Standards First!™

1. Standards First!™

2. IMTC TSC/WG StructureJim PolizottoIMTC Secretary Standards First!™

3. Work Group Structure Education & Promotion WG Requirements WG Liaisons to Standards White papers/News Items/Web Pages Legend Work Group Application & Service Profiles Output from WG Protocols & Systems WG Network Infrastructure WG IMTC Test Event Flow Profiles & Test Plans Interoperability Events

4. WG and AG Structure Requirements WG aHIT! Applications iNOW! Directory Services Mobility Protocols & Systems WG H.323 H.248/Megaco SIP Voice Coder H.320 Data Collab. H.324 M Network Infrastructue WG QoS & Performance IP Security Mobility Directory Services IPv6 Education & Promotion WG Marketing AG

5. Liaisons • Generate contributions: • RFC’s • TD’s • Submit contributions to standards bodies: • ITU-T • IETF • ETSI TIPHON • TTC • TIA

6. We need simple working rules... • Work can not be hold up, because of lack of agreed and documented IMTC working rules • Rules shall be very simple, should support work progress, shall not provide bureaucratic barriers • Let us agree now. If in practice not practical, - based on feedback we will adjust them, asap. • Proposal: Rules shall be „in force“ right from now. • The following proposed rules are based on principles used by other standards bodies / fora:

7. How to „liaise“? • WG, AGs should „liaise“ (e.g. a requirement list, a reported bug from interop) as autonomous units „peer to peer“ (e.g. AG vs. ITU-T Rapp. Group; WG vs ITU-T WP; IMTC vs ITU SG) in their own responsibility and only in their name. „Best delivery“ according to the rules of the resp. External bodies. • Group prepares liaison by consensus work, group leader puts up for voting when „mature enough“ (he decides) • Approval of the liaison by „consensus“ at a F2F meeting, or • Open electronic approval process of the liasion (7 days notice over the respective E-mail reflector; 51% approval sent to the Secretariat needed of those members who have replied) • Liaison sent / received / logged / documented / archived by the IMTC Secretariat, who act as formal liaison contacts (a suitable technical IMTC contact named should also be added).

8. How to submit contributions to external bodies? • WG, AGs should submit contributions (e.g. a draft standard, an IMTC profile) as autonomous units „peer to peer“ (e.g. AG vs. ITU-T Rapp. Group; WG vs ITU-T WP; IMTC vs ITU SG) in their own responsibility and only in their name. „Best delivery“ according to rules of the ext. Bodies. • Group prepares contribution by consensus work, group leader puts up for voting when „mature enough“ (he decides) • Approval of contribution by „consensus“ at a F2F meeting, or • Open electronic approval process of the contribution (7 days notice over the respective E-mail reflector; 51% approval sent to the Secretariat needed of those IMTC members who have replied) • Contribution sent / received / logged / documented / archived by the IMTC Secretariat, who act as formal liaison contacts (a suitable technical IMTC contact named should also be added).

9. AG QuestionnaireProtocols & Systems WG Activity Group ParticipateInterest • H.323 Interop 8 15 • SIP Interop 8 12 • H.248/Megaco 5 5 • Media Processing 5 2 • H.320 Interop 3 5 • PSS 2 5 • H.324 M 1 5 • Data Collaboration 1 4

10. AG QuestionnaireNetwork Infrastructure WG Activity Group ParticipateInterest • QoS & Perf. 4 15 • IP Security 3 6 • IPv6 3 5 • Mobility 1 4 • Directory Svcs. 0 3

11. Req’ts & Marketing WGs Activity Group ParticipateInterest • iNOW! 5 3 • Marketing 4 2 • Applications 1 3 • aHIT 1 2

12. Protocols & Systems WG Chair: Patrick Luthi Activity Groups • H.320 Interop Chair: John Sangermano • H.323 Interop Chair: Anatoli Levine • SIP Interop Chair: Mark Grosen • H.324 M Chair: Bernhard Wimmer • H.248/Megaco Chair: TBD • Media Processing Co-chair: Alok De, Dave Lindbergh, Imre Varga • Data Collaboration Chair: Chuck Grandgent • PSS Chair: Adi Plaut

13. Network Infrastructure WG Chair: Greg Meyer Activity Groups • QoS & Perf. Chair: Ken Kalinoski • IP Security Chair: Steve Davies • Mobility Chair: Senthil Sengodan Co-chair: Sridhar Ramachandran • IPv6 Chair: Hemanth Dattareya • Directory Svcs. Chair: TBD

14. Requirements WG Chair: Dave Lindbergh Activity Groups • aHIT Chair: TBD • iNOW! Chair: Jim Yu • Applications Chair: TBD

15. Education & Promotion WG Chair: Carole Hodges Activity Group • Education Chair: Carole Hodges & Mktg Co-chair: KarenFrazier • PR Contact: Bob Rinklin, Bender Hammerling

16. Working method needed • Goal: focusing, to avoid „aging“ of groups • When to set up an AG group? • When to declare it closed? • What when „critical mass“ too low for too long? • What is results are coming out too slow? And not enough contributions? • Look at the IETF (closing down a group is a signal of success – „work done“ – and not a signal of „national disaster“)