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InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
INCITS Secretariat, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
1250 Eye St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005
Telephone 202-737-8888; Fax 202-638-4922



Date:
June 1, 2007
To:
INCITS T10 Chair: J. Lohmeyer - ACTION REQUIRED
INCITS T10 Intl. Rep.: G. Robinson - ACTION REQUESTED
cc:
INCITS Standards Development Board and INCITS Executive Board
From:
Barbara Bennett, Associate Manager, Standards Operations
Subject:
Advance Transmittal to INCITS T10 for the 2007 Systematic Review of International Standards
Attachment(s): 1. List of Five Questions
2.
List of International Standards



INCITS T10 Recommendation Due: July 30, 2007
Anticipated INCITS EB Ballot: July 31, 2007 - August 30, 2007
Possible Reconsideration Period: August 31 - September 9, 2007
U.S. Vote to ANSI: September 10, 2007
JTC 1 Closing Date: September 14, 2007


The INCITS Secretariat has received the 2007 List of International Standards published five or ten years ago, or more, for systematic review. The U.S. TAG is required to recommend a vote for the National Body.

In accordance with clause 15.3 of the Procedures for the Technical Work of ISO/IEC JTC 1 on Information Technology (JTC 1 N 8557), International Standards coming up to five years of age since publication shall be reviewed by the committee responsible for their development and maintenance. The review aims at deciding whether these International Standards should be confirmed, confirmed with correction of errors, revised/amended, declared as stabilized or withdrawn. The decision regarding confirmation, revision, declared as stabilized, or withdrawal should be based on the degree to which the International Standards have been implemented at the national level and applied in practice.


Technical Committee Action

The committee is to coordinate and develop the U.S. recommended position (via thirty-day letter ballot or roll call vote) to INCITS for approval. The U.S. vote will be forwarded to ANSI for submission to ISO/IEC JTC 1. For some standards, a recommendation may have been previously developed in the Subcommittee (SC). The committee should provide the answers to the five questions and the technical committee vote. Please submit recommendations to dspittle@itic.org by the TC due date.  If you need a copy of the standards in order to provide a recommendation to INCITS, please let us know.


[Note: The answers to all five questions are required as stated below or in the attached pdf questionniare form. Please insert the ISO designation and use a separate answer page for each standard. In determining the answer to question two, please see the List of International Standards Adopted by INCITS as National Standards.]

The questions are:


Question 1

Recommended action:



Question 2
(see Note above)

Has this International Standard been adopted or is it intended to be adopted in the future as a national standard or other publication?

YES*
NO

*Comment


Question 3

Is the national publication identical to the International Standard of was it modified?

Identical
Modified*

*Comment


Question 4

Is this International Standard used in your country without national adoption or are products used in your country based on this standard?

YES
NO*

*Comment


Question 5

Is this International Standard, or its national adoption, referenced in regulations in your country?

YES*
NO

*Comment


*Comment required
**For Abstention recommendations, a response is required for question four, regarding national use.



ACTION REQUIRED BY INCITS SDB and EB

INCITS SDB and  EB members are requested to begin reviewing the documents in preparation for expeditiously determining their vote when the U.S. TAG recommendation is submitted for approval. Members noting objections are urged to send their comments via email to the TC Chair immediately - see email address above.

INCITS SDB and EB members should anticipate providing the U.S. vote if it becomes necessary to post this request to the INCITS SDB Agenda at a future meeting.


 
List of International Standards




ISO/IEC 14776-113:2002                             Information technology -- Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) -- Part 113: Parallel Interface-3 (SPI-3)
JTC 1/SC 25/WG 4

        
ISO/IEC 14776-326:2002                             Information technology -- Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) -- Part 326: Reduced Block Commands (RBC)
JTC 1/SC 25/WG 4

        
ISO/IEC 14776-331:2002                             Information technology -- Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) -- Part 331: Stream Commands (SSC)
JTC 1/SC 25/WG 4

      
ISO/IEC 14776-112:2002                             Information technology -- Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) -- Part 112: Parallel Interface-2 (SPI-2)
JTC 1/SC 25/WG 4

       
ISO/IEC 14776-321:2002                             Information technology -- Small Computer System Interface-3 (SCSI-3) -- Part 321: SCSI-3 Block Commands (SBC)
JTC 1/SC 25/WG 4