1、 ETSI TR 102 743 V1.0.0 (2007-08)Technical Report Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS);Recommendations for improvements tothe ETSI Standards Engineering ProcessETSI ETSI TR 102 743 V1.0.0 (2007-08) 2 Reference DTR/MTS-00101 StdEngProcess Keywords interoperability, methodology, testing ETSI 65
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7、rently being registered by ETSI for the benefit of its Members. 3GPPTM is a Trade Mark of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and of the 3GPP Organizational Partners. ETSI ETSI TR 102 743 V1.0.0 (2007-08) 3 Contents Intellectual Property Rights5 Foreword.5 1 Scope 6 2 References 6 2.1 Inf
8、ormative references6 3 Definitions and abbreviations.7 3.1 Definitions7 3.2 Abbreviations .7 4 Introduction 8 5 Executive summary of recommendations 8 6 Standards engineering process elements 9 7 Working procedures in SDOs outside ETSI.10 7.1 Selection of a representative set of SDOs 10 7.2 3GPP 11
9、7.2.1 Organization .11 7.2.2 Analysis of the 3GPP standards engineering process .11 7.2.3 3GPP summary .12 7.3 IETF .12 7.3.1 Organization .12 7.3.2 Analysis of the IETF standards engineering process 13 7.3.3 IETF summary14 7.4 Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) .14 7.4.1 Organization .14 7.4.2 Analysis of
10、the OMA standards engineering process .14 7.4.3 OMA summary .15 7.5 IEEE .15 7.5.1 Organization .15 7.5.2 Analysis of the IEEE standards engineering process16 7.5.3 IEEE summary17 7.6 DVB .17 7.6.1 Organization .17 7.6.2 Analysis of the DVB standards engineering process 17 7.6.3 DVB summary18 7.7 IT
11、U-T .18 7.7.1 Organization .18 7.7.2 Analysis of the ITU-T standards engineering process 18 7.7.3 ITU-T summary19 8 Working procedures inside ETSI .20 8.1 Organization.20 8.2 Analysis of the ETSI standards engineering process20 8.3 ETSI summary21 9 Recommendations 22 9.1 The current situation.22 9.2
12、 Raising new work items .22 9.2.1 Initiating work items.22 9.2.2 Distribution of Work Items across multiple bodies 23 9.3 Management of work distributed across multiple development bodies24 9.4 Drafting work item deliverables.24 9.5 Validation of draft standards 25 9.6 Change control mechanisms.25 9
13、.7 Additional recommendations26 ETSI ETSI TR 102 743 V1.0.0 (2007-08) 4 Annex A: Bibliography27 History 28 ETSI ETSI TR 102 743 V1.0.0 (2007-08) 5 Intellectual Property Rights IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information pertaining t
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16、tes on the ETSI Web server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document. Foreword This Technical Report (TR) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS). ETSI ETSI TR 102 743 V1.0.0 (2007-08) 6 1 Scope The present document, “Re
17、commendations for improvements to the ETSI standards engineering process“ summarizes the results of an analysis of ETSIs development processes, makes comparisons with the processes of a representative group of other Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) and offers some recommendations on improv
18、ements that could be made to ETSIs standards engineering process. These recommendations have been formulated in the context of ETSIs growing role as a standardization “systems integrator“ where it is involved the development of related standards within its own technical bodies as well as those of ot
19、her SDOs. 2 References References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or non-specific. For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply. Non-specific reference may be made only to a complete document or a part thereof and only in
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23、at the time of publication ETSI cannot guarantee their long term validity. 2.1 Informative references 1 ITU-T Recommendation I.130: “Method for the characterization of telecommunication services supported by an ISDN and network capabilities of an ISDN“. 2 ETSI Technical Working Procedures, November
24、2006 3 The ETSI Drafting Rules as contained in the ETSI Directives. 4 3GPP working procedures. October 2006. 5 IEEE project 802: “LAN MAN Standard Committee (LMSC) policies and procedures“. ETSI ETSI TR 102 743 V1.0.0 (2007-08) 7 3 Definitions and abbreviations 3.1 Definitions For the purposes of th
25、e present document, the following terms and definitions apply: conformance: extent to which an implementation of a standard satisfies the requirements expressed in that standard interoperability: end-to-end functionality between (at least) two communicating systems as required by the base standard(s
26、) on which those systems are based conformance requirement: elementary piece of a specification stating what an implementation shall or shall not do feature: new or substantially enhanced functionality which represents value added to an existing system validation: process by which an evaluation is m
27、ade that a standard can be fully implemented, conforms to rules for standards and satisfies the requirements on which the standard is based NOTE: In the context of the present document, validation refers only to the evaluation of standards. It does not include the evaluation of equipment to determin
28、e whether it correctly implements the requirements expressed in a particular standard. 3.2 Abbreviations For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply: 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project ARIB Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (Japan) ATIS Alliance fo
29、r Telecommunications Industry Solutions CCSA China Communications Standards Association CTI Centre for Testing and Interoperability DVB Digital Video Broadcast EN European standardsIAB Internet Architecture Board IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IESG Internet Engineering Steeri
30、ng Group IETF Internet Engineering Task Force IS Internet Standard ITU International Telegraph Union ITU-T ITU Telecommunications standardization sector LAN Local Area Network LMSC LAN / MAN Standard Committee MAN Metropolitan Area Network OCG Operational Coordination Group OMA Open Mobile Alliance
31、RFC Request For Comments SA Services system and Architecture SDO Standard Development Organization TSAG Telecommunication Standards Advisory Group TTA Telecommunications Technology Association (South Korea) TTC Telecommunications Technology Committee (Japan) UN United Nations ETSI ETSI TR 102 743 V1
32、.0.0 (2007-08) 8 4 Introduction The development of ICT standards has often involved close cooperation between working groups within a particular ETSI technical body and, to some extent, between technical bodies themselves. This is still true but, more and more, ETSI is turning to other Standards Dev
33、elopment Organizations (SDOs) to provide input to its standardization projects. In some instances, this input is provided within the confines of a cooperative partnership but in others, ETSI is using external specifications without any direct control over the content. If not carefully managed, each
34、of these multi-source development scenarios can cause problems in the ability of different implementations to interoperate. ETSIs standards engineering processes should ensure that such interoperability problems are at least minimized or, preferably, avoided altogether. The present document offers a
35、 number of recommendations for modifications and extensions to the way that ETSI develops its standards so that the interoperability of implementations can be assured. These recommendations have been derived from an analysis of ETSIs existing processes and those of a representative set of other SDOs
36、, capitalizing on their successes and learning from any obvious mistakes. 5 Executive summary of recommendations The analysis of the standards engineering processes of a number of Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) has identified that ETSIs own process is very good in many aspects. However,
37、lessons can be learnt from the other SDOs and there are a number of areas where changes in ETSIs process should result in improvements to the interoperability inherent in ETSIs standards. Clause 9 specifies a number of recommendations related to such changes and these are summarized here. Recommenda
38、tion 1: ETSIs technical committees should use a hierarchical system for organizing and managing work items. Recommendation 2: If a hierarchical system for organizing work items is introduced to the ETSI standards engineering process (Recommendation 1), a coordinating editor should be appointed for e
39、ach high-level work item with overall responsibility for the coordination of the content and schedule of the subordinate work items and deliverables. Recommendation 3: If the subject area of a new high-level work item does not fit clearly into the scope of a single existing technical committee, ETSI
40、 members should be encouraged to submit the work item request to OCG for approval and allocation of responsibilities. Recommendation 4: The ETSI Secretariat should investigate the provision of an easy-to-use project management software package that can be used for small projects as well as large one
41、s. Recommendation 5: All technical committee support staff should be trained to be competent in project planning and management techniques and the associated software tools available in ETSI. Recommendation 6: The current set of fixed milestones associated with a work item should be extended to incl
42、ude significant stages within the drafting process. Recommendation 7: The ETSI Secretariat should investigate how the existing Work Programme Management application could be used to monitor the progress of work items upon which ETSI projects depend but which are developed in external SDOs. ETSI ETSI
43、 TR 102 743 V1.0.0 (2007-08) 9 Recommendation 8: All technical committees should be encouraged to use a top-down and phased approach to the development of standards (particularly protocol specifications). Recommendation 9: All technical committees should identify for each work item, a method that wi
44、ll be used for validation purposes. Recommendation 10: ETSI should ensure that the use of the TC-MTS validation techniques and guidelines is promoted to all technical committees. Recommendation 11: “Specification Validated“ should be included in the fixed set of WPM milestones. Recommendation 12: Al
45、l technical committees should be encouraged to incorporate Plugtest events into their standards validation processes, where appropriate. Recommendation 13: The ETSI Board should require all technical committees to identify a method of change management which is appropriate to the nature of the speci
46、fications they produce. Recommendation 14: The ETSI Secretariat should investigate the provision of an easy-to-use, web-based change request and management system and train all TB support staff in its application and use. Recommendation 15: OCG and The ETSI Board should commission the production of
47、a “Managing Standards Engineering“ handbook to provide guidance and direction on all aspects ETSIs standards engineering process. 6 Standards engineering process elements Before undertaking an analysis of the development processes which exist within ETSI and other SDOs, a checklist was compiled of p
48、rocedural elements which are fundamental for any standards engineering process spanning more than one development body. These are the elements which should exist either explicitly or implicitly in all such processes if they are to be successful and include: A means of initiating new work items, ensu
49、ring that they are: - within the scope of the initiating standards body; - supported by members willing to take an active role in development; - technically feasible; - aligned with the strategic objectives of the parent SDO. A means of distributing elements of new work to multiple development bodies, including: - other work groups; - other technical committees; - other SDOs. ETSI ETSI TR 102 743 V1.0.0 (2007-08) 10 A means of coordinating work distributed across multiple development bodies ensuring that: - progress is accurately reported and manage
