1. SAB Vitality Committee Report
Annette Reilly
February 1, 2016

2. 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.
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3. 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
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4. Standards to be revised/withdrawn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
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5. 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)
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6. 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)
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7. 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.
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8. 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
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9. 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
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10. Backup-2018 standards expirations needing action by Sponsor (LM, LT)
8802.5
1995
C/LM
ISO/IEC :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 :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
2007
C/LT/CDSWG20
IEEE Standard for Learning Technology-Data Model for Reusable Competency Definitions
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
C/LT/LOMWG12
IEEE Standard for Extensible Markup Language (XML) Schema Definition Language Binding for Learning Object Metadata
Action = withdraw or open revision PAR
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11. 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 Equipment Practice
1998
IEEE Standard for Mechanical Core Specifications for Microcomputers Using IEC Connectors
IEEE Standard for Mechanical Rear Plug-in Units Specifications for Microcomputers Using IEEE and IEEE 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
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12. 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
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13. 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 ) for DC Level Specification
1450.3
IEEE Standard for Extensions to Standard Test Interface Language (STIL) (IEEE Std ) for Tester Target Specification
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