Standards Coordinating Committee 10

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Standards Coordinating Committee 10
Terms and Definitions
IEEE-SA Standards Board 20 March 2003
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Outline

• Background
• Scope of SCC 10
• SCC 10 Concerns
• The IEEE Dictionary
• Possible Roles of SCC 10
• Recommendations

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Background

• 1998 through September 2002
• No active volunteer SCC 10 committee(Coordination
  performed by IEEE-SA Publishing staff)
• IEEE-SA Standards Board requested formation of a
  volunteer committee to evaluate the role and
  responsibilities of SCC 10
• SCC 10 Chair assigned and first meeting held in
  September 2001
• Outlined scope and purpose of committee

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Scope of SCC 10

• Provide leadership
• Aid the sponsors
• Establish guidelines
• Resolve conflicts
• Identify deprecated terms
• Sensitize/educate sponsors/working groups
• Assist IEEE staff in updating the IEEE Dictionary
• Harmonize definitions with the IEVInternational
  Electrotechnical Commission ( IEC)International
  Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV)

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SCC 10 Concerns

• Need to
• Improve the quality of, and access to, our
  definitions while allowing working group to
  determine the technical content
• Bring some consistency to definitions being used
  in IEEE documents
• Align our definitions with international
  vocabulary to allow unimpeded adoption of our
  standards
• Understand impact on publication of terms

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SCC 10 Concerns

• If we want to improve quality and credibility of
  IEEE documents
• Eliminate definitions with slight variances-
  Consistency of terms where possible
• Establish policies for when alternative
  definitions are acceptable
• Construct network of experts to evaluate terms,
  symbols, and metric use
• Encourage use of international terms when
  possible
• However

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SCC 10 Concerns

• If we say working groups determine the technical
  content, SCC 10 will not be able to
• Eliminate duplicative definitions
• Eliminate WG creating different definitions (Ex
  C3720.1)
• Implement the use of international terms
• If we say working groups determine the technical
  content , the IEEE-SASB will need to
• Implement policy to give SCC 10 the ability to
  establish the guidelines that should be followed

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Example of Inconsistencies

• C37.100-1992 IEEE Standard Definitions for
  Power Switchgear Reaffirmed 2001
• C37. 20.1 IEEE Standard for Metal Enclosed
  Low-Voltage Power Circuit Breaker
  Switchgear(issued in 4Q 2002)
• Contains Eight(8) definitions ..that differ
  from that in IEEE-Std 100-1992

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The IEEE Dictionary

• Latest edition, the Authoritative Dictionary of
  IEEE Standards Terms, published as a product of
  the Standards Information Network, IEEE Press
• It is a compendium of IEEE Standards terms
• Extremely expensive to publish, market, and
  distribute print
• Weakened demand for print and CD-ROM product
• New publication medium required
• Need to maintain access for volunteers during
  development

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The IEEE Dictionary

• Staff is evaluating the best option for the
  distribution of Standards terms
• In the process of designing a dictionary database
  that would allow subscription access to IEEE
  terms
• Could incorporate tagging that would identify
• Preferred terms
• International terms
• Terms within a specific area of engineering
• Allow customized access to terms for customers
  while permitting access at no cost for developers

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Possible Roles of SCC 10

• Status quo
• SCC 10 coordination of terms
• Facilitation by SCC 10

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Possible Roles of SCC 10

• Status Quo
• Quality and need for definitions determined by
  working groups and balloting groups
• Editorial review of terms for basic issues
• Dictionary remains a compendium
• Does not address international coordination and
  multiple definitions for terms
• End product of less value
• May contain conflicting definitions .

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Possible Roles of SCC 10

• SCC 10 coordination of terms
• SCC 10 establishes coordination during
  drafts/ballots to ensure that definitions are
  consistent with defined terms (US or
  international) and reviewed by SCC 10 area
  experts
• Exception requests are evaluated by committee and
  coordinated with WG Chair/ Sponsor

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Possible Roles of SCC 10

• SCC 10 Coordination
• Dictionary becomes closer to what a true
  dictionary should be
• Need significant Board and volunteer support
• Promotes consistency in terms within IEEE and IEC
  where feasible
• Issue Who should be responsible for terms ?

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Possible Roles of SCC 10

• Facilitation by SCC10 SCC 10 offers change
  recommendations during drafts if there are
  already existing terms (US or international), but
  decision making remains in the working group
• However,Technical input from SCC 10 without Board
  authorization
• Would become ineffective and meaningless without
  a mechanism to require use of existing or
  international terms or consistency across IEEE

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True IEEE Dictionary

• Significant resources would have to be expended
  to hire lexicographer and get experts from
  various areas.
• SCC-10 provides Expert Guidance and Consultation
• May become commercially attractive to users as a
  reference guide
• Harmonization/inclusion of IEC vocabulary

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SCC-10 Recommendations

• Request Authorization from the IEEE-SASB for
  Coordination Role as explained.
• SCC-10 Determines how the process can be aligned
  to produce the end product wanted
• Establish expert network and document the working
  procedures of SCC 10
• Implement changes to governing documents
• Communicate process changes to working groups
• Type 2 Status to ballot new terms and harmonize
  with IEC terms where feasible

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SCC-10 Motion 1

• That SCC-10 be authorized to Review and comment
  on terms and definitions in draft standards that
  ultimately come to RevCom for recommending
  approval to the IEEE-SASB for compliance with
  the policies and procedures of SCC10

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SCC 10 Motion 2

• SCC- 10 be changed from a Type 1 SCC to a Type 2
  SCC per the definition in the IEEE-SA Board
  Operations manual