Versions of Annex E

[Chip Sharp]

Interesting question.

According to the SG16 WP2 meeting report and the avc-site web page, the
version of H.323 Annex E that was approved is contained in the following
documents:
COM 16-74 as modified by TD pl-33 as modified by TD pl-53.

The file on the avc-site named H.323_Annex_E_990528.zip contains the end
result of all these changes.  I assume, even though there is no TD number
on this document and it isn't mentioned in the meeting report, that this is
actually the final form of Annex E that was submitted to the TSB editor for
publication.

It has been almost a year (May 1999) since Annex E was approved.  How long
does it take to get a Recommendation published?  In the meantime, how are
developers supposed to build products to an approved Recommendation for
which there is no final text available?  I assume that for those people who
know where to find this particular file on the avc-site it isn't a
problem.  However, if you went to the official ITU Recommendations page to
purchase this document, it isn't available.

Oh well, caveat structor.

Chip

At 12:46 PM 3/28/00 -0500, Paul E. Jones wrote:
>Folks,
>
>There is a copy of Annex E here:
><ftp://standard.pictel.com/avc-site/9905_San/Annex_E_rev7.1_changes.zip>ftp://standard.pictel.com/avc-site/9905_San/Annex_E_rev7.1_changes.zip
>
>that appears to be newer, but in fact has no official standing.  Mr.
>Okubo's HTML document describes that it was a proposal to the Santiago
>meeting, but I've seen a couple of people download it without reading the
>HTML file, believing that it was the current version.
>
>Mr. Okubo, is there something we can do to help prevent people from
>mistaking this for the latest version?  Can we modify the timestamp of the
>file or rename it?
>
>Thanks,
>Paul
>

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