Issues Process
Issue Submittal
An issue,
submitted via email to the Technical Committee (TC) mailing list, must contain
the following details:
- A
statement at the top to discourage discussion of the issue until it is
assigned a number. For example: "Please defer discussions on this
issue until a time this issue is accepted and is assigned a number".
- A
link to the target documents.
- The
PDF line numbers.
The submitted
issue may contain a proposed resolution.
Exactly one
issue is allowed per email. The email must have a subject line "NEW Issue:
xxx".
Issue Lifecycle
- Issue
is submitted.
- Issue
is assigned a sequential number, logged, and assigned a status
"Review", by the issues list editors. The TC member submitting
the issue is assigned as the initial owner of the issue.
- Issue
is discussed via the TC mailing list, conference calls, and face-to-face
meetings, as determined by the TC chair, based on the priorities set by
the TC. Ownership of the issue may be transferred to another TC member, if
appropriate; however, the issue originator will be maintained in history.
During its lifetime, an issue may go through different stages, as
reflected by its status.
Issue status
- Review
Opened, but not yet accepted by the TC. The TC chair will schedule the
issue for discussion during a TC meeting, to determine whether to accept
or drop the issue.
- Dropped
The TC has dropped the issue. This may be because the issue is a
duplicate, not an issue, no action is required, or the originator has
withdrawn the issue. The reason why the issue was dropped is documented in
issue history.
- Active
Accepted by the TC as an issue. The issue is open for discussion.
- Deferred
Accepted by the TC as an issue. But further discussion on the issue has
been deferred. This may happen due to issue priorities, or the
relationship of the issue to other related issues.
- Pending
TC has agreed on a resolution. The resolution is in the specification
editor's queue to be applied to the target documents. TC conference call
or face-to-face meeting minutes must reflect the agreement and the
decision.
- Done
Specification editors have applied the resolution to the specification
draft. The applied changes need to be reviewed and accepted by the TC.
- Resolved
The specification changes have been reviewed and accepted by the TC.
- Closed
The TC has voted to approve the change by voting to accept the
specification draft to which the change was applied.
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