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Approving your draft

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The ETSI standards process

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Work Item

introduced

Approval of draft by technical

committee

PublicationIMMEDIATE

If Technical Specification or Technical

Report

Drafting Approval

6 – 12 MONTHS

If European Standard

NSO Enquiry

and Vote

90 DAYS

If ETSI Standard or ETSI Guide

ETSI Member

vote

Drafting in technical committee, working

group

or Specialist Task Force

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Who approves what?

Technical Body ETSI Technical Reports (TR) ETSI Technical Specifications (TS)

Members ETSI Guides (EG) ETSI Standards (ES)

Public (National Standards Organizations) EN (telecommunications series)

• including Harmonized Standards and Community Specifications

Industry Specification Group ETSI Group Specifications (GS)

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What’s different for 3GPP?

Technical Specifications Technical Reports

approved by the relevant TSG by consensus if possible placed under Change Control

• subsequent development achieved by Change Requests approved by the TSG

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ETSI Technical Body approval

ETSI Technical Reports (TR) ETSI Technical Specifications (TS)

approval can be instantaneous 60 days to publication

• draft sent to ETSI Secretariat within 30 days of TB approval• publication within 30 days

• provided draft complies with ETSI Drafting Rules

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Industry Specification Group approval

ETSI Group Specifications (GS) decision-making procedures defined in Group’s Terms of Reference

• draft sent to ETSI Secretariat within 30 days of TB approval• publication within 30 days

• provided draft complies with ETSI Drafting Rules

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ETSI Membership approval (MAP)

ETSI Guides (EG) ETSI Standards (ES)

19 weeks to publication• draft sent to ETSI Secretariat within 30 days of TB approval• ETSI Secretariat prepares draft for vote within 30 days• 60 day voting phase• weighted individual voting by Full & Associate Members• voting report by Secretariat within 15 days• if successful, publication within 15 days

• without modification, except editorial changes

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Public Approval

EN (telecommunications series) involves National Standards Organizations involves “Public Enquiry” and “public” Vote

• weighted national voting

Two-step procedure (TAP) 11,5 months

One-step procedure (OAP) 6 months draft must be non-contentious

• suits conversion from ES to EN• or the deliverable has a high degree of maturity

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The Two-step approval procedure - for ENs

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The One-step approval procedure - for ENs

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The e-Approval application - for ES, EG and EN

http://portal.etsi.org/EApproval/

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Status code

1 8 Start of work TB approval

8 8A TB approval Draft received by Secretariat

8A 9B For TAP: Draft received by Sec’t Start of PE

8A 9B For OAP: Draft received by Sec’t Start of Vote

8A 10FM For MAP: Draft received by Sec’t Start of Member Vote

8A 12 For TSs and TRs: Draft received by Sec’t Publication

9B 9C Public Enquiry (PE)

9C 9D End of PE Despatch of comments to TB

9D 9E Despatch of comments to TB End of TB review

9E 10F End of TC review Start of voting

10F 11 Vote

11 12 End of voting Publication

30 50 Withdrawal

Full list at http://portal.etsi.org/edithelp/StandardsDevelopment/home.htm?page=StatusCodes

Approval phases

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Approval check-list – 10 key questions

1. Is the deliverable technically stable and mature?

2. Is the title and scope of the deliverable clear?

3. Are all the appropriate test methods included (if applicable), and are requirements testable?

4. Are all normative references publicly available?

5. Are all annexes appropriately titled (informative/normative) and stable?

6. Does an approved work item exist for this deliverable?

7. Is the deliverable type the most appropriate?

8. Is the document and its associated graphics electronically available and ETSI compatible?

9. Have the ETSI Drafting Rules been adhered to and the ETSI template applied?

10. Has any sustained opposition to the approval of this draft been resolved?

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OK, but…

How do I know that there are drafts for approval?

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Technical Body approval

The draft for approval is placed in the TB’s area on the ETSI web site

Or on the Decision Support application http://webapp.etsi.org/TBdecision/Menu.asp

Members of the TB are notified by e-mail (by means of an e-mail exploder)

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Decision Support

An optional web-based tool for use by Technical Committees

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Decision Support

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Other approvals (MAP, OAP, TAP…)

Information placed on Portal home page, Publications window Nominated voting contacts (etc.) are notified by e-mail, which

contains links to: lists of the deliverables in each category a list of newly-published deliverables

The lists provide access to: the deliverables (downloadable) the relevant work programme item the Technical Body details the relevant voting application

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Portal home page notification

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Deliverables notification e-mail

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Welcome,

From 2006-03-01 to 2006-03-07, the following activity has taken place in ETSI:

Deliverables: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

- 3 document(s) sent on member vote (see http://webapp.etsi.org/action/MV/MV20060505/MV20060505.htm )

- 1 document(s) sent on OAP (see http://webapp.etsi.org/action/OP/OP20060714/OP20060714.htm )

- 14 document(s) published (see http://webapp.etsi.org/action/pu/20060307/20060307.htm )

- 1 document(s) sent on Vote (see http://webapp.etsi.org/action/V/V20060512/V20060512.htm )

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------More information can be found on http://webapp.etsi.org/deliverables/home.htmFor more information or help please send an email to: mailto:webvote-contact@etsi.org

Best Regards,

The Editing Document Management teamETSI - Standards Production Area