stds-802-16: release of P802.16d/D2
P802.16d/D2 is now available:
http://ieee802.org/16/private/drafts/tgd/P80216d_D2.zip
as is the comment database used to derive it:
http://ieee802.org/16/docs/03/80216-03_18r3.zip
I'd like to give you a brief report regarding its delay.
At Session #25, the Working Group passed a motion to create D2 by 30
May 2003, based on the comment database. However, the Editor was
directed to exclude material that was "conditionally approved" in the
database "if the copyright issue with the associated material has not
been resolved to the satisfaction of the 802.16 WG Chair."
The copyright issues involved IEEE C802.16d/03-30r1. I was informed
by the TGd Chair on 23 May that the copyright concerns would be
rectified. Therefore, the Editor (Itzik Kitroser) proceeded to
incorporate the conditional comments. I week later, when the release
deadline arrived, the revised contribution was still not available.
Rather then force the Editor to remove all of the conditional
comments, I used my discretion to delay release of the draft and made
additional efforts toward a copyright resolution. Today, I have
received a revised contribution (C802.16d/03-30r2) that resolves the
copyright issue to my satisfaction. [We still need a formal copyright
permission letter from the contributors of that contribution, but I
don't consider that to be essential for release of this draft.]
Now that the draft is available, I'll prepare to launch the
recirculation later today.
One issue that arose with this particular contribution was that the
cover sheet identified the source as an organization, not as
individuals. This was not in accordance with our normal procedure. It
caused some problems; for instance, in trying to resolve the
copyright issues, I did not have an official human contributor to
contact. In the future, all contributions need to be identified as
coming solely from human beings, per our longstanding procedure.
Regards,
Roger
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Dr. Roger B. Marks <mailto:marks@nist.gov>
Chair, IEEE 802.16 WG on Broadband Wireless Access <http://WirelessMAN.org>
National Institute of Standards and Technology/Boulder, CO, USA
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