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Maintenance & withdrawal of documents

ETSI Seminar© ETSI 2010. All rights reserved

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Maintenance

Different rules for different types of deliverable Rules are laid down in the Technical Working Procedures

(Section 2) and in the 3GPP Working Procedures

If you are in any doubt ... take care ... and speak to the ETSI (or 3GPP) Secretariat!

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Standards are maintained typically:

in response to comments received with a formal vote, or comments from a Technical Body, or comments (or complaints) received by the ETSI Secretariat

Maintenance

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EN (telecommunications series)

Uses the One-step Approval Procedure except for editorial changes only, following confirmation by the Technical Body

Chairman but, if the EN is designated a Harmonized Standard:

either the Two-step Approval Procedure or the One-Step Approval Procedure is used... the Technical Body decides which

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ETSI Standard (ES) or ETSI Guide (EG)

Uses the Membership Approval Procedure (MAP) except for editorial changes only, following confirmation by the

Technical Body Chairman

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ETSI Technical Specification (TS) or ETSI Technical Report (TR)

Maintenance is approved by the relevant Technical Body except for editorial changes only, following confirmation by the

Technical Body Chairman A similar procedure applies for ETSI Group Specifications (GS)

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GSM or 3GPP Technical Specification (TS) or Technical Report (TR)

Maintenance is based on a system of formal Change Requests the formal approval of a Change Request rests with the relevant

Technical Body or TSG the Support Team then produces a new version of the

specification/report

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ETS, I-ETS, ETR, TCR-TR, TC-TR, GSM-TS a new work item of an appropriate new deliverable type is created a complete new version of the deliverable shall always be issued

• no Amendments or Corrigenda are permitted

Where an EN is chosen as the deliverable type, the One-step

Approval Procedure is applied TBR

A subsequent edition of a TBR is adopted by application of the One-step Approval Procedure

Maintenance of deliverables of the Old Regime

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Withdrawal

a major event, not to be undertaken lightly different rules for different types of deliverable rules are laid down in the Technical Working Procedures If you are in any doubt ...

take care ... and speak to the ETSI Secretariat!

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Standards are withdrawn typically: if their contents have been subsumed into a new standard, or where irreconcilable errors have been found

Withdrawal of standards which have been transposed into national standards may leave a vacuum...

Withdrawal

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EN (telecommunications series),including Harmonized Standards

one, several, or all versions may be withdrawn is the EN referenced in any regulatory text? is the EN normatively referenced in any ETSI deliverable?

if yes to either, all references must be revised first

Technical Body submits proposal to Secretariat Secretariat sends withdrawal proposal to NSOs NSOs conduct national consultations (2 months) and weighted

national vote vote may be taken at GA

if vote is successful, EN is withdrawn from public availability within 2 weeks

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ETSI Standard (ES) or ETSI Guide (EG)

one, several, or all versions may be withdrawn is the ES / EG normatively referenced in any ETSI deliverable?

if yes, all references must be revised first

ETSI Membership Approval Procedure (MAP) is used Technical Body submits proposal to Secretariat Secretariat sends withdrawal proposal to members Members have 60 days to respond

period may be extended

if vote is successful, ES / EG is withdrawn from public availability within 2 weeks

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ETSI Technical Specification (TS) or ETSI Technical Report (TR)

one, several, or all versions may be withdrawn is the TS / TR normatively referenced in any ETSI deliverable?

if yes, all references must be revised first

decision to withdraw the TS / TR is taken by the Technical Body responsible for its maintenance A similar procedure applies for ETSI Group Specifications (GS)

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Withdrawal of deliverables of Old Regime

TBR, ETS, I-ETS as for EN (telecommunications series)

ETR, TCR-TR, TC-TR, GSM-TS withdrawn by responsible Technical Body