1、 International Telecommunication Union ITU-T A.6TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDIZATION SECTOR OF ITU (11/2012) SERIES A: ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK OF ITU-T Cooperation and exchange of information between the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector and national and regional standards development organ
2、izations Recommendation ITU-T A.6 Rec. ITU-T A.6 (11/2012) i Recommendation ITU-T A.6 Cooperation and exchange of information between the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector and national and regional standards development organizations Summary This Recommendation describes the establishment
3、 of the process for cooperation and information exchange between ITU-T and national and regional standards development organizations, and the communication process once an organization has been A.6-qualified. History Edition Recommendation Approval Study Group 1.0 ITU-T A.6 1998-09-07 TSAG 2.0 ITU-T
4、 A.6 2000-10-06 Assembly 3.0 ITU-T A.6 2002-06-21 TSAG 3.1 ITU-T A.6 (2002) Amd. 1 2006-07-07 TSAG 3.2 ITU-T A.6 (2002) Amd. 2 2007-12-07 TSAG 4.0 ITU-T A.6 2012-11-30 Assembly ii Rec. ITU-T A.6 (11/2012) FOREWORD The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the United Nations specialized agen
5、cy in the field of telecommunications, information and communication technologies (ICTs). The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is a permanent organ of ITU. ITU-T is responsible for studying technical, operating and tariff questions and issuing Recommendations on them with a view
6、to standardizing telecommunications on a worldwide basis. The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA), which meets every four years, establishes the topics for study by the ITU-T study groups which, in turn, produce Recommendations on these topics. The approval of ITU-T Recommendatio
7、ns is covered by the procedure laid down in WTSA Resolution 1. In some areas of information technology which fall within ITU-Ts purview, the necessary standards are prepared on a collaborative basis with ISO and IEC. NOTE In this Recommendation, the expression “Administration“ is used for concisenes
8、s to indicate both a telecommunication administration and a recognized operating agency. Compliance with this Recommendation is voluntary. However, the Recommendation may contain certain mandatory provisions (to ensure, e.g., interoperability or applicability) and compliance with the Recommendation
9、is achieved when all of these mandatory provisions are met. The words “shall“ or some other obligatory language such as “must“ and the negative equivalents are used to express requirements. The use of such words does not suggest that compliance with the Recommendation is required of any party. INTEL
10、LECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ITU draws attention to the possibility that the practice or implementation of this Recommendation may involve the use of a claimed Intellectual Property Right. ITU takes no position concerning the evidence, validity or applicability of claimed Intellectual Property Rights, wh
11、ether asserted by ITU members or others outside of the Recommendation development process. As of the date of approval of this Recommendation, ITU had not received notice of intellectual property, protected by patents, which may be required to implement this Recommendation. However, implementers are
12、cautioned that this may not represent the latest information and are therefore strongly urged to consult the TSB patent database at http:/www.itu.int/ITU-T/ipr/. ITU 2013 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, by any means whatsoever, without the prior written permission
13、 of ITU. Rec. ITU-T A.6 (11/2012) iii Table of Contents Page 1 Scope 1 2 Procedures 1 2.1 Establishment of the process for cooperation and exchange of information 1 2.2 Process for cooperation and exchange of information once the process is established 2 2.3 ITU-T A.6-qualified organizations list .
14、3 2.4 Copyright arrangements . 3 2.5 Electronic document exchange . 3 Annex A Qualifying criteria for cooperation and exchange of information process with national and regional standards development organizations 4 Appendix I Establishment of a process for cooperation and exchange of information und
15、er Rec. ITU-T A.6 . 5 Rec. ITU-T A.6 (11/2012) 1 Recommendation ITU-T A.6 Cooperation and exchange of information between the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector and national and regional standards development organizations (1998; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2007; 2012) 1 Scope In order to facilitate
16、 the development of cooperative relationships with national and regional standards development organizations, and to encourage cooperation and information exchange, procedures are provided, founded on the basis of reciprocity, for use when structuring the cooperation and information exchange process
17、. “National and regional standards development organizations“, referred to as “standards development organizations“ (SDOs) in the text that follows, are those organizations that develop standards recognized and implemented at the national and/or regional level. In this Recommendation, the term “appr
18、oved document“ refers to an official output of a standards development organization that has been formally approved. The term “draft document“ refers to an output, which is still in draft form. 2 Procedures Study groups are encouraged to make use of documents, both approved and in draft form, provid
19、ed by standards development organizations, as appropriate. Similarly, standards development organizations are encouraged to make use of draft or approved ITU-T Recommendations. This Recommendation contains procedures for formal cooperation and exchange of information between ITU-T study groups and s
20、tandards development organizations that qualify, according to the criteria in Annex A. In particular, this Recommendation addresses the case of an organization accepting texts, in part or in whole, from another organization. The case of normative referencing is addressed in Recommendation ITU-T A.5.
21、 Establishing a communication process provides a framework for ongoing communications to: prevent inadvertent duplication of effort, while allowing each organization to pursue its own mandate; provide authoritative information regarding one organizations dependencies on the others work; exchange inf
22、ormation on topics of mutual interest. 2.1 Establishment of the process for cooperation and exchange of information Establishment of a process for cooperation and exchange of information between ITU-T study groups and standards development organizations should be considered on a case-by-case basis,
23、and should be evaluated with due care and diligence using the set of criteria in Annex A. For ITU-T, the process is established at the study group level; for standards development organizations, the process is established at the appropriate level. To avoid multiple requests to a standards developmen
24、t organization for information pertaining to the criteria in Annex A, and to facilitate evaluation by study groups, the Director of TSB makes such requests, and subsequently makes an analysis of the responses to verify that the organizations meet the relevant criteria. A schematic diagram of the pro
25、cess is provided in Appendix I. 2 Rec. ITU-T A.6 (11/2012) 2.1.1 Exchange of information initiated by an ITU-T study group If a study group considers that it is beneficial to establish an exchange of information or documents with a standards development organization, the study group should first con
26、sult the ITU-T A.6-qualified organizations list (see 2.3) and obtain an analysis of that standards development organization from the Director. The study group reviews the analysis and decides whether or not to communicate with the standards development organization. If the standards development orga
27、nization in question is not on the list, the study group chairman asks the Director to request the standards development organization to provide the information and fill in the questionnaire relating to the qualifying criteria set forth in Annex A. The Director performs a preliminary analysis of the
28、 standards development organization and transmits it to the affected study group(s), which shall review the analysis and make a decision whether or not to communicate. Any areas of concern should be immediately shared with other interested study group chairmen and the Director. If the study group de
29、cides to approve, the study group chairman establishes the cooperation document acceptance and exchange processes in accordance with 2.2. 2.1.2 Exchange of information initiated by a national or regional standards development organization If a standards development organization contacts the Director
30、 of TSB to establish an exchange of information or documents with ITU-T, the Director should first determine whether the exchange of information or documents is relevant to: a) the ITU-T Sector (for related policy issues); or b) one or more study groups (for topics relating to their work). In case a
31、), the Director evaluates the standards development organization according to the criteria in Annex A. If the Director decides to approve, he establishes the exchange and informs TSAG and all ITU-T study groups. In case b), the Director performs an analysis and transmits it to the affected study gro
32、up(s), which shall review the analysis and make a decision whether or not to communicate. If multiple study groups are involved, the decision of each study group should be communicated to the others, to the TSAG and to the Director of TSB. 2.2 Process for cooperation and exchange of information once
33、 the process is established 2.2.1 Documents sent to ITU-T A.6-qualified national and regional standards development organizations A standards development organization may accept, in whole or in part, the text of a draft or approved ITU-T Recommendation, as all or part of the text of its draft docume
34、nt, with or without modification to the ITU-T text. When a standards development organization decides to accept ITU-T texts, it notifies TSB about the actions taken concerning those texts. The use, acceptance or reproduction of such texts by the standards development organization is subject to the c
35、opyright arrangements set out in 2.4. A proposal to send a liaison statement to an ITU-T A.6-qualified standards development organization can arise from work by a rapporteur group, working party or study group. The decision to send such information is made by the study group chairman in consultation
36、 with the relevant working party chairman, and, if arising from a study group meeting, with the agreement of the study group. The text is sent to the standards development organization by TSB on behalf of the study group. When necessary, between scheduled meetings, the liaison statement may be prepa
37、red by an appropriate correspondence process and approved by the study group chairman in consultation with the study group management. Rec. ITU-T A.6 (11/2012) 3 2.2.2 Documents received from ITU-T A.6-qualified national and regional standards development organizations An ITU-T study group may accep
38、t from an ITU-T A.6-qualified standards development organization, in whole or in part, the text of a draft document, or an approved document, as all or part of the text of a draft ITU-T Recommendation, with or without modification to the text. When an ITU-T study group decides to accept texts from a
39、n ITU-T A.6-qualified standards development organization, it notifies the organization about the actions taken concerning those texts. The use, acceptance or reproduction of such texts by the ITU-T study group is subject to the copyright arrangements set out in 2.4. Documents submitted to the ITU-T
40、study groups by ITU-T A.6-qualified standards development organizations should conform to criterion 8) in Annex A. These documents are not issued as Contributions. As soon as they arrive they are made available, with the agreement of the study group chairman, for advance consideration by the relevan
41、t group. Moreover, they are issued as a document to the relevant group with a reference to the originating standards development organization, i.e. as a Temporary Document at a study group or working party meeting, or as a document at a rapporteur meeting. In the latter case, the receipt and disposi
42、tion of the document received should be recorded in the report of the rapporteur meeting. 2.3 ITU-T A.6-qualified organizations list The Director of TSB is requested to maintain an up-to-date ITU-T A.6-qualified organizations list and associated analyses of the national and regional standards develo
43、pment organizations that are under evaluation and/or have been approved for cooperation and exchange of information, including identification of the study groups concerned, and make it available online. 2.4 Copyright arrangements The subject of modifications to texts and arrangements for royalty-fre
44、e copyright licenses, including the right to sub-license, for texts accepted by either ITU-T or by ITU-T A.6-qualified standards development organizations and their publishers and others, is a matter to be agreed upon between TSB and the particular standards development organization. However, the or
45、iginating organization retains the copyright for its texts. 2.5 Electronic document exchange Where possible, the exchange of documents will be in electronic format. Questions of electronic links to enable document exchange is to be agreed upon by the Secretariats of the organizations concerned. 4 Re
46、c. ITU-T A.6 (11/2012) Annex A Qualifying criteria for cooperation and exchange of information process with national and regional standards development organizations (This annex forms an integral part of this Recommendation.) NOTE An administration may require that cooperation and exchange of inform
47、ation with ITU-T or its study groups, by a national or regional standards development organization within that administrations jurisdiction, follow its established national procedures. National or regional standards development organization attributes Desired characteristics 1) Objectives/relationsh
48、ip of work to ITU-T work Objectives should be the development, adoption and implementation of standards and the provision of input into international standards organizations, especially ITU-T. 2) Organization: legal status; accreditation; secretariat; nominated representative. should indicate in whi
49、ch country/countries it has legal status; should indicate the accrediting entity; should identify the permanent secretariat; should identify a representative. 3) Membership (openness) national or regional standards development organization membership criteria should not preclude any party with material interest; membership should comprise a significant representation of telecommunications interests. 4) Technical subject areas Should be relevant to a particular study group(s) or ITU-T as a whole. 5) IPR Policy and Guidelines on: a) patents; b) softwar
