SAB Vitality Committee Report Annette Reilly February 1, 2016

Vitality Committee Purpose and Approach “Meet with sponsors to transmit best practices among them and to recommend reorganization of sponsors with diminishing workload” Approach: Evaluate measures of vitality for sponsors Identify indications of moribund or dysfunctional sponsors Collect performance data for identified vitality indicators Recommend changes in sponsor status if indicated Support strategic discussions to contribute to the vitality of SAB as a whole through identifying new projects or sponsor committees Build the IEEE-CS brand as the SDO of choice. Vitality Feb. 2017

Vitality Indicators Possible causes of vitality concerns: Productivity: Number of active revision and new projects, projects started, abandoned, completed before PAR expiration Engagement: Number of active working groups, number of working group and SC members, number of study groups, liaisons to other standards development organizations (SDO) and IEEE-CS TCs, extent of international participation, longevity of leadership, involvement of new leaders/members, involvement of major industry stakeholders and users Compliance: Operating within approved P&P Portfolio Sustainment: Revision or stabilization of a portfolio of approved standards; use of strategic planning to identify new projects; relevance of standards to current technology Possible causes of vitality concerns: Sponsor change, lack of sponsor change, WG chair change or not, difficulty reaching consensus, lack of urgency from WG and sponsor, lack of active WG members, need for standard has waned Vitality Committee Feb 14

Standards to be revised/withdrawn No 2017 expiring standards Revise/withdraw action needed on 38 of 46 expirations in 2018—others are already in revision Vitality Feb. 2017

Immediate study and recommendations needed for MSC portfolio 2018 expirations and old standards without expiration dates in MyProject DA IA LM LT MSC PA S2ESC SAB SI TT 2018 standard expire 2 3 6 4 20 1 no expire date 11 14 19 5 Immediate study and recommendations needed for MSC portfolio Plan needed for old standards without expiration date (withdraw or revise—expiration dates should be administratively changed in MyProject to 12/31/18) Vitality Feb. 2017

Expiring PARS Expiring PARs= project incomplete after 4 or more years. Finish in 2017? PAR extension request? Withdraw PAR or let it expire? (Others with expiring PARS in ballot or awaiting RevCom) Vitality Feb. 2017

Sponsor P&P expirations Expires 12/31/2017 C/IA Information Assurance Immediate action to develop, approve and submit new P&P for renamed sponsor CPSC based on 2015 AudCom baseline P&P Sponsors with P&P expiring in 2018 should wait for new AudCom baseline template available late 2017/early 2018 to revise. Vitality Feb. 2017

Sponsor leadership succession All Sponsor P&P have requirements for election or appointment of the Sponsor chair and vice chair Sponsor chairs may serve an indefinite number of terms Vitality Feb. 2017

Backup-2018 standards expirations needing action by Sponsor (DA, IA) Standard Number Year Committee Title SASB Expiration 1076 2008 C/DA/P1076 IEEE Standard VHDL Language Reference Manual 12/31/2018 1076.1 2007 C/DA/VHDL_AMS IEEE Standard VHDL Analog and Mixed-Signal Extensions 2600 C/IA/2600_WG IEEE Standard for Information Technology: Hardcopy Device and System Security 1619 C/IA/SIS-WG IEEE Standard for Cryptographic Protection of Data on Block-Oriented Storage Devices 1619.1 IEEE Standard for Authenticated Encryption with Length Expansion for Storage Devices Action = withdraw or open revision PAR Vitality Feb. 2017

Backup-2018 standards expirations needing action by Sponsor (LM, LT) 8802.5 1995 C/LM ISO/IEC 8802-5:1995 : Information Technology Processing Systems - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems - Local and metropolitan area networks - Specifc requirements, Part 5:Token ring access method and physical Layer Specification 12/31/2018 8802-4 1990 ISO/IEC 8802-4:1990: Information processing systems - Local area networks - Part 4:Token-passing bus access method and physical layer specifications 802.2 2008 C/LM/WG802.20 IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - Part 20: Air Interface for Mobile Broadband Wireless Access Systems Supporting Vehicular Mobility -- Physical and Media Access Control Layer Specification 1484.20.1 2007 C/LT/CDSWG20 IEEE Standard for Learning Technology-Data Model for Reusable Competency Definitions 1484.11.3 2005 C/LT/CMI_WG11 IEEE Standard for Learning Technology Extensible Markup Language (XML) Schema Binding for Data Model for Content Object Communication 1484.4 C/LT/DREL_WG4 IEEE Recommended Practice for Digital Rights Expression Languages (DRELs) Suitable for eLearning Technologies 1484.12.3 C/LT/LOMWG12 IEEE Standard for Extensible Markup Language (XML) Schema Definition Language Binding for Learning Object Metadata Action = withdraw or open revision PAR Vitality Feb. 2017

Backup-2018 standards expirations needing action by Sponsor (MSC-1) 1014 1987 C/MSC/1014_WG IEEE Standard for A Versatile Backplane Bus: VMEbus 1101.1 1996 C/MSC/1101_WG IEEE Standard for Additional Mechanical Specifications for Microcomputers Using the IEEE 1101.1-1998 Equipment Practice 1998 IEEE Standard for Mechanical Core Specifications for Microcomputers Using IEC 60603-2 Connectors 1101.11 IEEE Standard for Mechanical Rear Plug-in Units Specifications for Microcomputers Using IEEE 1101.1 and IEEE 1101.10 Equipment Practice 1101.2 1992 IEEE Standard for Mechanical Core Specifications for Conduction-Cooled Eurocards 1156.1 1993 C/MSC/1156_WG IEEE Standard Microcomputer Environmental Specifications for Computer Modules 1156.2 IEEE Standard for Environmental Specifications for Computer Systems 1178 1990 C/MSC/1178_WG IEEE Standard for the Scheme Programming Language 1284.1 1997 C/MSC/1284_WG IEEE Standard for Information Technology -Transport Independent Printer/System Interface (TIP/SI) Action = withdraw or open revision PAR Vitality Feb. 2017

Backup-2018 standards expirations needing action by Sponsor (MSC-2) 1301.3 1992 C/MSC/1301_WG IEEE Standard for a Metric Equipment Practice for Microcomputers - Convection-Cooled with 2.5 mm Connectors 1301.4 1996 IEEE Standard for a Metric Equipment Practice for Microcomputers - Coordination Document for Mezzanine Cards 1363 2000 C/MSC/1363_WG IEEE Standard Specifications for Public-Key Cryptography 1363.1 2008 IEEE Standard Specification for Public Key Cryptographic Techniques Based on Hard Problems over Lattices 1363.2 IEEE Standard Specification for Password-Based Public-Key Cryptographic Techniques 1363a 2004 IEEE Standard Specifications for Public-Key Cryptography - Amendment 1: Additional Techniques 1394.3 2003 C/MSC/1394_WG IEEE Standard for a High Performance Serial Bus Peer-to-Peer Data Transport Protocol (PPDT) 1596 C/MSC/1596_WG IEEE Standard for Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) 1620 C/MSC/1620_WG IEEE Standard for Test Methods for the Characterization of Organic Transistors and Materials Action = withdraw or open revision PAR Vitality Feb. 2017May

Backup-2018 standards expirations needing action by Sponsor (PA, S2ESC, SAB, SI, TT) 1003.1 2008 C/PA/POSIX IEEE Standard for Information Technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX(R)) 12/31/2018 1028 C/S2ESC IEEE Standard for Software Reviews and Audits 1175.1 2002 IEEE Guide for CASE Tool Interconnections - Classification and Description 1175.4 C/S2ESC/1175.4_WG IEEE Standard for CASE Tool Interconnections--Reference Model for Specifying System Behavior 1599 C/SAB/WG_1599 IEEE Recommended Practice for Defining a Commonly Acceptable Musical Application Using XML 1516.4 2007 C/SI/1516.4 IEEE Recommended Practice for Verification, Validation, and Accreditation of a Federation - an Overlay to the High Level Architecture Federation Development and Execution Process 1450.2 C/TT IEEE Standard for Extensions to Standard Test Interface Language (STIL) (IEEE Std 1450-1999) for DC Level Specification 1450.3 IEEE Standard for Extensions to Standard Test Interface Language (STIL) (IEEE Std. 1450-1999) for Tester Target Specification Vitality Feb. 2017

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