ISO Time frame (was Re: Meeting minutes 2017-06-06)

I just want to comment on the comment from the minutes that the timeframe will be “about 1 year”.

One year is pretty much the minimum for a standard process.  This assumes two review periods (CD then DIS) and assumes that ZERO technical comments are received on the document during either review period.  If any technical comments are received on the CD, then you add a minimum of 3 months for an additional CD review period.   (and then repeat until you believe that no more technical comments will be received, at which point you go to DIS.)

To be more specific, the process looks like:

·         Submit New Work Item (NWI) Committee Draft (CD)

·         Document is out for 12 week review

·         ISO committee needs to meet to review/dispose the comments

o    Normally this will happen at standard face to face meetings throughout the year, though a special “phone meeting” can be called with enough notice BUT requires a minimum number (5) of Participating (P) country/member bodies to be present to conduct business

·         Based on the resolution of comments, either a second CD OR a Draft International Standard (DIS) is produced and sent for review

o    CD will require minimum 8 week review

o    DIS requires a 20 week (5 month) review

·         ISO committee needs to meet to review/dispose the comments

·         If a CD had been done, then you would now (hopefully!) go to DIS (though may end up with another CD)

·         If DIS was successful without any technical comments, document can go direct to publication

·         If DIS received technical comments, then a Final DIS (FDIS) would need to be produced (and then needs an 8 week review + meeting)

·         Once FDIS is approved, then its “off to publication”

(I need to make a flowchart of this ☺)

Hope that helps.

Leonard

From: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 5:44 AM
To: W3C Publishing Business Group <public-publishingbg@w3.org>
Subject: Meeting minutes 2017-06-06
Resent-From: <public-publishingbg@w3.org>
Resent-Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 09:44:21 +0000

The minutes are here:

https://www.w3.org/2017/06/06-pbg-minutes.html


Cheers

Ivan

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