We disapprove the draft ISO/IEC 29500 for the reason that the time given by the fast-track processing is not enough for consideration of this important draft.
Proposed Disposition of DIS 29500 Comment TH-0001 (Modified: 2008-01-08) We thank Thailand for its recognition that DIS 29500 is an important document. Fast-Track processing is governed by the ISO/IEC JTC 1 Directives, which states in clause ยง13.3: "The period for combined DIS (or DAM) voting shall be six months. This shall consist of a 30-day JTC 1 National Body review period followed by a five-month ballot." Further, this processing time is consistent with ISO/IEC Fast-Track processing. As such, neither the Project Editor nor the Ballot Resolution Meeting has the ability to extend the ballot period, nor to terminate Fast-Track processing and send the document for “normal processing” in SC34. During the development of ECMA-376, interim versions of the specification were publicly posted on the Ecma web site as early as May 2006, and SC34 (which has liaison status with Ecma) was invited to access and review these drafts. Please note other standards following similar processes, such as the PDF format, a specification of over 1300 pages, that was submitted to ISO in June 2007 and ratified as ISO 32000 in December 2007. The JTC 1 Special Working Group/Directives meets regularly to review the Directives and discuss proposed amendments for JTC 1 approval. We suggest that Thailand share its concerns with SWG/Directives or directly with JTC 1 as a National Body Contribution.
