mr. Thewlis reported that a special meeting was held on April 9, 2002 to review the JTC 1 TAG financial reports with the following goals:

improve the clarity and transparency of the JTC 1 TAG Finance reports
develop materials for a "briefing kit" for new Finance Committee members

The specific changes to the financial reports resulting from this meeting are detailed in the JTFC report.

It was agreed that the JTFC teleconference scheduled for July 8, 2002 would be rescheduled for July 15, 2002 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM (east coast).

Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify the Intel sponsor that the JTFC teleconference has been rescheduled from July 8 to July 15 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM (east coast).

Reference: JT/02-0258 (draft minutes for April 2002 teleconference), JT/02-0260 (JTFC report)

4.3 JTC 1 TAG Conformity Assessment and Interoperability Rapporteur

(M. Hogan)

Mr. Hogan, the JTC 1 TAG Conformity Assessment and Interoperability Rapporteur, reported that he had been unable to focus on conformity assessment activities since the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting.

4.3.1 ANSI Conformity Assessment Strategy Group (R. Silletti)

Mr. Silletti gave a status report on the activities of the ANSI Conformity Assessment Strategy Group. The latest version of the ANSI conformity assessment principles developed by the group is contained in JT/02-0288. JTC 1 TAG members are invited to submit comments to Mr. Silletti for submission to the ANSI Conformity Assessment Strategy Group.
Reference: JT/02-0288

4.4 JTC 1 TAG IT Implementation Rapporteur

(F. Farance)

Mr. Farance, the JTC 1 TAG IT Implementation Rapporteur, was not present to give a report of the activities of the JTC 1 IIT-RG.

5. JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc Activities

5.1 JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Strategic Planning

(D. Michael)

At the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting, the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Strategic Planning was reconstituted to address issues under consideration by the JTC 1 Special Group on Future. Mr. Michael, Chairman of the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Strategic Planning, presented the ad hoc report to the May 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting (JT/02-0282).

The JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Strategic Planning was reconstituted to address subjects under consideration by the JTC 1 Special Group on Future. Mr. Michael agreed to continue as Chairman of the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Strategic Planning.

Reference: JT/02-0282 (ad hoc report)

5.1.1 Review of the March 4-7, 2002 Meeting of the JTC 1 Special Group on Future - Berlin, Germany

Mr. Michael referred the JTC 1 TAG to the US Head of Delegation report of the March 2002 meeting of the JTC 1 Special Group on Future contained in JT/02-0192. The resolutions of the March meeting are detailed in JTC N 6726.
Reference: JT/02-0192 (US HoD report), JTC N 6726 (resolutions)

5.1.2 Output Documents

The output documents from the March 2002 Berlin meeting of the Special Group on Future including the following:

JT/02-0219 - JTC 1 Long Term Business Plan

JT/02-0220 - JTC 1 Value Proposition

JTC 1 N 6728 - Reflections of the ISO and IEC CEOs on the Future of JTC 1

At the April 29-30, 2002 meeting of the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Strategic Planning, the US comments were drafted in response to the output documents and have been submitted for consideration at the June meeting of the Special Group on Future:

JT/02-0261 - US comments on the JTC 1 Value Proposition

JT/02-0280 - US comments on the JTC 1 Long Term Business Plan

Reference: JT/02-0219 (JTC 1 Long Term Business Plan), JT/02-0220 (JTC 1 Value Proposition), JT/02-0261 (US comments on JTC 1 Value Proposition), JT/02-0280 (US comments on JTC 1 Long Term Business Plan), JTC 1 N 6728 (reflections of the ISO and IEC CEOs)

5.1.3 For Action - Confirmation of the US National Body Vote to Approve the Establishment of a New JTC 1 Subcommittee for Biometrics and US Offer to Serve as Secretariat for the New SC (JTC 1 N 6738)

A 60-day JTC 1 ballot has been issued to determine JTC 1 National Body approval of the establishment of a new JTC 1 Subcommittee on Biometrics and the US offer to serve as Secretariat (JTC 1 N 6738). The 60-day ballot closes on June 3, 2002.
The JTC 1 TAG discussed the status of US efforts to make contact with other National Body members to discuss support for the US proposal on the establishment of a new JTC 1 Subcommittee on Biometrics. It was agreed that the US participants had been making more of a concerted lobbying effort on this issue than on anything else in recent memory.
Following substantial discussion, the JTC 1 TAG addressed the this motion:
(Hogan/Higginbottom)
The US National Body votes to APPROVE JTC 1 N 6738, Establishment of a New JTC 1 Subcommittee for Biometrics and US Offer to Serve as Secretariat for the New SC.
Vote on the motion: 14 - 0 - 0
The motion passes.
Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit the US National Body vote to APPROVE JTC 1 N 6738.
Reference: JTC 1 N 6738

5.1.4 For Information - Sun Microsystems's Perspective on ISO/IEC JTC 1 - Presentation to IEC PACT

Mr. Thewlis referred the JTC 1 TAG to Sun Microsystems's April 2002 presentation on Sun's perspective on JTC 1 to the IEC President's Advisory Committee on future Technology (PACT) as contained in JT/02-0281. Mr. Thewlis reported that the ANSI USNC staffer had forwarded the presentation to the JTC 1 Secretariat for information.
Extensive discussion ensued concerning the possible impact of the presentation on the US National Body's positions on the activities of the JTC 1 Special Group on Future. It was agreed that the US delegates to the June meeting of the Special Group on Future should be prepared to use possible questions concerning the differences of opinions expressed in the Sun presentation and US positions as an opportunity to remind the international community that while the US has several large producers with varying positions and interests which do not always agree on all issues, the US positions are the consensus positions of the US standards process and remains remain as stated. This reasoning will be reflected in the US delegates' instructions to the June meeting of the Special Group on Future.
Reference: JT/02-0281

5.1.5 For Action - Approval of US Delegation to the June 2002 Meeting of the JTC 1 Special Group on Future

At the April meeting of the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Strategic Planning, the following individuals volunteered to serve on the US delegation to the June 2002 meeting of the JTC 1 Special Group on Future:

Mr. Michael - Apple Computer and US Head of Delegation

Dr. Deutsch - Oracle

Ms. Higginbottom - Hewlett-Packard

Mr. Hill - Sun Microsystems

Mr. Thewlis - SHARE Inc.

The JTC 1 TAG addressed changes to the US delegation. Mr. Silletti (IBM) asked to be added to the delegation. Mr. Zajaczkowski asked that Mr. Ksar (Microsoft) be added to the delegation. As the meeting was being held in the US, Mr. Michael proposed adding Ms. Garner due to her active participation on the Strategic Planning Ad Hoc.
The JTC 1 TAG addressed the following motion:
(Silletti/Zajaczkowski)
The JTC 1 TAG approves the following US delegation to the June 2002 meeting of the JTC 1 Special Group on Future:

Mr. Michael - Apple Computer and US Head of Delegation

Dr. Deutsch - Oracle

Ms. Garner - ITI

Ms. Higginbottom - Hewlett-Packard

Mr. Hill - Sun Microsystems

Mr. Ksar - Microsoft

Mr. Silletti - IBM

Mr. Thewlis - SHARE Inc.

Vote on the motion: 10 - 0 - 4* (*Hewlett-Packard, INCITS, IEEE and Panasonic voted to abstain)
The motion passes.
Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit the list of US delegates to the June 2002 meeting of the JTC 1 Special Group on Future.
JT/02-0279 is the meeting notice and draft agenda for the June meeting of the JTC 1 Special Group on Future. Delegates were reminded to submit the registration form to the Special Group Secretariat at their earliest opportunity.
Reference: JT/02-0279 (meeting notice and draft agenda)

5.2 JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Futures

(R. Silletti)

At the October 3-4, 2001 JTC 1 TAG meeting, the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Futures was established to address Strategic Planning issues with respect to the JTC 1 TAG's future as required prior to the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting (see JT/01-0506 - agenda item 4.2).

Scope
Taking into account the anticipated future financial situation, the JTC TAG established the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Futures to report back in time for consideration at the August 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting with the following scope:

cost of global standards creation

gain agreement and publish the value/justification of the international work and JTC 1 as a main distribution channel

identification of additional technical work

improvement of relations with our JTC 1 Subgroup TAG holding members

The ad hoc was chartered to address strategic issues needed to provide long term stability for the JTC 1 TAG program. Mr. Silletti (IBM) was named Chairman of the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Futures.

Mr. Silletti presented the report of the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Futures (JT/02-0283). The ad hoc met March 12-13 and April 10-12, 2002 in Washington, DC. At the March meeting, it was determined that the topic of consolidation with INCITS was the preferred option. The April meeting, a work plan for the consolidation proposal was developed and topic masters were appointed to draft text for their portions of the consolidation proposal (JT/02-0242). First drafts of the topics for the consolidation proposal are due to the ad hoc chairman by June 6, 2002 for consideration at the June 13-14, 2002 meeting of the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Futures.

Mr. Silletti reported that the ad hoc teleconference originally scheduled for July 10 has been canceled and converted into a July 11-12 physical meeting at NIST. The INCITS Ad Hoc on Merger participants and TC Chairmen will be invited to attend.

The JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Futures was reconstituted at the May JTC 1 TAG meeting and will submit a report for consideration at the August 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting.

Reference: JT/02-0242 (work plan for consolidation proposal), JT/02-0283 (ad hoc report)

6. Hosting of JTC 1/SC Plenary Meetings

(J. Garner)

6.1 Review of the Seven-Year JTC 1/SC Plenary Hosting Calendar

Ms. Garner referred the JTC 1 TAG to the Seven-Year JTC 1 and JTC 1/SC Plenary Hosting Calendar as reflected in JT/02-0250. This calendar is used as a planning tool for the JTC 1 TAG and the JTC 1 TAG Administrator.

JT/02-0027 documents the JTC 1 TAG procedures for hosting international meetings.

Reference: JT/02-0027 (JTC 1 TAG hosting procedures), JT/02-0250 (7-year hosting calendar)

6.2 For Action - Approval of the Foundation for Institutional Development Offer to Host the September 2002 SC 36 Plenary and WG Meetings

In preparation for the January 2001 JTC 1 TAG meeting, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator reviewed JTC 1 Subcommittee web sites to update the 7-year calendar. The SC 36 web sites showed the US National Body as the tentative host of the September 2002 SC 36 Plenary.

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator contacted Dr. Pritchard, the IEEE TAG Administrator, concerning US hosting requirements, the approval process associated with hosting an SC Plenary meeting and to request that the IEEE/SC 36 TAG submit the required documentation for subsequent consideration by the JTC 1 TAG. JT/00-0685 is the transmittal of hosting requirements to the IEEE/SC 36 TAG Administrator. Dr. Pritchard had responded (JT/01-0269) that he had the hosting information but believed that the meeting was too far in the future for consideration at this time. At the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting, Dr. Pritchard reported that the hosting documentation would be submitted in the near future.

After reviewing the Foundation for Institutional Development offer to host the September 2002 SC 36 Plenary and WG meetings (JT/02-0289), the JTC 1 TAG addressed the following motion:

(Baronas/Silletti)
The JTC 1 TAG approves the Foundation for Institutional Development offer (JT/02-0289) to host the September 2002 SC 36 Plenary and WG meetings.
Vote on this motion: unanimous consent
The motion passes.

Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify ANSI of the US offer to host the September 2002 SC 36 Plenary and WG meetings.

Reference: JT/00-0685 (transmittal of US hosting requirements to IEEE/SC 36 TAG Admin.), JT/01-0269 (IEEE TAG Admin.'s response), JT/02-0289 (FDI offer to host)

6.3 For Action - Approval of the IDEAlliance Offer to Host the 2002 SC 34 Plenary and WG Meetings

In preparation for the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator reviewed JTC 1 Subcommittee web sites to update the 7-year calendar. The resolutions from the December 2001 SC 34 Plenary (SC 34 N 286) showed the US National Body as the host of the December 2002 SC 34 Plenary and WG meetings.

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator contacted the INCITS/V1 Chairmen concerning US hosting requirements, the approval process associated with hosting an SC Plenary meeting and to request that INCITS/V1 submit the required documentation for subsequent consideration by INCITS and the JTC 1 TAG.

After reviewing the IDEAlliance offer to host the December 2002 SC 34 Plenary and WG meetings (JT/02-0230) and the notification of the INCTS Executive Board's approval of the offer (JT/02-0292), the JTC 1 TAG addressed the following motion:

(Baronas/Higginbottom)
The JTC 1 TAG approves the IDEAlliance offer (JT/02-0230) to host the December 2002 SC 34 Plenary and WG meetings.
Vote on this motion: unanimous consent
The motion passes.

Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify ANSI of the US offer to host the December 2002 SC 34 Plenary and WG meetings.

Reference: JT/02-0042 (transmittal of US hosting requirements to INCITS/V1 Chairman), JT/02-0230 (IDEAlliance offer to host), JT/02-0292 (INCITS approval of offer to host)

6.4 For Action - Approval of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Offer to Host the 2003 SC 32 Plenary and WG Meetings

In preparation for the January 2001 JTC 1 TAG meeting, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator reviewed JTC 1 Subcommittee web sites to update the 7-year calendar. The SC 32 web sites showed the US National Body as the tentative host of the 2003 SC 32 Plenary.

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator contacted the DISA SC 32/WG 1 TAG Administrator and the INCITS/H2 and L8 Chairmen, concerning US hosting requirements, the approval process associated with hosting an SC Plenary meeting and to request that the SC 32 TAG submit the required documentation for subsequent consideration by INCITS and the JTC 1 TAG. JT/00-0684 is the transmittal of hosting requirements to the SC 32 TAG.

Due to the high level of concern expressed at the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator was instructed to contact all SC 32 TAG elements concerning the US hosting of the 2003 SC 32 Plenary (JT/02-0156). The SC 32 TAG was notified that in the absence of having required documentation for approval at May 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting, the US would explicitly decline hosting this meeting. I

After reviewing the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory offer to host the 2003 SC 32 Plenary and WG meetings (JT/02-0203) and the notification of the INCTS Executive Board's approval of the offer (JT/02-0265), the JTC 1 TAG addressed the following motion:

(Smith/Zajaczkowski)
The JTC 1 TAG approves the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory offer (JT/02-0203) to host the 2003 SC 32 Plenary and WG meetings.
Vote on this motion: unanimous consent
The motion passes.

Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify ANSI of the US offer to host the 2003 SC 32 Plenary and WG meetings.

Reference: JT/00-0684 (transmittal of US hosting requirements to INCITS/H2 and L8, and DISA/SC 32/WG 1 TAG Admin.), JT/02-0156 (correspondence with SC 32 TAG regarding hosting), JT/02-0203 (LBL offer to host), JT/02-0265 (INCITS approval of offer to host)

6.5 SC 24 Plenary - 2004

In preparation for the October 3-4, 2001 JTC 1 TAG meeting, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator reviewed JTC 1 Subcommittee web sites to update the 7-year calendar. The SC 24 resolutions of the June 2001 SC 24 Plenary showed the US National Body as the tentative host of the 2004 SC 24 Plenary.

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator contacted the INCITS/H3 Chairman concerning US hosting requirements, the approval process associated with hosting an SC Plenary meeting and to request that INCITS/H3 submit the required documentation for subsequent consideration by INCITS and the JTC 1 TAG. JT/01-0457 is the transmittal of hosting requirements to the INCITS/H3 Chairman.

Action Item: Upon receipt of the required documentation and notification of INCITS approval of the request to host the 2004 SC 24 Plenary, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator will forward the documentation to the JTC 1 TAG for approval.

Reference: JT/01-0457 (transmittal of US hosting requirements to INCITS/H3 Chairman)

7. Status of US Held Secretariats, Chairmen and JTC 1/SC and WG TAGs

(J. Hill)

7.1 Status of the SC 11 Chairman

The second call for volunteers to serve as the US candidate for SC 11 Chairman closed without response on March 7, 2002. Mr. Steinbrenner's term as acting SC 11 Chairman expires following the May 2002 SC 11 Plenary being held this week.

As reported in JT/02-0162, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator has notified ANSI that the US is unable to identify a US candidate to serve as the JTC 1/SC 11 Chairman.

Reference: JT/02-0162 (notification of USNB failure to identify a candidate)

7.2 Status of the SC 34 Chairman

The term of the current SC 34 Chairman, Dr. James Mason, will expire following the December 2002 SC 34 Plenary. In order to be prepared to put forth a US candidate prior to the 2002 SC 34 Plenary, a call for volunteers to serve as the US candidate for SC 34 Chairman has been issued to the members of INCITS/V1 and will close on June 1, 2002 (JT/02-0168).

Ms. Higginbottom, Chairman of the INCITS Executive Board, reported that earlier this week, the INCITS Executive Board had agreed to discontinue funding the SC 34 Secretariat.

Reference: JT/02-0168 (call for volunteers)

7.3 Status of SC 7/WG 4 and SC 7/WG 19 TAGs and TAG Administrators

JT/01-0578 details notification of IEEE's relinquishment of SC 7/WG 4 and WG 19 TAGs and TAG Administrator responsibilities. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator requested that ANSI post a call for volunteers to serve as the SC 7/WG 4 and WG 19 TAGs and TAG Administrators (JT/01-0579) and notified the JTC 1 TAG community of the impending vacancy (JT/01-0580). The call for volunteers was posted in the February 22, 2002 issue of ANSI Standards Action and closed on April 23, 2002 (JT/02-0105).

At the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting, Dr. Pritchard, the IEEE/SC 7 TAG Administrator, asserted that SC 7/WG 19 was merely the result of international reorganization within SC 7, and that the existing MoU between IEEE and INCITS for SC 7 WG TAGs already covered WG 19, so the call was not required as INCITS already held this TAG assignment.

As reported in JT/02-0223, the INCITS Secretariat concurred with the IEEE TAG Administrator. The INCITS Secretariat has contacted the IEEE/SC 7 TAG Administrator to provide any necessary assistance he may require to complete the revision of the MoU between IEEE and INCITS for the SC 7 WG TAGs (JT/02-0224). IEEE and the INCITS Executive Board will review and approve the MoU. No further action is required by the JTC 1 TAG.

Reference: JT/01-0578 (relinquishment of IEEE/SC 7/WG 4 and WG 19 TAGs and TAG Admin. responsibilities), JT/01-0579 (request for call in ANSI Standards Action), JT/01-0580 (notification to JTC 1 TAG), JT/02-0105 (notification of Standards Action publication date), JT/02-0223 (status of SC 7/WG 19 TAG and TAG Admin.), JT/02-0224 (correspondence with IEEE/SC 7 TAG Admin. regarding MoU)

7.4 Status of SC 36 TAG and TAG Administrator

JT/02-0136 details notification of IEEE's relinquishment of SC 36 TAG and TAG Administrator responsibilities effective December 31, 2002. ANSI was asked to post a call for volunteers to serve as the SC 36 TAG and TAG Administrators (JT/02-0137). The US community was notified of the impending vacancy (JT/02-0138). The call for volunteers was posted in the March 29, 2002 issue of ANSI Standards Action and will close on May 28, 2002 (JT/02-0251).

The IEEE/SC 36 TAG had approached the INCITS Executive Board seeking an offer from INCITS to assume SC 36 TAG administration responsibility. At the INCITS Executive Board meeting earlier this week, the committee had agreed to volunteer to assume SC 36 TAG Administrator responsibilities. Upon close of the call in Standards Action, the IEEE/SC 36 TAG and INCITS TAG Administrators will develop a transition plan. Approval of the transfer of the SC 36 TAG assignment and SC 36 TAG Administrator responsibilities will be posted for action at the August 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting.

Reference: JT/02-0136 (relinquishment of IEEE/SC 36 TAG and TAG Admin. responsibilities), JT/02-0137 (request for call in ANSI Standards Action), JT/02-0138 (notification to JTC 1 TAG), JT/02-0251 (notification of Standards Action publication date)

7.5 For Action - Notification of the INCITS Executive Board's Intent to Relinquish Financial Support for the SC 34 Secretariat

At INCITS Executive Board meeting earlier this week, the following motion was approved (JT/02-0291):

The INCITS Executive Board notifies the JTC 1 TAG of their intent to relinquish financial support of the SC 34 Secretariat.

Significant discussion ensued. The JTC 1 TAG agreed to the following course of action:

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator was instructed to request that a 60-day call for candidates to serve as SC 34 Secretariat be posted in ANSI Standards Action.
The status of the SC 34 Secretariat will be posted for action at the August 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting. The committee will be asked to approve either a new candidate's offer to serve as SC 34 Secretariat or a recommendation to the ANSI International Committee that the US National Body relinquish the SC 34 Secretariat.

Ms. Higginbottom reported that the INCITS Executive Board understood that the time required to issue a call to identify a replacement candidate for SC 34 Secretariat or approve US relinquishment of the Secretariat would in reality lengthen the one year financial liability.

Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will request that a 60-day call for candidates to serve as SC 34 Secretariat to be posted in ANSI Standards Action.

Reference: JT/02-0291

8. New Business

8.1 For Action - Determination of US National Body Votes on the Systematic Review of International Standards Assigned to JTC 1

(J. Hill)

Mr. Hill referred the JTC 1 TAG to the transmittal of the list of International Standards assigned to JTC 1 undergoing systematic review (JT/02-0143). As noted in the transmittal, the JTC 1 TAG approved preliminary responses for most of the standards at the July 2001 JTC 1 TAG meeting. Two standards were not on the list addressed in July 2001:

IEC 821:1991, IEC 821 VMEBus - Microprocessor system for 1 byte to 4 byte data
IEC 823:1990, Microprocessor system bus (VMEBus) - Serial sub-system bus of the IEC 821 Bus (VMEBus)

Members were requested to submit comments on the proposed responses by April 5, 2002 for consideration at this meeting. No comments were received.

The standards have been organized into the following groupings:

standards to be confirmed
standards to be withdrawn
standards not included in the 2002 preliminary list provided in 2001

It was agreed to address the standards in their groupings.

Following discussion, the JTC 1 TAG addressed a motion addressing the standards to be confirmed:

(Jameson/Baronas)
The JTC 1 TAG accepts the recommendation in JT/02-0143 for the standards to be confirmed.
The US National Body response for the following International Standards undergoing systematic review will be to CONFIRM:

ISO/IEC 2382-14:1997, Information technology - Vocabulary - Part 14: Reliability, maintainability and availability

ISO/IEC 2382-25:1992, Information technology - Vocabulary - Part 25: Local area network

ISO/IEC 2382-31:1997, Information processing systems - Vocabulary - Part 31: Artificial intelligence - Machine learning

ISO 4062:1977, Data equipment - Symbols

ISO/IEC 7498-3:1997, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Basic Reference Model: Naming and addressing - Part 3

ISO/IEC 8823-2:1997, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Connection-oriented presentation protocol: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma - Part 2

ISO/IEC 10164-4:1992, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Systems Management: Alarm reporting function - Part 4

ISO/IEC 10164-7:1992, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Systems Management: Security alarm report function - Part 7

ISO/IEC 10165-2:1992, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Structure of management information: Definition of management information - Part 2

ISO/IEC 10165-4:1992, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Structure of management information - Part 4: Guidelines for the definition of managed objects

ISO/IEC 10165-6:1997, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Structure of management information: Requirements and guidelines for implementation conformance statement proformas associated with OSI management - Part 6

ISO/IEC 10181-4:1997, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Security frameworks for open systems: Non-repudiation framework - Part 4

ISO/IEC 11586-5:1997, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Generic upper layers security: Security Exchange Service Element (SESE) Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma - Part 5

ISO/IEC 11586-6:1997, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Generic upper layers security: Protecting transfer syntax Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma - Part 6

The US responses to the periodic review questions for these standards are as follows:
Questions to be answered in the periodical review of International Standards
Please reply to each of the following questions, for each ISO/IEC standard (taking into account any related amendments, addenda and corrigenda).
Question 1
Are you in favour of

Confirmation of the International Standard for a further period of five years?

Revision of the International Standard? If YES, please give reasons.

Withdrawal of the International Standard? If YES, please give reasons.

Yes, the U.S. National Body votes to CONFIRM the International Standard.
Question 2
If the voting results show a need to revise the standard, are you prepared to participate in the development of the project?
NO
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Question 3
Has this ISO standard been implemented as a national standard or is it used per se by your national industry?
NO, this standard has not been adopted as an American National Standard.
(Exception: ISO/IEC 2382-25:1992, Information technology - Vocabulary - Part 25: Local area networkshave been adopted as an American National Standard.)
Question 4
If the response to question 3 is affirmative, is the standard implemented or used without change?
N/A
(Exception: ANSI/ISO/IEC 2382-25:1992 [1999], Information technology - Vocabulary - Part 25: Local area networks, has been implemented without change.)
In case of modifications, please identify the changes on a separate sheet.
N/A
Question 5 (optional)
Please indicate the number of the corresponding national standard:
This standard has not been nationally adopted in the US
(Exception: ANSI/ISO/IEC 2382-25:1992 [1999], Information technology - Vocabulary - Part 25: Local area network)
Vote on this motion: unanimous consent
The motion passes.

Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit the US votes to COMFIRM the standards identified for confirmation in JT/02-0143.

Following discussion, the JTC 1 TAG addressed a motion addressing the standards to be withdrawn:

(Jameson/Pritchard)
The JTC 1 TAG accepts the recommendation in JT/02-0143 for the standards to be withdrawn.
The US National Body response for the following International Standards undergoing systematic review will be to WITHDRAW:

ISO/IEC 8571-5:1990, Information processing systems - Open Systems Interconnection - File Transfer, Access and Management - Part 5: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement Proforma

ISO/IEC 8613-14:1997, Information technology - Open Document Architecture (ODA) and interchange format: Temporal relationships and non-linear structures - Part 14

ISO/IEC 9040:1997, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Virtual Terminal Basic Class Service

ISO/IEC 9041-1:1997, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Virtual Terminal Basic Class Protocol - Part 1: Specification

ISO/IEC 9041-2:1997, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Virtual Terminal Basic Class Protocol - Part 2: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma

ISO/IEC 10164-16:1997, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Systems Management: Management knowledge management function - Part 16

ISO/IEC 10164-18:1997, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Systems Management: Software management function - Part 18

ISO/IEC 10168-1:1997, Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance test suite for the session protocol - Part 1: Test suite structure and test purposes

ISO/IEC ISP 11186-4:1997, Information technology - International Standardized Profiles FVT3nn - Virtual Terminal Basic Class - Register of attribute assignment type definitions - Part 4: FVT322 - Font Assignment Type No. 2

ISO/IEC ISP 12071-1:1997, Information technology - International Standardized Profile FCG-nn - Computer Graphics Metafile interchange format - Part 1: FCG11 - Basic Scientific and Technical graphics (BST)

ISO/IEC ISP 12071-2:1997, Information technology - International Standardized Profile FCG-nn - Computer Graphics Metafile interchange format - Part 2: FCG23 - Advanced Scientific and Technical graphics (AST)

ISO/IEC ISP 12071-3:1997, Information technology - International Standardized Profile FCG-nn - Computer Graphics Metafile interchange format - Part 3: FCG32 - Basic Presentation and Visualization - Model Profile

ISO/IEC ISP 12071-4:1997, Information technology - International Standardized Profile FCG-nn - Computer Graphics Metafile interchange format - Part 4: FCG33 - Advanced Presentation and Visualization (APV)

ISO/IEC ISP 15121-1:1997, Information technology - International Standardized Profile AOD1n - Interactive Manipulation of ODA Documents - Part 1: AOD11 - DTAM/Read Only

ISO/IEC ISP 15121-2:1997, Information technology - International Standardized Profile AOD1n - Interactive Manipulation of ODA Documents - Part 2: AOD12 - DTAM/Insert

ISO/IEC ISP 15121-3:1997, Information technology - International Standardized Profile AOD1n - Interactive Manipulation of ODA Documents - Part 3: AOD13 - DTAM/Manipulation

The US responses to the periodic review questions for these standards are as follows:
Questions to be answered in the periodical review of International Standards
Please reply to each of the following questions, for each ISO/IEC standard (taking into account any related amendments, addenda and corrigenda).
Question 1
Are you in favour of

confirmation of the International Standard for a further period of five years?

revision of the International Standard? If YES, please give reasons.

withdrawal of the International Standard? If YES, please give reasons.

Yes, the U.S. National Body votes to WITHDRAW the International Standard for lack of market relevance.
Question 2
If the voting results show a need to revise the standard, are you prepared to participate in the development of the project?
NO
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Question 3
Has this ISO standard been implemented as a national standard or is it used per se by your national industry?
NO
Question 4
If the response to question 3 is affirmative, is the standard implemented or used without change?
N/A
In case of modifications, please identify the changes on a separate sheet.
N/A
Question 5 (optional)
N/A
Vote on this motion: unanimous consent
The motion passes.

Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit the US votes to WITHDRAW the standards identified for withdrawal in JT/02-0143.

The JTC 1 TAG discussed the standards not included in the 2002 preliminary list provided in 2001:

IEC 821:1991, IEC 821 VMEBus - Microprocessor system for 1 byte to 4 byte data
IEC 823:1990, Microprocessor system bus (VMEBus) - Serial sub-system bus of the IEC 821 Bus (VMEBus)

Dr. Pritchard believed that these standards were transferred to SC 25, not to JTC 1, when SC 26 was disbanded and that the list of standards under the responsibility of JTC 1 was in error.

The committee sentiment indicated support for votes to confirm, rather than withdraw, these two standards.

Following discussion, the JTC 1 TAG addressed a motion addressing the standards not included in the 2002 preliminary list provided in 2001:

(Jameson/Pritchard)
The US National Body response for the following International Standards undergoing systematic review will be to CONFIRM:

IEC 821:1991, IEC 821 VMEBus - Microprocessor system for 1 byte to 4 byte data

IEC 823:1990, Microprocessor system bus (VMEbus) - Serial sub-system bus of the IEC 821 Bus (VMEbus)

The US responses to the periodic review questions for these standards are as follows:
Questions to be answered in the periodical review of International Standards
Please reply to each of the following questions, for each ISO/IEC standard (taking into account any related amendments, addenda and corrigenda).
Question 1
Are you in favour of

confirmation of the International Standard for a further period of five years?

revision of the International Standard? If YES, please give reasons.

withdrawal of the International Standard? If YES, please give reasons.

Yes, the U.S. National Body votes to CONFIRM the International Standard.
Question 2
If the voting results show a need to revise the standard, are you prepared to participate in the development of the project?
NO
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Question 3
Has this ISO standard been implemented as a national standard or is it used per se by your national industry?
YES
Question 4
If the response to question 3 is affirmative, is the standard implemented or used without change?
YES
In case of modifications, please identify the changes on a separate sheet.
N/A
Question 5 (optional)
N/A
Vote on this motion: unanimous consent
The motion passes.

Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit the US votes to CONFIRM the standards identified in JT/02-0143 as not included in the 2002 preliminary list provided in 2001.

Action Item: Dr. Pritchard volunteered to work with the SC 25/WG 4 TAG to determine the proper placement of the following standards: IEC 821 and IEC 823.

Reference: JT/02-0143 (transmittal and proposed US responses)

8.2 For Action - Determination of US National Body Votes on the Systematic Review of International Standards Assigned to SC 7

(J. Hill)

Mr. Hill referred the JTC 1 TAG to the transmittal of the list of International Standards assigned to SC 7 undergoing systematic review (JT/02-0076). As noted in the transmittal, the SC 7 TAG was requested to provide recommended US responses by May 30, 2002 for JTC 1 TAG consideration. The IEEE/SC 7 TAG Administrator has responded (JT/02-0263) that the SC 7 TAG is unable to provide recommendations on the two standards for the following reasons:

ISO 3535:1977, Forms design sheet and layout chart

ISO/IEC 14568:1997, Information technology - DXL: Diagram eXchange Language for tree-structured charts

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator confirmed that ISO/IEC 14568 is not listed in the program of work for INCITS/T3, the other organization with an SC 7 WG TAG assignment.

After additional discussion, the JTC 1 TAG addressed the following motion:

(Jameson/Brown)
The US National Body response for the following International Standard undergoing systematic review will be to CONFIRM:

ISO/IEC 14568:1997, Information technology - DXL: Diagram eXchange Language for tree-structured charts

The US responses to the periodic review questions for these standards are as follows:
Questions to be answered in the periodical review of International Standards
Please reply to each of the following questions, for each ISO/IEC standard (taking into account any related amendments, addenda and corrigenda).
Question 1
Are you in favour of

confirmation of the International Standard for a further period of five years?

revision of the International Standard? If YES, please give reasons.

withdrawal of the International Standard? If YES, please give reasons.

Yes, the U.S. National Body votes to CONFIRM the International Standard.
Question 2
If the voting results show a need to revise the standard, are you prepared to participate in the development of the project?
NO
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Question 3
Has this ISO standard been implemented as a national standard or is it used per se by your national industry?
unknown
Question 4
If the response to question 3 is affirmative, is the standard implemented or used without change?
N/A
In case of modifications, please identify the changes on a separate sheet.
N/A
Question 5 (optional)
N/A
Vote on this motion: 12 - 0 - 2* (*IEEE and NIST voted to abstain)
The motion passes.

Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit the US votes to CONFIRM ISO/IEC 14568.

The JTC 1 TAG addressed the following motion:

(Thewlis/______)

The US National Body response for the following International Standard undergoing systematic review will be to WITHDRAW:

ISO 3535:1977, Forms design sheet and layout chart

The US responses to the periodic review questions for these standards are as follows:

Questions to be answered in the periodical review of International Standards
Please reply to each of the following questions, for each ISO/IEC standard (taking into account any related amendments, addenda and corrigenda).
Question 1
Are you in favour of

confirmation of the International Standard for a further period of five years?

revision of the International Standard? If YES, please give reasons.

withdrawal of the International Standard? If YES, please give reasons.

Yes, the U.S. National Body votes to WITHRAW the International Standard for lack of market relevance.
Question 2
If the voting results show a need to revise the standard, are you prepared to participate in the development of the project?
NO
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Question 3
Has this ISO standard been implemented as a national standard or is it used per se by your national industry?
NO
Question 4
If the response to question 3 is affirmative, is the standard implemented or used without change?
N/A
In case of modifications, please identify the changes on a separate sheet.
N/A
Question 5 (optional)
N/A

The motion fails for lack of second. No other motions were made to address the systematic review of ISO 3535.

Action Item: A US National Body vote will not be submitted for the systematic review of ISO 3535.

Reference: JT/02-0076 (transmittal), JT/02-0263 (IEEE/SC 7 TAG Admin. response)

8.3 For Action - Determination of US National Body Position/Comments in Response to JTC 1 N 6732 - SC 17 New Work Item Proposal - SC 17 N 2094 - Personal Identification - Machine-assisted identity confirmation - Logical Data Structure (LDS) for identification documents and cards

(J. Hill)

JTC 1 N 6732 is the transmittal of SC 17 N 2094 - SC 17 New Work Item Proposal - SC 17 N 2094 - Personal Identification - Machine-assisted identity confirmation - Logical Data Structure (LDS) for identification documents and cards, undergoing SC 17 NP ballot and JTC 1 TAG National Body review. The ballot closes on June 27, 2002.

JTC 1 TAG members were provided a 15-day comment period to submit concerns on the NP ballot. The following contributions were submitted in response to JTC 1 N 6732:

Sony (JT/02-0204)

INCITS/B10 Chairman (JT/02-0205)

Sun Microsystems (JT/02-0206)

JT/02-0206

NIST (JT/02-0207)

Mr. Hogan reported that he had recently learned that the new SC 17/WG 11 on Biometrics will be working on this new NP rather than WG 3, as would be inferred from the NP submission (JTC 1 N 6732) and the B10 Chairman's correspondence (JT/02-0205). Mr. Hogan further observed that the NP ballot closes on the third day of the SC 17/WG 11 meeting called to review the NP.

Following additional discussion, the JTC 1 TAG agreed that no US comments would be submitted in response to JTC 1 N 6732.

Reference: JTC 1 N 6732 (proposed NP), JT/02-0204 (Sony), JT/02-0205 (J. Naujokas - INCITS/B10 Chairman), JT/02-0206 (Sun Microsystems), JT/02-0207 (NIST)

8.4 For Possible Action - UCC Contribution Regarding the SC 31 TAG Motion to Leave Application Standards to Other More Appropriately Charged ISO TCs

(S. Brown)

Mr. Brown reviewed the UCC contribution regarding a recent SC 31 TAG motion to leave application standards to other more appropriately chartered ISO TCs (JT/02-0259). The JTC 1 Value Proposition, based upon a US contribution, seems to philosophically contradict the SC 31 TAG's motion. Mr. Brown reported that despite the fact that the SC 31 TAG approved the motion as a contribution to SC 31, it was not presented at the SC 31 plenary held last week.

Following additional discussion, the JTC 1 TAG supported Mr. Brown's concerns with the recent SC 31 TAG decision.

Action Item: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit correspondence to SC 31 TAG Administrator noting past US contributions/positions counter to the recent SC 31 TAG position and will request that should the SC 31 TAG decide to submit this position to SC 31, it be submitted for JTC 1 TAG consideration prior to its formal submission to SC 31.

Reference: JT/02-0259 (UCC contribution)

8.5 For Action - USNC Request for Comments on SMB/2270/DC - Views of the French National Committee on the Relationship between ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 25 and Components Committees (IEC TCs 46, 48, SC 86A)

(J. Hill)

Mr. Hill referred the JTC 1 TAG to the USNC request for comments on IEC SMB/2270/DC - Views of the French National Committee on the Relationship between ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 25 and Components Committees (IEC TCs 46, 48, SC 86A). The French National Committee has recommended that the IEC Standardization Management Board request that SC 25 publish project IS 11801 as soon as possible without any reference to the PAS 61076-3-104 (submitted by the IEC SC 48B US Committee to the PAS procedure) and without including any indications in the standard or in the annex to this interface, as long as the lawsuit on the patent and rights has not been solved.

Comments are due to the USNC by May 24, 2002. It was noted that the SC 25 TAG had also been afforded the opportunity by the USNC to submit comments on this matter.

The JTC 1 TAG agreed that it did not have sufficient time or information to develop a position and would not submit comments on this matter.

Reference: JT/02-0290

9. Other Business

9.1 Report on ANSI International Forum (AIF) Activities

(D. Thewlis)

The report of the September 2001 AIF meeting is contained in JT/02-0208.

Mr. Thewlis attended the April 10, 2002 meeting of the ANSI International Forum (AIF) on behalf of the JTC 1 TAG. He referred the JTC 1 TAG to the agenda for the April meeting (JT/02-0209). Of particular interest to the JTC 1 TAG, ANSI has begun development of ANSI guidance documents for US/TAGs and ANSI delegates to ISO meetings. The current version of the Guide for U.S. Delegates to IEC and ISO Meetings is available on at the ANSI Online web site at http://www.ansi.org/public/library/intl_act/default.htm. In addition to this general guidance, some ANSI members have recommended that ANSI staff develop special guidance papers on specific issues, including but not limited to:

Important and/or misunderstood clauses of the ISO/IEC Directives;
Correct interpretations and implementation of the ISO/CEN Vienna Agreement and its implementation guidelines;
The ANSI concerns and proposals regarding global relevancy and regional influence in ISO standardization;
The ANSI paper on normative referencing of non-ISO standards;
The ANSI paper on statements in the forewords of ISO standards recognizing the standards that contributed to the development of the ISO standards;
U.S. success stories in ISO standardization; and
Important contact names and contact information.

AIF members have been invited to suggest additional topics.

Action Item: JTC 1 TAG members are invited to submit additions to the list of proposed topics for the development of guidance materials for US TAGs and US delegates to international meetings. Contributions are due to the JTC 1 TAG Administrator not later than July 15, 2002 so that a consolidated JTC 1 TAG contribution can be developed for AIF consideration.

The next AIF meeting is scheduled to be held September 17, 2002 in the Washington, DC area.

Reference: JT/02-0208 (report of September 2001 meeting), JT/02-0209 (agenda for April 2002 meeting)

9.2 Report of the JTC 1 TAG Liaison to the ISO/TC 154 TAG

(J. Smith)

Mr. Smith, the JTC 1 TAG Liaison to the ISO/TC 154 TAG, agreed to submit a written report on the activities of ISO/TC 154 and the corresponding US TAG.

9.3 ANSI International Committee (IC) Activities

(D. Thewlis)

The draft agenda for the May 22, 2002 meeting of the ANSI International Committee (IC) is detailed in JT/02-0274. The meeting will be held in Washington, DC. At the May IC meeting, Mr. Thewlis will report on the April 2002 ISO Council and IEC Council Board decisions on the ANSI/USNC proposed resolution advocating consulting with and relying on JTC 1 regarding the future directions for ICT standardization in ISO and IEC. As a result of this report, the IC may consider that additional actions are appropriate.

Reference: JT/02-0274 (agenda for May 2002 IC meeting)

9.3.1 ISO Council Activities

JTC 1 N 6589, the resolutions from the September 2001 ISO Council meeting, were addressed at the 2001 JTC 1 Plenary in Hawaii.
The summary report of actions from the April 2002 ISO Council meeting is contained in JT/02-0273.
Council Resolution 5/2002
Council,
recognizing the importance of and the continuing need for international Information Technology standardization,
commends ISO/IEC JTC 1 for the important work it has accomplished over the years and reaffirms its commitment to maximizing JTC 1's contribution to international standardization;
in order to help ensure the continued effectiveness of JTC 1, asks JTC 1, subject to the same request being made on the IEC side:

to review its current programme of work and confirm the market relevance of its standards and projects;

to review its Business Plan, focusing on strategic initiatives and areas for future development;

demonstrate commitment and support on the part of the ICT industry regarding the current and future direction of JTC 1;

to respond to the paper developed by the ISO and IEC Secretaries General entitled "Reflections and Recommendations on the Future of ISO/IEC JTC 1";

to complete this activity and report the results following the JTC 1 Plenary meeting in October 2002, but no later than the end of 2002;

in recognition of the fact that additional information is needed before meaningful decisions can be made, defers any decision until the report is received at the end of 2002, noting that IEC has taken the same decision,
asks Mark Hurwitz to work with JTC 1 and monitor its efforts to ensure progress and completion of the required actions by the end of 2002.

Reference: JTC 1 N 6589 (resolutions from September 2001 ISO Council meeting), JT/02-0273 (summary report of actions from April 2002 ISO Council meeting)

9.3.2 ISO Technical Management Board (TMB) Activities

Mr. Thewlis referred the JTC 1 TAG to the resolutions from the September 2001 ISO/TMB meeting (JTC 1 N 6590) and the report of the April 2002 TMB meeting (JT02-0264).
Reference: JTC 1 N 6590 (resolutions from September 2001 ISO/TMB meeting), JT02-0264 (report of April 2002 ISO/TMB meeting)

9.4 USNC Activities

(E. Mikoski)

Mr. Mikoski, the JTC 1 TAG Liaison to the USNC was not in attendance at the May 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting. JTC 1 TAG members were referred to the minutes of the January 2002 USNC/TMC meeting (JT/02-0216), the agenda for the March 2002 USNC Council meeting (JT/02-0211) and the agenda for the May 2002 USNC/TMC meeting (JT/02-0275).

Reference: JT/02-0211 (agenda for March 2002 USNC Council meeting), JT/02-0216 (minutes of January 2002 USNC/TMC meeting), JT/02-0275 (agenda for May 2002 USNC/TMC meeting)

9.4.1 IEC Council Activities

JT/02-0212 contains the confirmed report of the IEC Council meeting.
Reference: JT/02-0212 (confirmed report of October 2001 IEC Council meeting)

9.4.2 IEC Committee of Action/Standardization Management Board Activities

It was noted that the IEC Committee of Action (CA) was now called the Standardization Management Board (SMB). The list of decisions taken at the October 2001 CA meeting are contained in JT/02-0213, the agenda for the February 2002 SMB meeting is detailed in JT/02-0214 and the decisions taken at the February 2002 meeting are contained in JT/02-0215.
Reference: JT/02-0213 (decisions taken at October 2001 IEC/CA meeting), JT/02-0214 (agenda for February 2002 IEC/SMB meeting), JT/02-0215 (decisions taken at February 2002 IEC/SMB meeting)

9.5 ITU Activities

(R. Richards)

At the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting, Mr. Richards volunteered to see if the US Department of Defense representative to the ITU could send the ITU TSAG minutes to the JTC 1 TAG Administrator for distribution to this committee. We have been unable to identify a route to receive and redistribute the ITU TSAG minutes.

Mr. Thewlis reported that this agenda would not be carried on future JTC 1 TAG agendas.

Reference: JT/01-0447 (access to ITU documentation)

10. Future Meetings

(D. Thewlis)

10.1 Next Meeting - NIST - August 5-6, 2002 in Gaithersburg, Maryland

The next JTC 1 TAG meeting is scheduled to be held August 5-6, 2002. Mr. Thewlis noted that an open meeting of the JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee would be held from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon on August 5, 2002 to discuss the 2003 JTC 1 TAG service fees. The JTC 1 TAG meeting would start at 1:00 PM on August 5.

The JTC 1 TAG accepted the NIST offer (JT/01-0588 ) to host this meeting in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The logistics for the August 2002 meeting will be distributed when they have been provided by the host.

Reference: JT/01-0588 (NIST offer to host)

10.2 JTC 1 TAG Meeting Schedule for the Remainder of 2002

JT/02-0177 contains the meeting schedule revised following the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting.

The meeting schedule for the remainder of 2002 was revised to the following:

August 5-6, 2002 - Host: NIST - Gaithersburg, MD	JTC 1 TAG Meeting (co-located with the INCITS meeting scheduled for August 7-9, 2002) - NOTE: The meeting will start at 1:00 PM on August 5. The JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee is holding a special open meeting the from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon on August 5 to discuss the 2003 service fees.
October 9-10, 2002** - Host: ANSI - New York, NY	US delegation meeting/caucus in preparation for November 2002 JTC 1 Plenary (attendance is mandatory only for the members of the US delegation)
October 21-25, 2002 - Sophia Antipolis, France	JTC 1 Plenary
November 18-19, 2002 - Host: Sun Microsystems - Scottsdale, AZ at resort suites	JTC 1 TAG Meeting (week after INCITS meeting)

Action Item: The revised 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting schedule will be distributed.

Mr. Thewlis reported that it was the officers' intent to present a preliminary 2003 JTC 1 TAG meeting schedule at the August 2002 meeting. It was acknowledged that a possible merger with INCITS could change the meeting schedule. JTC 1 TAG members were encouraged to think about hosting a meeting in 2003 and to inform the JTC 1 TAG Administrator prior to August. It was noted that whether or not a merger occurred, three of the four meetings each year occurred co-scheduled and co-located with INCITS meetings, so a meeting offer should consider a 5-day duration.

Reference: JT/02-0177

11. Review of Action Items

(J. Garner)

It was agreed that the JTC 1 TAG Administrator would make the following list of action items from the May 16-17, 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting available on the JTC 1 TAG web site:

Mr. Mikoski (EIA) and Ms. Higginbottom (INCITS) agreed to work with Mr. Farance to discuss options for SC 25/WG 1. (Agenda Item 7.7, July 2001 minutes)

Upon receipt of the required documentation and notification of INCITS approval of the request to host the 2004 SC 24 Plenary, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator will forward the documentation to the JTC 1 TAG for approval. (Agenda Item 6.5, October 3-4, 2001 minutes, Agenda Item 6.6, February 2002 minutes and Agenda Item 6.5, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Chairman will invite Dr. Tescher, the JTC 1 Liaison to IEC/TC 100, to serve as the JTC 1 TAG Liaison to the IEC TC 100 TAG and to provide status updates for consideration at JTC 1 TAG meetings. (Agenda Item 9.1.1, February 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will issue jeopardy letters to the representatives of the following organizations for failure to attend meetings: Farance, Inc. and ICCP. (Agenda Item 1.2.2, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will distribute the approved list of 2003 JTC 1 TAG Administrator services. ITI will use the approved list of JTC 1 TAG Administrator services in the development of the 2003 JTC 1 TAG budget. (Agenda Item 3.2, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will issue a reminder that comments on the draft revision of the JTC 1 Directives (JTC 1 N 6746) are due by June 1, 2002. (Agenda Item 4.1.1, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will revise JTC 1 TAG meeting schedule for the remainder of 2002 to indicate that JTFC will hold a special session on the morning of August 5, 2002 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon and that the JTC 1 TAG meeting will begin at 1:00 PM on August 5. (Agenda Item 4.2, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify the Intel sponsor that the JTFC teleconference has been rescheduled from July 8 to July 15 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM (east coast). (Agenda Item 4.2, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit the US National Body vote to APPROVE JTC 1 N 6738. (Agenda Item 5.1.3, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit the list of US delegates to the June 2002 meeting of the JTC 1 Special Group on Future. (Agenda Item 5.1.5, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify ANSI of the US offer to host the September 2002 SC 36 Plenary and WG meetings. (Agenda Item 6.2, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify ANSI of the US offer to host the December 2002 SC 34 Plenary and WG meetings. (Agenda Item 6.3, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify ANSI of the US offer to host the 2003 SC 32 Plenary and WG meetings. (Agenda Item 6.4, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will request that a 60-day call for candidates to serve as SC 34 Secretariat to be posted in ANSI Standards Action. (Agenda Item 7.5, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit the US votes to COMFIRM the standards identified for confirmation in JT/02-0143. (Agenda Item 8.1, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit the US votes to WITHDRAW the standards identified for withdrawal in JT/02-0143. (Agenda Item 8.1, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit the US votes to CONFIRM the standards identified in JT/02-0143 as not included in the 2002 preliminary list provided in 2001. (Agenda Item 8.1, May 2002 minutes)

Dr. Pritchard volunteered to work with the SC 25/WG 4 TAG to determine the proper placement of the following standards: IEC 821 and IEC 823. (Agenda Item 8.1, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit the US votes to CONFIRM ISO/IEC 14568. (Agenda Item 8.2, May 2002 minutes)

A US National Body vote will not be submitted for the systematic review of ISO 3535. (Agenda Item 8.2, May 2002 minutes)

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit correspondence to SC 31 TAG Administrator noting past US contributions/positions counter to the recent SC 31 TAG position and will request that should the SC 31 TAG decide to submit this position to SC 31, it be submitted for JTC 1 TAG consideration prior to its formal submission to SC 31. (Agenda Item 8.4, May 2002 minutes)

JTC 1 TAG members are invited to submit additions to the list of proposed topics for the development of guidance materials for US TAGs and US delegates to international meetings. Contributions are due to the JTC 1 TAG Administrator not later than July 15, 2002 so that a consolidated JTC 1 TAG contribution can be developed for AIF consideration. (Agenda Item 9.1, May 2002 minutes)

The revised 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting schedule will be distributed. (Agenda Item 10.2, May 2002 minutes)

12. Adjournment

The May 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent (Silletti/Zajaczkowski) at 4:20 PM on Friday, May 17, 2002.

Attachment 1 - Attendance List for the May 16, 2002 JTC 1 TAG Meeting

Organization	Representative	Committee Status
Apple Computer	Dave Michael Wanda Cox	P A
Hewlett-Packard	Karen Higginbottom Steve Mills Scott Jameson	P A A#
IBM	Ron Silletti	P
IEEE	Robert Pritchard	P
INCITS	Karen Higginbottom	P
Microsoft	Joseph Zajaczkowski	A
NIST	Michael Hogan	P
Oracle	Donald Deutsch	P
Panasonic	Terry Nelson	P
SHARE Inc.	Dave Thewlis	P, JTC 1 TAG Chairman
Sony	Jean Baronas	A
Sun Microsystems	John Hill	P, JTC 1 TAG Vice Chairman
UCC	Stephen Brown	P
US DoD	Jerry Smith	A

Key: P=Principal, A=Alternate, A#=Additional Alternate, O=Observer, L=Liaison, XO=Ex Officio

Absent Voting Members: EIA, Farance Incorporated, ICCP, Intel

Absent Observer Members: Boeing, CRC Enterprises, DDC-I, DISA, Sybase, Unisys, US DoE

Other Attendees:

Jennifer Garner JTC 1 TAG Administrator XO

Lisa Rajchel ANSI XO

Kate McMillan ITI XO

Attachment 2 - Final Agenda for the May 16, 2002 JTC 1 TAG Meeting

JT/02-0304
IT/02-0534

Date:	May 16, 2002
Reply to:	Jennifer T. Garner
Phone:	202-626-5737
Email:	jgarner@itic.org

Final Agenda
JTC 1 Technical Advisory Group (JTC 1 TAG)
Meeting Number 52

Oracle Corporation
350 Oracle Parkway
Redwood Shores, California 94065
Telephone: (650) 633-8300
Fax: (650) 633-8399

Thursday, May 16, 2002

10:00 AM - 4:20 PM

1. Administrative

1.1 Call to Order

(D. Thewlis)

1.2 Membership and Attendance

(J. Garner)

1.2.1 Introduction of Attendees and New Members

1.2.2 Status of Members in Jeopardy for Failure to Attend Meetings

1.2.3 Status of Members in Jeopardy for Failure to Return Letter Ballots

Reference: JT/02-0200 (1st Q 2002 voting report)

1.2.4 Membership Report

Reference: JT/02-0117 (Hitachi), JT/02-0139 (Intel)

1.3 Approval of the Draft Minutes, February 18-19, 2002

(J. Garner)

Reference: JT/02-0129

1.3.1 Review of the Action Items, February 18-19, 2002

Reference: JT/02-0129 (Agenda Item 12)

1.4 Approval of the Draft Agenda, May 16-17, 2002

(J. Garner)

Reference: JT/02-0285

2. Chairman's Remarks

(D. Thewlis)

2.1 Status of JTC 1 TAG Officers

2.1.1 JTC 1 TAG Vice Chairman

Reference: JT/02-0127 (follow-up for JTLB 2757)

2.1.2 JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee (JTFC) Chairman

3. JTC 1 TAG Administrator's Report

(J. Garner)

Reference: JT/02-0218

3.1 JTC 1 TAG Financial Reports

3.1.1 2001 Results

Reference: JT/02-0182 (2001 JTC 1 TAG program results), JT/02-0183 (2001 results - JTC 1 reserves at ITI), JT/02-0187 (2001 results - JTC 1 Plenary), JT/02-0256 (2001 results - consolidated JTC 1 Program)

3.1.2 1st Quarter 2002 Actuals and 2002 Projections

Reference: JT/01-0241 (approved 2002 JTC 1 TAG Administrator services), JT/02-0262 (1st Q 2002 actuals and 2002 projections)

3.2 For Action - Approval of the 2003 JTC 1 TAG Administrator Services

(D. Thewlis)

Reference: JT/02-0157

4. JTC 1 TAG Subgroup and Rapporteur Reports

4.1 JTC 1 TAG Procedures Group - JTPG

(G. Kisor)

Reference: JT/02-0180 (JTPG issues list), JT/02-0181 (call for participants)

4.1.1 Status of the Revision of the JTC 1 Directives

Reference: JTC 1 N 6746 (draft revision of JTC 1 Directives), JTC 1 N 6747 (updated major differences between ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 and JTC 1 procedures), JTC 1 N 6748 (Japanese contribution on JTC 1 N 6601)

4.2 JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee (JTFC)

(D. Thewlis)

Reference: JT/02-0258 (draft minutes for April 2002 teleconference), JT/02-0260 (JTFC report)

4.3 JTC 1 TAG Conformity Assessment and Interoperability Rapporteur

(M. Hogan)

4.3.1 ANSI Conformity Assessment Strategy Group (R. Silletti)

Reference: JT/02-0288

4.4 JTC 1 TAG IT Implementation Rapporteur

(F. Farance)

5. JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc Activities

5.1 JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Strategic Planning

(D. Michael)

Reference: JT/02-0282 (ad hoc report)

5.1.1 Review of the March 4-7, 2002 Meeting of the JTC 1 Special Group on Future - Berlin, Germany

Reference: JT/02-0192 (US HoD report), JTC N 6726 (resolutions)

5.1.2 Output Documents

Reference: JT/02-0219 (JTC 1 Long Term Business Plan), JT/02-0220 (JTC 1 Value Proposition), JT/02-0261 (US comments on JTC 1 Value Proposition), JT/02-0280 (US comments on JTC 1 Long Term Business Plan), JTC 1 N 6728 (reflections of the ISO and IEC CEOs)

5.1.3 For Action - Confirmation of the US National Body Vote to Approve the Establishment of a New JTC 1 Subcommittee for Biometrics and US Offer to Serve as Secretariat for the New SC (JTC 1 N 6738)

Reference: JTC 1 N 6738

5.1.4 For Information - Sun Microsystems's Perspective on ISO/IEC JTC 1 - Presentation to IEC PACT

Reference: JT/02-0281

5.1.5 For Action - Approval of US Delegation to the June 2002 Meeting of the JTC 1 Special Group on Future

Reference: JT/02-0279 (meeting notice and draft agenda)

5.2 JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Futures

(R. Silletti)

Reference: JT/02-0242 (work plan for consolidation proposal), JT/02-0283 (ad hoc report)

6. Hosting of JTC 1/SC Plenary Meetings

(J. Garner)

6.1 Review of the Seven-Year JTC 1/SC Plenary Hosting Calendar

Reference: JT/02-0027 (JTC 1 TAG hosting procedures), JT/02-0250 (7-year hosting calendar)

6.2 For Action - Approval of the Foundation for Institutional Development Offer to Host the September 2002 SC 36 Plenary and WG Meetings

Reference: JT/00-0685 (transmittal of US hosting requirements to IEEE/SC 36 TAG Admin.), JT/01-0269 (IEEE TAG Admin.'s response), JT/02-0289 (FDI offer to host)

6.3 For Action - Approval of the IDEAlliance Offer to Host the 2002 SC 34 Plenary and WG Meetings

Reference: JT/02-0042 (transmittal of US hosting requirements to INCITS/V1 Chairman), JT/02-0230 (IDEAlliance offer to host), JT/02-0292 (INCITS approval of offer to host)

6.4 For Action - Approval of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Offer to Host the 2003 SC 32 Plenary and WG Meetings

Reference: JT/00-0684 (transmittal of US hosting requirements to INCITS/H2 and L8, and DISA/SC 32/WG 1 TAG Admin.), JT/02-0156 (correspondence with SC 32 TAG regarding hosting), JT/02-0203 (LBL offer to host), JT/02-0265 (INCITS approval of offer to host)

6.5 SC 24 Plenary - 2004

Reference: JT/01-0457 (transmittal of US hosting requirements to INCITS/H3 Chairman)

7. Status of US Held Secretariats, Chairmen and JTC 1/SC and WG TAGs

(J. Hill)

7.1 Status of the SC 11 Chairman

Reference: JT/02-0162 (notification of USNB failure to identify a candidate)

7.2 Status of the SC 34 Chairman

Reference: JT/02-0168 (call for volunteers)

7.3 Status of SC 7/WG 4 and SC 7/WG 19 TAGs and TAG Administrators

Reference: JT/01-0578 (relinquishment of IEEE/SC 7/WG 4 and WG 19 TAGs and TAG Admin. responsibilities), JT/01-0579 (request for call in ANSI Standards Action), JT/01-0580 (notification to JTC 1 TAG), JT/02-0105 (notification of Standards Action publication date), JT/02-0223 (status of SC 7/WG 19 TAG and TAG Admin.), JT/02-0224 (correspondence with IEEE/SC 7 TAG Admin. regarding MoU)

7.4 Status of SC 36 TAG and TAG Administrator

Reference: JT/02-0136 (relinquishment of IEEE/SC 36 TAG and TAG Admin. responsibilities), JT/02-0137 (request for call in ANSI Standards Action), JT/02-0138 (notification to JTC 1 TAG), JT/02-0251 (notification of Standards Action publication date)

7.5 For Action - Notification of the INCITS Executive Board's Intent to Relinquish Financial Support for the SC 34 Secretariat

Reference: JT/02-0291

8. New Business

8.1 For Action - Determination of US National Body Votes on the Systematic Review of International Standards Assigned to JTC 1

(J. Hill)

Reference: JT/02-0143 (transmittal and proposed US responses)

8.2 For Action - Determination of US National Body Votes on the Systematic Review of International Standards Assigned to SC 7

(J. Hill)

Reference: JT/02-0076 (transmittal), JT/02-0263 (IEEE/SC 7 TAG Admin. response)

(J. Hill)

Reference: JTC 1 N 6732 (proposed NP), JT/02-0204 (Sony), JT/02-0205 (J. Naujokas - INCITS/B10 Chairman), JT/02-0206 (Sun Microsystems), JT/02-0207 (NIST)

8.4 For Possible Action - UCC Contribution Regarding the SC 31 TAG Motion to Leave Application Standards to Other More Appropriately Charged ISO TCs

(S. Brown)

Reference: JT/02-0259 (UCC contribution)

(J. Hill)

Reference: JT/02-0290

9. Other Business

9.1 Report on ANSI International Forum (AIF) Activities

(D. Thewlis)

Reference: JT/02-0208 (report of September 2001 meeting), JT/02-0209 (agenda for April 2002 meeting)

9.2 Report of the JTC 1 TAG Liaison to the ISO/TC 154 TAG

(J. Smith)

9.3 ANSI International Committee (IC) Activities

(D. Thewlis)

Reference: JT/02-0274 (agenda for May 2002 IC meeting)

9.3.1 ISO Council Activities

Reference: JTC 1 N 6589 (resolutions from September 2001 ISO Council meeting), JT/02-0273 (summary report of actions from April 2002 ISO Council meeting)

9.3.2 ISO Technical Management Board (TMB) Activities

Reference: JTC 1 N 6590 (resolutions from September 2001 ISO/TMB meeting), JT02-0264 (report of April 2002 ISO/TMB meeting)

9.4 USNC Activities

(E. Mikoski)

Reference: JT/02-0211 (agenda for March 2002 USNC Council meeting), JT/02-0216 (minutes of January 2002 USNC/TMC meeting), JT/02-0275 (agenda for May 2002 USNC/TMC meeting)

9.4.1 IEC Council Activities

Reference: JT/02-0212 (confirmed report of October 2001 IEC Council meeting)

9.4.2 IEC Committee of Action/Standardization Management Board Activities

Reference: JT/02-0213 (decisions taken at October 2001 IEC/CA meeting), JT/02-0214 (agenda for February 2002 IEC/SMB meeting), JT/02-0215 (decisions taken at February 2002 IEC/SMB meeting)

9.5 ITU Activities

(R. Richards)

Reference: JT/01-0447 (access to ITU documentation)

10. Future Meetings

(D. Thewlis)

10.1 Next Meeting - NIST - August 5-6, 2002 in Gaithersburg, Maryland

Reference: JT/01-0588 (NIST offer to host)

10.2 JTC 1 TAG Meeting Schedule for the Remainder of 2002

Reference: JT/02-0177

11. Review of Action Items

(J. Garner)

12. Adjournment

Jennifer Garner	JTC 1 TAG Administrator	XO
Lisa Rajchel	ANSI	XO
Kate McMillan	ITI	XO