Draft Minutes - December 15-16, 1998 JTC 1 TAG Meeting

Note: Links work with December 1998 JTC 1 TAG meeting folder.

JT/99-0025 J P C S
IT/99-0039 X T

JTC 1 TAG, U.S. 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:	December 16, 1998
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 37
Open Delegation Meeting - Preparation for 26-29 January 1999 JTC 1 Plenary - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
1250 Eye Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
Messages: (202) 737-8888
Fax: (202) 638-4922

Tuesday, December 15, 1998	10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday, December 16, 1998	9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

1. Administrative

1.1 Call to Order

Mr. Jameson called the 37th meeting of the JTC 1 TAG to order at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 15, 1998. He noted that the focus of this meeting would be the preparation of the US delegates and the development of US positions to the January 1999 JTC 1 Plenary.

1.2 Membership and Attendance

1.2.1 Introduction of Attendees and New Members

1.2.2 Status of Members in Jeopardy for Failure to Attend Meetings

Following the October 1998 meeting, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator issued jeopardy letters to the following organizations for their failure to attend two out of three successive meetings: ASC T1 (JT/98-0417), Boeing (JT/98-0418), Motorola (JT/98-0419), National Communications System (NCS) (JT/98-0420), NIST (JT/98-0421), Sybase (JT/98-0422), US Department of Energy (JT/98-0423), and Xerox (JT/98-0424).

As representatives from ASC T1, NIST, and Xerox were in attendance at the December 1998 JTC 1 TAG meeting, their organizations' memberships are returned to normal status.

Reference: JT/98-0417, 0418, 0419, 0420, 0421, 0422, 0423, 0424

1.2.3 Membership Report

Since the October 1998 meeting of the JTC 1 TAG, the following changes in organizational representation have occurred:

Mr. Randall Kilmartin has been named the Bull HN principal on the JTC 1 TAG (JT/98-0407).

Mr. Carl Cargill has been named the Sun Microsystems principal on the JTC 1 TAG with Mr. Ken Urquhart serving as the Sun alternate (JT/98-0427).

Dr. James Carlo has been named the Texas Instruments observer on the JTC 1 TAG (JT/98-0454).

At the October 1998 JTC 1 TAG meeting, the JTC 1 TAG denied AIM USA's request for waiver of the meeting attendance requirement to excuse the organization's absence at the October 20-22, 1998 JTC 1 TAG meeting. AIM USA's membership on the JTC 1 TAG has been changed to observer status (JT/98-0416).

American Trucking Associations (ATA) has canceled its membership on the JTC 1 TAG (JT/98-0464).

Mr. Clyde Camp has requested membership on the JTC 1 TAG but has not yet attended a meeting. Mr. Camp will attain voting rights upon completion of the membership requirements.

Voting members of the JTC 1 TAG without representation at this meeting were: AIIM, Boeing, Bull HN, EIA, IEEE, Intel, Lucent, Motorola, NCS, Panasonic, Plum Hall, SHARE, Sony, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, UCC, and US Department of Energy.

Observer members not represented at this JTC 1 TAG meeting were: AIM USA, AMP, and Imation.

Attendance at an open delegation meeting is mandatory only for members of the US delegation to the associated JTC 1 plenary meeting. Since attendance is not mandatory at this meeting, Mr. Jameson noted that no organization would be placed in jeopardy for failure to attend. Attendance at open delegation meetings will count towards the establishment or maintenance of a voting membership on the committee.

Total voting membership on the JTC 1 TAG is 32. Quorum is 17.

Representatives from 16 voting organizations were in attendance at the December 1998 JTC 1 TAG meeting, as shown in Attachment 1.

Reference: JT/98-0407, 0416, 0426, 0427, 0454, 0464

1.3 Approval of Draft Agenda, December 15-16, 1998

The second revised draft agenda (JT/98-0485) was approved as presented by unanimous consent (Urman/Heil) and is available in Attachment 2.

Reference: JT/98-0485

2. Chairman's Remarks

Mr. Jameson welcomed the JTC 1 TAG members. Mr. Jameson reported that the focus of this meeting would be on the preparation of the US delegates for the January 1999 JTC 1 Plenary. He noted his intent to cover plenary issues in agenda item order with the following exceptions:

MoU issues on the plenary agenda would be covered before 3:00 PM on Tuesday, December 15 so that Mr. Klaus-Dieter Naujok and Mr. Alan Haberman could participate in the discussion.

SC 6, SC 25 and SC 26 issues would be covered on Wednesday, December 16 so that Dr. James Carlo, the SC 6 Chairman, could participate in the discussion.

The JTC 1 TAG members were invited to attend a reception in honor of Mr. Frost at 4:00 PM on Tuesday, December 15, 1998.

3. Preparation for the January 1999 JTC 1 Plenary - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

3.1 Approval of US Delegation

The meeting announcement and logistics for the January 1999 JTC 1 Plenary are detailed in JTC 1 N 5476.

At the October 1998 JTC 1 TAG meeting, the US delegation to the January 1999 JTC 1 Plenary in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was approved. Following the October meeting:

Messrs. Oksala and Willingmyre asked to be removed from the delegation.

Mr. Hogan asked to added to the US delegation.

Mr. Jameson noted that Mr. Kisor was unable to attend this delegates' meeting due to a family emergency.

Following additional discussion, Mr. Jameson reviewed the revised US delegation:

Mr. Jameson (US Head of Delegation)
Mr. Heil
Ms. Higginbottom
Mr. Hogan
Mr. Kisor
Mr. Montgomery
Mr. Smith
Mr. Urman

As there was no objection to the revised US delegation, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator will forward the revised list of US delegates to the January 1999 JTC 1 Plenary in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the JTC 1 Secretariat.

Mr. Jameson reviewed the responsibilities associated with serving on the US delegation to a JTC 1 Plenary:

Delegates are expected to be familiar with US positions and to promote them at the meeting.

Attendance at all delegation caucuses is mandatory. The first caucus will be held Monday, January 25 at 3:00 PM in Rio de Janeiro. Mr. Jameson will notify the delegation of the exact location.

Lead delegates will be assigned to each plenary agenda item and are expected to serve as experts on their assigned topics.

Reference: JTC 1 N 5476 (meeting announcement and logistics)

3.2 Review of January 1999 JTC 1 Plenary Agenda for the Formulation of Delegates' Instructions and US Positions

Mr. Jameson explained that the plenary agenda would be reviewed in conjunction with the draft of the delegates' instructions. The delegates' instructions would be revised and updated as US positions were determined.

As is customary, the formulation of delegates' instructions is not captured in the minutes of JTC 1 TAG meetings. JTC 1 TAG members who would like to receive a copy of the final delegates' instructions for the January 1999 JTC 1 Plenary are asked to contact the JTC 1 TAG Administrator.

Reference: JTC 1 N 5603 (second draft agenda)

4. ANSI Request for JTC 1 TAG Input on the Internet Domain Name Process

ANSI has requested JTC 1 TAG input on the Internet Domain Name Process (JT/98-0438). JTC 1 TAG member comments were due to the JTC 1 TAG Administrator by November 24 for consideration at the December 1998 JTC 1 TAG meeting. Ms. Garner reported that no comments have been received to date.

Following additional discussion, the JTC 1 TAG asked Mr. Urman to work with the JTC 1 TAG Administrator in preparing a response to the ANSI request for JTC 1 TAG input on the Internet Domain Name Process.

Reference: JT/98-0438

5. Future Meetings

5.1 1999 Meeting Schedules for JTC 1 and the JTC 1 TAG

The 1999 meeting schedule for the JTC 1 TAG is detailed in JT/98-0292.

SHARE, Inc. has offered to host the March 23-24, 1999 JTC 1 TAG meeting in the San Francisco, California area. At the October 1998 meeting, Mr. Thewlis agreed to forward the meeting logistics, when finalized, to the JTC 1 TAG Administrator for distribution to the JTC 1 TAG.

JTC 1 TAG members interested in hosting meetings in 1999 are encouraged to contact the JTC 1 TAG Administrator.

The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will revise the 1999 meeting schedules for JTC 1 and the JTC 1 TAG based upon the following updates:

The March 23-24, 1999 JTC 1 TAG meeting will be hosted by SHARE, Inc. in San Francisco, California.

A JTC 1 Plenary will be held in Seoul, Korea during first week of November 1999.

Reference: JT/98-0292

6. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent (Hogan/Neumann) at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, December 16, 1998.

Attachment 1 - Attendance List for the October 20 and 22, 1998 JTC 1 TAG Meeting

Organization	Representative	Committee Status
Apple Computer	Dave Michael	P
ASC T1	Harold Daugherty	P
AT&T	Thomas Frost	A (December 15 only)
Compaq	Stephen Heil Scott Jameson	P A, JTC 1 TAG Chairman
DISA	Regina Girouard	P
Hewlett-Packard	Karen Higginbottom	P
Hitachi	John Neumann	P
IBM	Joel Urman	P
ICCP	Kenneth Zemrowski	A (December 16 only)
Microsoft	George Willingmyre John Montgomery	A A#
NCITS	Karen Higginbottom Dave Michael	P A
NIST	Michael Hogan	P
Texas Instruments	James Carlo	O (December 16 only)
Unisys	Stephen Oksala	P
US DoD/DISA	Jerry Smith	P
Xerox	Jean Baronas Kathleen O'Reilly	P A (December 16 only)

** Denotes organization which has not yet fulfilled membership requirements necessary to attain voting membership on the JTC 1 TAG.
Key: P=Principal, A=Alternate, A#=Additional Alternate, O=Observer, L=Liaison, XO=Ex Officio

Absent Voting Members: AIIM, Boeing, Bull HN, EIA, IEEE, Intel, Lucent, Motorola, NCS, Panasonic, Plum Hall, SHARE, Sony, Sun Microsystems, UCC, and US Department of Energy.

Absent Observer Members: AIM USA, AMP, and Imation

Absent Members - have not yet attained voting rights: Mr. Clyde Camp**

Other Attendees:

Jennifer Garner JTC 1 TAG Secretary XO

Lisa Rajchel ANSI L

Ralph Berwanger ISO/TC 154 US TAG Liaison to the JTC 1 TAG L

Alan Haberman SC 31 Chairman Guest

Klaus-Dieter Naujok Harbinger and X12/LT6 Chair Guest

Attachment 2 - Final Agenda for the December 15-16, 1998 JTC 1 TAG Meeting

Note: Links work with December 1998 JTC 1 TAG meeting folder.

JT/98-0485 J P C S
IT/98-0559 X T

JTC 1 TAG, U.S. 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.nw.dc.us

Date: December 14, 1998

Replaces: JT/98-0482

Reply to: Jennifer T. Garner

Phone: 202-626-5737

Email: jgarner@itic.org

Second Revised Draft Agenda
JTC 1 Technical Advisory Group (JTC 1 TAG)
Meeting Number 37
Open Delegation Meeting - Preparation for 26-29 January 1999 JTC 1 Plenary - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil