OVERVIEW OF ENGINEERING OVERVIEW OF ENGINEERING MANUAL, Part 1MANUAL, Part 1

Susan HoylerSusan Hoyler

TIA, Director Standards TIA, Director Standards Development and Development and

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OverviewOverview What’s Inside What’s Important to You

What’s Inside?What’s Inside? INTRODUCTION STATEMENTS OF POLICY OF THE S&T

DEPARTMENT DEFINITONS AND TERMS 1. OBJECTIVE 2. ORGANIZATION 3. ENGINEERING COMMITTEES** 4. ELECTION PROCEDURES 5. MEETINGS

6. DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS **

What’s Inside?What’s Inside? 7. MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS 8. TIA STANDARDS,

SPECIFICATIONS AND BULLETINS 9. PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS 10. INTERPRETATION OF TIA

PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS 11. CORRESPONDENCE AND

RECORDS 12. RELATIONS WITH OTHER

ORGANIZATIONS 13. COMPLAINTS AND APPEALS 14. CHANGES TO TIA ENGINEERING

MANUAL

What’s Inside?What’s Inside? ANNEX A- TSSC ANNEX B- TIA LEGAL GUIDES ANNEX C-ANSI PINS FORM AND TIA INTERNAL

PN FORM ANNEX D- SAMPLE MEETING NOTICE &

AGENDA ANNEX E –SAMPLE MEETING REPORT ANNEX F- COMMITTEE CORRESPONDENCE ANNEX G- CONTRIBUTION TEMPLATE ANNEX H- STATEMENT FROM PATENT HOLDER ANNEX I- NUMBERING OF DOCUMENTS

STATEMENTS OF POLICY

Yes, they are important!! Some more than others.

• Relationship with Other Elements of TIA• Relationship with ANSI• International Cooperation and Harmonization• Patent Policy (to be discussed)• Metric Policy

– TIA Style Manual (Section 4.8), the International System of Units (SI), as specified in ANSI/IEEE-268 or its subsequent revisions, shall be used in TIA Standards. If necessary, dual dimensioning can be used but the policy requires that any variation from the policy be explained in the foreword or introduction

DEFINITIONS AND TERMS Several listed but some useful ones are:

• Consensus: established when those participating in the consideration of the subject at hand have reached substantial agreement. Substantial agreement means more than a simple majority, but not necessarily unanimity. Consensus requires that all views and objections be considered and that a concerted effort be made toward their resolution. Consensus may also be achieved when the minority no longer wishes to articulate its objection. The opinions of the minority should be recorded with the report of the substantial agreement (consensus) of the majority.

• Normative Elements: those elements of a Standard setting the provisions with which it is necessary to comply in order to be able to claim conformity with the Standard. (See Section 2.1 of the TIA Style Manual).

DEFINITIONS AND TERMS

Useful terms• Simple Majority - 50% of those eligible to vote, rounded

down to an integer value plus 1

• Telecommunications Systems Bulletin or TSB - a document proposed by a Formulating Group to publicize material which, although not a published Standard, may have significant value to industry or users. A TSB cannot be used to modify or amend a Standard, but may announce planned enhancements or modifications for a particular Standard.

OBJECTIVE

Rules for operation of the Engineering Committees

Legal Guidelines Description of the organization of the

Standards and Technology Department of the TIA and its Engineering Committees

Intellectual Property Policy Rules for operation of the Technical Standards

Subcommittee

ORGANIZATION TIA separated its public policy divisions and the

standards program in Jan. 2001. The change of the reporting relationships is not yet reflected in the current text of the Manual. Though separate, the public policy divisions and standards work closely on issues, for example, CALEA, E-911, etc.

TIA Technical Committee is responsible for establishing the broad technical policy of the Association, including the organization and operating policies of the Standards and Technology Department and Engineering Committees, and advises the Board of Directors on technical issues.

ENG. COMMITTEES

Appointment/Dismissal of Leaders Membership Eligibility (3.2.1) One Company, One Vote (3.2.3.1) Government Participation (3.2.4) Membership Voting Continuation

(3.2.5)

CONDUCTING MEETINGS

Meeting Notices, Agenda, Reports Keeping quorum Voting procedures

– In meetings– Letter Ballots

STDS DEVELOPMENT

Project Initiation Ballot Initiation Types of comments Processing comments

– Technical– Editorial– Non-Germane or Non-Technical

STDS DEVELOPMENT Processing and resolving comments

– Substantive (6.8.1)• A substantive change in a Standard is one that directly and

materially affects the use of the Standard. Examples of substantive changes:

• (1) “shall” to “should”; “should” to “shall”;• (2) addition, deletion or revision of

requirements, regardless of the number of changes;• addition of mandatory compliance with referenced Standards

– Editorial (6.8.2)• A editorial change in a Standard is one that corrects

typographical errors, grammatical errors, or clarifies a concept without making a substantive change.

STDS DEVELOPMENT

– Non-Technical or Non-Germane Comment (6.8.3)

Recirculation Ballot– Entire document addressed (re-ballot)– Limited portions of document addressed (default

ballot)• Address technical changes and/or

• Highlight unresolved negative vote(s)

Approval for Publication

THE REST OF THE STUFF

Maintenance– Reaffirm– Revise– Rescind (Withdraw)

Bulletins Types of Published Documents Interpretation

THE REST OF THE STUFF

Correspondence and Records Relationships with Other Organizations Complaints an Appeals

– Informal Complaint– Formal

Changes to the Manual

THE BEST FOR LAST?

Annexes contain useful information; most forms have been updated and are on web.

Document numbering will be discussed in separate session.

Patent Holder Statement is fixed, and will be described in a separate session.

QUESTIONS?