[802SEC] RAC Chair comment on proposed P802.15.7a PAR

[ROBERT GROW <bobgrow@COX.NET>]

802.15 colleagues:

I submit the following personal comment for consideration during the March Plenary session..  (Comment has not been review nor approved by the RAC.)

Item 6.1.b — The RAC has the option to review any project and doesn’t need the box checked to give them permission in case they may want to review a draft.   The answer and explanation are not consistent with the PAR form instructions (quoted below) in that the explanation does not indicate a new registry or new use of an existing registry expected to be included in the project.  Either the explanation needs to be improved (see the P802.1ASdm draft PAR also submitted for March 802 consideration as an example), or the answer should be “No”.

The IEEE Registration Authority Committee (RAC) is a mandatory coordination body.
If the proposed standard requires (or is expected to require) the unique identification of objects or numbers for use in industry, the project has registration activity. This does not cover things like code points defined within the standard.
A YES answer with brief explanation is appropriate if:
1. The proposed standard creates a new registry.
2. The proposed standard includes new use of an existing registry (whether IEEE RA or other registry authority).
Please visit the IEEE Registration Authority website (http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/index.html) for additional information regarding existing registries.

Bob Grow

Chair, IEEE Registration Authority Committee

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