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T10 Rules and Procedures

The T10 Technical Committee operates under the rules of its parent committee, the InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS). The INCITS rules are contained in their second reference document called the RD-2.

In addition, T10 has adopted several internal procedures and policies:

• T10 Standards Development Policies and Procedures
  
• T10 Electronic Procedures
  
• T10 Procedure for Funding Technical Editors
  
• T10 Document Retention Policy
  
• Policy for T10 Plenary Meetings and Accompanying Meeting Weeks
  

Patents

Standards may be developed that include patented concepts provided access to those patents is made available under the terms and conditions specified in the ANSI Patent Policy, which was revised in 2007. A short summary of this policy is also available here.

Questions? Contact Lynn Barra at the INCITS Secretariat:

   Ms. Lynn Barra
   ITI (INCITS Secretariat)
   1250 Eye St. NW
   Suite 200
   Washington, DC 20005-3922
   Ph: (202) 626-5739
   Fx: (202) 638-4922
   Em: lbarra@itic.org

ANSI's previous attorney, Amy Marasco, prepared a presentation on the ANSI intellectual property guidelines.

ANSI has an on-line list of patent letters they have received. T10 has also received a number of patent letters.

INCITS Antitrust Guidelines

INCITS requires that participants in the standards process adhere to the INCITS antitrust guidelines available at http://www.incits.org/natrust.htm.

International Standards

Many of the T10 standards serve as the basis for ISO/IEC International Standards. Gary Robinson, T10's International Representative has prepared a white paper explaining the relationship of the T10 and T11 Technical Committees and the ISO/IEC JTC1 Committee.

(This page was last updated 2008/03/24.)

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