2. TC3 Workshop Montreal, Canada – 2003-10-16

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Program
OPENING, GENERAL INTRODUCTION
PRESENTATION - TASK FORCE RESULTS
DISCUSSION - NC WORK ON DATABASE STANDARDS
DISCUSSION – 2 YEARS OF EXPERIANCES OF IEC DB
NEW WORK? – BLANK DETAIL SPECIFICATIONS
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4. 3(Montreal/Secretariat)12, 2003-10-16, Copyright © IEC 2003
Program
OPENING, GENERAL INTRODUCTION
PRESENTATION - TASK FORCE RESULTS
DISCUSSION - NC WORK ON DATABASE STANDARDS
DISCUSSION – 2 YEARS OF EXPERIANCES OF IEC DB
NEW WORK? – BLANK DETAIL SPECIFICATIONS
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5. Harmonization of terminology
TASK FORCE RESULTS
Harmonization of terminology
E-forum set up for the discussion
Status levels defined in 3/663/INF
Items: Proposed, Draft, Standard, Obsolete - reference only, Rejected
Change requests: Submitted, For evaluation, For validation, Extended procedure, Resolved, Rejected
Remaining labels in 3/686/INF
Implemented in IEC 60617, IEC 61360
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TASK FORCE RESULTS
Marketing efforts
The idea of a CD rejected
“IEC Zone” suggested to IEC/CO
New ideas of marketing from IEC/CO
Promotion >>> Communication
Important areas
Channels
“Zones” >>> TC sites
Structured wit regard to target groups
Subject-oriented ?
Working Forum per TC
New ppt templates
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7. 3(Montreal/Secretariat)12, 2003-10-16, Copyright © IEC 2003
Program
OPENING, GENERAL INTRODUCTION
PRESENTATION - TASK FORCE RESULTS
DISCUSSION - NC WORK ON DATABASE STANDARDS
DISCUSSION – 2 YEARS OF EXPERIANCES OF IEC DB
NEW WORK? – BLANK DETAIL SPECIFICATIONS
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8. National support of the VT members
THE WORK OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEES ON THE DATABASE STANDARDS
National support of the VT members
How is the organization around the VT-members?
… alone?
… small reference group?
… the entire committee?
… ?
How is the communication organized?
… during the evaluation phase
… during the validation phase
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9. Hinders and difficulties
THE WORK OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEES ON THE DATABASE STANDARDS
Hinders and difficulties
What is working well / not working well?
… access rights
… ?
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10. National language variants
THE WORK OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEES ON THE DATABASE STANDARDS
National language variants
National language variants?
… translated print-outs?
… target group oriented printed collections
… language variants in the database?
… ?
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11. 3(Montreal/Secretariat)12, 2003-10-16, Copyright © IEC 2003
Program
OPENING, GENERAL INTRODUCTION
PRESENTATION - TASK FORCE RESULTS
DISCUSSION - NC WORK ON DATABASE STANDARDS
DISCUSSION – 2 YEARS OF EXPERIANCES OF IEC DB
NEW WORK? – BLANK DETAIL SPECIFICATIONS
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2 YEARS OF EXPERIENCES OF IEC DATABASE
The working process
The normal database procedure
VT members – difficult to find them?
VT members – what do they think about the work?
Access to change requests?
Readability of change requests? …
The extended procedure
Do we need to add print-outs to the documents?
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2 YEARS OF EXPERIENCES OF IEC DATABASE
The user perspective
Is the database perceived as practical?
Easy to find symbols?
Easy to use in daily work?
Are the existing support functions really helpful?
Missing information or support functions?
User-oriented print-outs – necessary?
CENELEC decision on symbols
Note to be added in the database
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14. The marketing perspective
2 YEARS OF EXPERIENCES OF IEC DATABASE
The marketing perspective
Customer reactions?
Is the database/database subscriptions easy to sell?
How has the change from publications to database affected the sales?
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15. 3(Montreal/Secretariat)12, 2003-10-16, Copyright © IEC 2003
Program
OPENING, GENERAL INTRODUCTION
PRESENTATION - TASK FORCE RESULTS
DISCUSSION - NC WORK ON DATABASE STANDARDS
DISCUSSION – 2 YEARS OF EXPERIANCES OF IEC DB
NEW WORK? – BLANK DETAIL SPECIFICATIONS
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16. Blank detail specifications
NEW WORK?
Blank detail specifications
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17. Thank you for your attention.

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Any questions?
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