[802SEC] LMSC Policies and Procedures - Documentation Numbering

["Stuart J. Kerry" <stuart@OK-BRIT.COM>]

Paul,
 
In doing my normal reviewing of the various P&P's I asked my Vice-Chair
(Harry Worstell) to confirm one issue area under the January 2006 Revised
LMSC Rules relating to "Documentation Numbering" in clause 19.
 
Believing at first that the rule related to Drafts only, but on second
review independently by myself and Harry we both came to the conclusion that
it also related to WG's and TAGs. If this is truly the case then Harry has
officially advised me that:
 
"Please be advised that IEEE 802.11 is unable to meet the new IEEE 802 LMSC
Policies and Procedures dated January 2006 with respect to the new document
numbering system until we acquire new software that can accommodate that
numbering scheme".
 
To verify the situation I asked Harry to further request an understanding of
the rule from the LMSC 1st Vice-Chair responsible for rules (Mat Sherman)
who has confirmed our understanding of the rule.
 
With this situation we believe that we and others are in violation of said
rule, and look to other WG and TAG Chairs to take notice of this fact and
for them to independently review our suspicions.
 
As suggested in Mat's last email may be the rule should relate only to
Drafts as the original intention. But I ask you, that this is addressed
urgently at the forthcoming March Plenary to everybodies satisfaction.
 
Respectfully,
 
Stuart

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From: Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA) [mailto:matthew.sherman@baesystems.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 8:04 PM
To: hworstell@research.att.com
Cc: stuart.kerry@philips.com; stuart@ok-brit.com; apetrick@widefi.com;
paul.nikolich@ATT.NET
Subject: RE: LMSC Policies and Procedures - Documentation Numbering



Hi Harry,

 

This has been a standing issue for me.  I recognize the 802.11 does not (and
probably can't reasonably) follow this format.  I did once try
(unsuccessfully) to change / clarify this section so as to make it more
acceptable.  I would encourage someone (Stuart?) to propose a specific
change correcting it in such a way as to allow 802.11 to comply with it.
This could be a simple as to clarify that this numbering system only applies
to Drafts.

 

Hope the comments are helpful.

 

Regards,

 

Mat  

 

Matthew Sherman, Ph.D. 
Senior Member Technical Staff 
BAE SYSTEMS, CNIR 
Office: +1 973.633.6344 
email: matthew.sherman@baesystems.com

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From: hworstell@research.att.com [mailto:hworstell@research.att.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 2:58 PM
To: Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA)
Cc: stuart.kerry@philips.com; stuart@ok-brit.com; apetrick@widefi.com;
paul.nikolich@ATT.NET
Subject: LMSC Policies and Procedures - Documentation Numbering

 

Hi Matthew,

 

In looking over the January 4, 2006 issue of the LMSC Policies and
Procedures, in 

Section 19 - IEEE LMCS Draft Numbering Plan, it appears to be presenting a
numbering 

system for the working group documents "sc = an optional subcommittee
designator to be 

used specifically for tracking subcommittee submissions that are independent
of the Working 

Group/TAG as a whole. Documents relevant to the whole Working Group/TAG will
use the 

802.n-yy/m form. The allowed formats for a subcommittee designator are: one
letter, two letters, 

or one letter followed by one number. All other characters are specifically
prohibited. "

 

My question is are all working group documents other than drafts required to
follow this numbering requirement?

If so, this will be extremely difficult for the IEEE 802.11 Working Group to
comply

with.

 

Best regards,

 

Harry Worstell

 

19. IEEE LMSC Draft Numbering Plan 

This numbering scheme applies to all LMSC Working Groups and TAGs. 

It covers all IEEE 802 Drafts. 

LMSC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REVISED PAGE 39 OF 42 FILE:
LMSC_P&P_NOVEMBER_2005_R051204.DOC 

The format for the document numbers will be as follows: 

Either P802.na-Di (formal draft standards) 

Or P802.n{sc} (all other documents & correspondence) 

Where: 

n = a Working Group/TAG Designator (i.e. 0, 1, ...), 

                    a = a PAR Series Designator (i.e. _, A, B, C,...) for
drafts of a document produced under an active 

                    PAR, and must include the {/Di} field, 

i = a Draft Revision Number for working documents produced under an active
PAR. Digits for the number may be separated by '-' but should not use any
other separators. 

yy = a year designator (i.e. 87, 88, 89, ...) to indicate the year in which
the document number was assigned, 

m = a sequence number which starts at 1 at the beginning of each year and is
increased by 1 each time a document number is assigned, 

sc = an optional subcommittee designator to be used specifically for
tracking subcommittee submissions 

that are independent of the Working Group/TAG as a whole. Documents relevant
to the whole Working Group/TAG 

will use the 802.n-yy/m form. The allowed formats for a subcommittee
designator are: one letter, two letters, or one 

letter followed by one number. All other characters are specifically
prohibited. 

With the exception of the grandfathered 802.1 numbering scheme, IEEE 802
draft standards documents 

shall follow the numbering protocols outlined in the IEEE Standards Style
Manual. One approved exception 

to these stated policies is that the numbering of draft standards amendments
that convert to a revision 

project shall contain the phrase "-REV" preceding the alphabetical
designation of the project. 

Harry R. Worstell 
Sr. Technical Specialist 
Communications Technology Research 
AT&T Labs - Shannon Laboratory 
Vice Chair, IEEE 802.11 Working Group 
Room B233, Building 103 
180 Park Avenue 
P.O. Box 971 
Florham Park, NJ 07932-0971 
Phone: +1 (973) 236-6915 
Cell  +1(973) 727-5564 
Fax: +1 (973) 360-5873 
EMAIL: hworstell@research.att.com 


 
 
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From: hworstell@research.att.com [mailto:hworstell@research.att.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 7:38 AM
To: stuart.kerry@philips.com; stuart@ok-brit.com
Cc: apetrick@widefi.com; hworstell@att.com
Subject: New IEEE 802 Documentation numbering 



Dear Stuart,
 
Please be advised that IEEE 802.11 is unable to meet the 
new IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures dated
January 2006 with respect to the new document numbering
system until we acquire new software that can accommodate
that numbering scheme.
 
Please inform the LMSC of our situation.
 
Best regards,
Harry Worstell
 

Harry R. Worstell 
Sr. Technical Specialist 
Communications Technology Research 
AT&T Labs - Shannon Laboratory 
Vice Chair, IEEE 802.11 Working Group 
Room B233, Building 103 
180 Park Avenue 
P.O. Box 971 
Florham Park, NJ 07932-0971 
Phone: +1 (973) 236-6915 
Cell  +1(973) 727-5564 
Fax: +1 (973) 360-5873 
EMAIL: hworstell@research.att.com 

 

 


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