To establish coordination between an IEEE Working
Group and an ITU Study Group, please contact Mike
Lynch, the technical liaison for ITU-R, Bilel
Jamoussi, the technical liaison for ITU-T, or the International
Program Office.
(Excerpted from the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1:2004, Procedures for the technical work (PDF format) , subclause 1.17.1)
In order to be effective, a liaison shall operate in both directions, with suitable reciprocal arrangements.
The desirability of liaison shall be taken into account at an early stage of the work.
The liaison organization shall accept the policy based on the ISO/IEC Directives concerning copyright (see ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1:2004, Procedures for the technical work (PDF format), subclause 2.13), whether owned by the liaison organization or by other parties. The statement on copyright policy will be provided to the liaison organization with an invitation to make an explicit statement as to its acceptability. The cooperating organization is not entitled to make any charges for documents submitted.
A liaison organization shall agree to ISO/IEC procedures, including IPR (see ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1:2004, Procedures for the technical work (PDF format), subclause 2.13). Liaison organizations shall accept the requirements of 2.14 on patent rights (see ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1:2004, Procedures for the technical work (PDF format), subclause 2.14).
Types of Liaisons
Category
A Liaison
Category C Liaison
Category D Liaison
Category A Liaison - Can be established with ISO, IEC or ISO/IEC JTC1
Definition
(Excerpted from the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1:2004, Procedures for the technical work (PDF format), subclause 1.17.2.1)
Organizations that make an effective contribution
to the work of the technical committee or subcommittee for questions
dealt with by this technical committee or subcommittee. Such organizations
are sent copies of all relevant documentation and are invited
to meetings. They may nominate experts to participate in a Working
Group/Project Team (see ISO/IEC
Directives, Part 1:2004, Procedures for the technical work (PDF
format), subclauses 1.11.1 and 1.12).
Acceptance Criteria
(Excerpted from the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1:2004, Procedures for the technical work (PDF format), subclause 1.17.2.2)
The liaison organizations shall be international or broadly based regional organizations working or interested in similar or related fields.
Technical committees and subcommittees shall seek the full and, if possible, formal backing of the organizations having liaison status for each document in which the latter is interested.
Establishment of a Category A Liaison with ISO or IEC
(Excerpted from the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1:2004, Procedures for the technical work (PDF format), subclause 1.17.2.3)
Liaisons are established by the Chief Executive Officer in consultation with the secretariat of the technical committee or subcommittee concerned. They are centrally recorded and reported to the technical management board.
Establishment of a Category A Liaison with JTC1
(Excerpted from the ISO/IEC Directives, Procedures for the technical work of ISO/IEC JTC 1 on Information Technology (5th Edition), subclause 3.3.4.2)
Organisations which make an effective contribution to and participate actively in the work of JTC 1 or its SCs for most of the questions dealt with by the committee.
If an organisation requesting Category A liaison does not currently have Category A liaison with JTC 1, the request will be forwarded to the JTC 1 Secretariat by the ISO/IEC Information Technology Task Force (ITTF), along with appropriate documentation (i.e. information about the requester and its interest in the work of JTC 1). In the case of liaison with an SC, the JTC 1 Secretariat will ask the appropriate SC Secretariat for a recommendation on the establishment of the proposed liaison. The JTC 1 Secretariat will forward the request (and the SC Secretariat recommendation in the case of liaison with a subcommittee) to JTC 1 for approval either by letter ballot or by a vote at a meeting.
If a requesting organisation currently has Category A liaison with JTC 1, a request for establishing a new liaison will be forwarded by the ITTF to the Secretariat of the committee with which liaison is sought, along with the documentation mentioned above. The Secretariat will forward the request to the committee for approval either by letter ballot or by vote at a meeting. The JTC 1 Secretariat shall be copied on all correspondence.
Review of Liaisons
(Excerpted from the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1:2004, Procedures for the technical work (PDF format), subclause 1.17.2.4)
Technical committees and subcommittees shall review all their liaison arrangements on a regular basis, at least every 2 years, or at every committee meeting.
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Category C Liaison - Can only be established with ISO/IEC JTC 1
(Excerpted from the ISO/IEC Directives, Procedures for the technical work of ISO/IEC JTC 1 on Information Technology (5th Edition), subclause 3.3.4.2)
Definition
Organisations which make an effective technical contribution and participate actively at the WG or project level of JTC 1 or its SCs.
Establishment, Acceptance Criteria and Review of Liaisons
- Category C liaisons are proposed by JTC 1 to the ITTF after receiving a recommendation from the appropriate JTC 1 subsidiary body, i.e. an SC (or WG reporting directly to JTC 1).
- Each request for liaison status forwarded to JTC 1 from an appropriate JTC 1 subsidiary body must contain a statement of expected benefits and responsibilities accepted by both the JTC 1 organisation and the organisation requesting liaison status.
- The liaison group must agree to pay any meeting and documentation expenses that other participants are required to pay.
- The JTC 1 subsidiary body shall review the liaison activity on a two-year cycle to ensure that the liaison group is, in fact, actively participating and there is appropriate NB participation. The result of this review shall be forwarded to ITTF for further action.
- The ITTF must reaffirm the liaison status of the organisation if there is continued evidence of active participation in the work of the WG or project and appropriate NB participation exists.
If a request for liaison is considered by JTC 1 in the first instance, and category C liaison is thought to be applicable, JTC 1 may request the appropriate JTC 1 subsidiary body or bodies to consider the request and apply the above procedure.
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Category
D Liaison - Can only be established with ISO or IEC Working
Groups/Project Teams
Definition
The ISO/IEC Directives defines Category D Liaisons as
organizations that make a technical contribution to and participate
actively in the work of an IEC working group, maintenance team,
or project team.
For more information on the requirements of
and establishing a Category D Liaison between IEEE and the IEC,
see the IEEE-SA
Standards Board Operations Manual, clause 7.2 .
For assistance in establishing a liaison, please
contact the International
Program Office.
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