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From: lasko@regent.dec.com (Tim Lasko, Digital Equipment Corp., Westford MA)
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Subject: Re: 10-Year Language Standard Revision Cycle
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Date: 16 Mar 90 14:54:55 GMT
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In re the discussion on 5- vs. 10-year cycles, the ISO-IEC rule is "5": From
the  ISO-IEC Directives Part 1, Procedures for the technical work, clause
2.7.1:

"Every International Standard shall be reviewed at least every five years
by the technical committee or sub-committee responsible for it, in order to
decide by a majority vote of the P-members voting whether it should be
confirmed, revised, or withdrawn."

And a minor nit:

In article <102771@linus.UUCP>, gomberg@polka.mitre.org (Dave Gomberg) writes...

>... JTC 1 is the Open Systems
>Interconnection....

Actually, JTC1 is Information Technology, with lots of subcommittees underneath
it.  JTC1/SC21 (Subcommittee 21) is OSI.

Tim Lasko, Digital Equipment Corporation, Westford MA(lasko@regent.enet.dec.com)
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