1. ISO/IEC JTC 1 State of the Union
April 2019
Phil Wennblom, JTC 1 Chair

2. About JTC 1
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3. Editing Concerns
Last year, shared list of concerns with you about editing process and tools
JTC 1 Tools and Project Editors Forum in 2018
JTC 1 Chair and Secretary meeting in Geneva in February with JTC 1 Project Editors and ISO Central Secretariat editing staff
Key learnings:
Project portal
Collaboration between Project Editors and ISO EPMs
Known limitations; advice for Project Editors
Improvements to editing tools and flow
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4. Resources for JTC 1 Project Editors
ISO Central Secretariat has provided documents to assist JTC 1 Project Editors
Information for JTC 1 Project Editors (N14124)
JTC 1 Document Preparation Tips (Draft)
Guidance on Electronic Attachments (Draft)
Guidance on Revisions (Draft)
ISO Central Secretariat plans to offer training for JTC 1 Project Editors later this year
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5. Directives Issues
Overall: Simplify and increasingly rely on ISO and IEC
Appreciate U.S. Contributions to JTC 1 re: Directives Part 2
Decimal vs. comma
Must
Variable names
Table of contents
Corrigenda
Registration Authorities
Committee Manager vs. Secretary
JTC 1 Standing Documents – Proposal by the Secretary
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6. Cooperation
Increasingly important for JTC 1 to cooperate with other ISO and IEC TCs
JTC 1 Systems Integration Entities
Enhanced Liaison: IEC/TC 65, ISO/TC 184, ISO/TC 307
IEC/TC 100
Communication with TCs impacted by our work
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7. Promoting our work With the objective of attracting more participants
ISO Central Secretariat and IEC Central Office
JTC 1 SWG on Communications
JTC 1 SCs and WGs
Meeting calendars: dates and locations for 2 years out
Outreach events co-located with meetings
Share information
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8. Study Activities Study Groups Open Source Software Data Usage
Autonomous Data Rich Vehicles
Quantum Computing
Trustworthiness
Meta-reference architecture and reference architecture
JTC 1 SWG on JTC 1 Emerging Technology and Innovation (JETI)
Digital Twin
Brain-Computer Interface
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9. Future JTC 1 Plenary Meetings
Starting in 2019, JTC 1 will meet in Plenary twice per year to enable faster decision making
6-10 May Maui, HI, USA
4-8 November Delhi, India
11-15 May Limerick City, Ireland
2-6 November Okayama, Japan
May Korea (to consider)
November Australia (to consider)
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