[802SEC] RAC Chair comments on November 2018 proposed 802.11 PARs.
Dorothy:
The 802.3 ad hoc on PARs from other WGs recommended I submit comments on RAC Coordination personally.
P802.1bd, 6.1, b registry activity – Noting there will be new text referencing existing IEEE RA registries is helpful and proper. But, there are a couple problems with the last sentence. First problem, the RAC does not “control” the namespaces. Registries are administered by the IEEE Registration Authority. Second, “registration activity” in the 6.1,b question is not limited to IEEE RA administered registries. (The BOG has right of first refusal for registration activities defined in IEEE standards, and RAC Mandatory Coordination is not limited to only “registration activities” text related to IEEE Registration Authority administrated registries.) If true, a better sentence would be “It is expected that no new registries will be defined by the project.”
P802.11bd, 6.1, b registry activity – The first sentence is appropriate for a revision, but problematic for an amendment primarily producing new text. The amendment either will or will not include new text related to registration activity (what is noted in the PAR form instruction). There are though a couple problems with the last sentence. First problem, the RAC does not “control” the namespaces. Registries are administered by the IEEE Registration Authority. Second, “registration activity” in the 6.1,b question is not limited to IEEE RA administered registries. (The BOG has right of first refusal for registration activities defined in IEEE standards, and RAC Mandatory Coordination is not limited to only “registration activities” text related to IEEE Registration Authority administrated registries.) If true, a better sentence would be “It is expected that no new registration activity text will be included in the draft.”
Robert M. (Bob) Grow
Chair, IEEE Registration Authority Committee
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