Terms-of-reference

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[edit] Terms of Reference for the Panel.

The following text, excerpted from the welcome email sent to IST41/-/1 members by Francis Cave, chairman of IST/41, effectively defines the terms of reference for panel activity:

"Your goal in assisting with this work will be to consider, if possible, all the text of those Parts that are assigned to you, and to compile lists of all technical and editorial errors that you find. Technical errors may include errors in syntax productions, inconsistencies, contradictions, omissions, duplications, invalid or incomplete code, examples, references, etc - indeed, any technical errors that would hinder implementation of the standard. Editorial errors include spelling and style errors that might lead to misinterpretation.

You may also make comments of a general nature on the Parts that you work on, but only so far as they relate to the fitness of the text for inclusion in the standard. DIS 29500 is primarily to be considered on its technical merit and fitness for publication as an International Standard. ISO has already decided that the text may progress to publication as an International Standard, provided the text is technically fit for publication, so the commercial and other policy-related issues that fuelled the earlier debate on whether or not it should be published at all may not formally be revisited."