DOC. TYPE		Other document
TITLE		IS 29500 Maintenance process and statistics
SOURCE		WG 4 Convener [Dr. MURATA Makoto]
PROJECT		JTC 1.34.29500
STATUS		This document is circulated to the SC 34 members for information.
ACTION ID		FYI
DUE DATE
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ISSUE NO.		80
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IS29500 Maintenance process and statistics

WG4 Convenor

MURATA Makoto

Maintenance of IS 29500 is underway in JTC1/SC34/WG4. The maintenance procedures are described in the JTC1 Directives Section 15.

Note: The current version of the JTC1 directives is available as JTC1 N8857, which is available at:
http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink/fetch/2000/2489/186491/186605/Jtc1_Directives.pdf?nodeid=3959538&%2520vernum=0

Defect reports are being received from National Bodies and liaison organizations including Ecma.

WG4 is processing these defect reports, acting as the Editing Group defined in Section 15.4.4. It  follows the process described in Sections 15.4.5, 6 and 7, with particular attention being paid to the deadlines for consideration of each defect, preparation of the responses by the Editor’s group and consolidation of these responses into a single response by the Editor.

As described in Section 15.4.7. the possible range of responses to a Defect report is:

• No change required;

• Further consideration required;

• Editorial defect;

• Technical defect.

Editorial defects are addressed directly by the Project Editor and may result in incorporation in  a future technical Corrigendum.

In the case of technical defects, special care is devoted to making sure that the solution to those defects is fully understod, reviewed and agreed by the WG members. To this effect, once the solution is finalized by the Editor, it is marked “LAST CALL” for a final two-weeks review period, and will only be marked closed and incorporated into future proposed Technical Corrigenda or Amendments if no objections have been raised during this period.

As described in Section 15.4.2.2, Defect reports which  address defects to the standard may result in the publication of Technical Corrigenda, while technical additions will follow the procedure in Section 15.5 and may result in the publication of Amendments.

Technical Corrigenda are  ballotted as described in Section 15.4.9.4, ie through  a three-months ballot in the SC.

Amendments are processed in the same way as standards, see Section 12.

The Defect Report Log is maintained by the Editor as described in Section 15.4.10.

Based on the data in this log, and on maintenance information available, WG4 maintains statistics which are publicly available. They give an overview of the maintenance work performed in WG4 including the number of defects, their classification and whether the DRs are closed in a timely manner.

These statistics are to be found at :