[CESG] RE: [Cesg-all] Result of CESG poll closing 31 January 2011

[Hooke, Adrian J (9000)]

Peter: I suggest that editorial decisions related to the Publications Manual should be left to the Secretariat. In particular, the Secretariat should have the latitude to determine whether or not a change is a "simple matter" and to correspondingly decide how to most effectively allocate their scarce resources to making such changes.

Adrian J. Hooke
Chairman, CCSDS Engineering Steering Group (CESG)
Space Communications and Navigation Office (SCaN)
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA Headquarters
Washington DC  20024-3210

From: Shames, Peter M (313B)
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 12:56 PM
To: Thomas Gannett; Hooke, Adrian J (9000)
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Subject: Re: [Cesg-all] Result of CESG poll closing 31 January 2011

 By taking this approach we are, however, leaving the document in a peculiar, and inconsistent, state.  If they are going to change any text in the document use Mb/s then I suggest that they adopt it throughout.  Since, in this case, that means one other editorial change it should be a simple matter for the Secretariat to also effect that.

Peter


From: Tom Gannett <tomg at aiaa.org<mailto:tomg at aiaa.org>>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 06:46:11 -0800
To: Adrian Hooke <Adrian.J.Hooke at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:Adrian.J.Hooke at jpl.nasa.gov>>
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Subject: Re: [Cesg-all] Result of CESG poll closing 31 January 2011

The Publications Manual requires SI notation.  In the case of the RF&Mod book, which was developed prior to adoption of the Publication Manual, it has been the practice at the Secretariat, whenever the book is updated, to attempt to bring it closer to Publications Manual requirements without expending significant resources to do so.

In the case of the current update, there was a notation (Mbps) that was not consistent with SI notation, and it was thus changed by the Secretariat.

As noted editorially in the poll results, changes made for compliance with CCSDS Publications Manual requirements are not subject to review;  i.e., comments concerning such changes will be ignored.



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