[CESG] CESG approval conditions for SLE API Magenta Book updates

[Thomas Gannett]

Dear Margherita:

The CESG Polls to approve release of the updates to the SLE API 
Magenta Books for CCSDS review concluded with conditions. The 
conditions that need to be addressed by the Working Group are listed 
below. Current procedures for resolving poll conditions are given at 
the end of this message.

Best regards,
Tom Gannett

Approval Condition for CCSDS 914.0-P-1.1:

As backward compatibility implications for Generation 1 are stated, 
include also implications for Generation2.

Section E4.2 states that "The Application Program Interface specified 
in this Recommended Practice shall not be assumed to be backward 
compatible with specifications in earlier versions of the Recommended 
Practice.". Therefore the statements marked G1 or G2 (and not 
applicable to G3) cannot be inside mandatory clauses (with shall) but 
moved outside to be optional.

Approval Condition for CCSDS 915.1-P-1.1:

As backward compatibility implications for Generation 1 are stated, 
include also implications for Generation2.
 From the changes I can see in these pink sheets it looks to me that 
the markings [Gn:] / [Gn,m:] are never used in this document. Is this 
correct? If yes, why stating about those markers? Would it be simpler 
to omit that part or state that the convention is set but not needed 
yet till this version?
Please clarify.

Approval Condition for CCSDS 915.2-P-1.1:

As backward compatibility implications for Generation 1 are stated, 
include also implications for Generation2.

Approval Condition for CCSDS 915.5-P-1.1:

Include a note to explain why Generation 1 is not valid for this book.

Approval Condition for CCSDS 916.3-P-1.1:

Include a note to explain why Generation 1 is not valid for this book.


PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING POLL CONDITIONS

 From CCSDS A02.1-Y-4, Organization and Processes for the 
Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (Yellow Book, Issue 4, 
April 2014):

5.3.5.4.3 Conditional Approval

In the case of conditional approval,

a) the party responsible for the subject of the poll, e.g., a WG 
chair or someone delegated by the WG chair (e.g., a technical 
editor), shall act as rapporteur to address the conditions;

b) within 60 days of poll closure, the rapporteur shall report 
dispositions of all approval conditions to the Secretariat and, in 
the case of a document approval poll, deliver an updated version of 
the document reflecting disposition of the approval conditions;

c) upon receipt of the rapporteur's report, the Secretariat shall 
communicate the disposition of the approval conditions to the voting body;

d) within 30 days of receipt of the dispositions, the individual(s) 
who voted for conditional approval shall, via e-mail to the 
Secretariat, indicate acceptance, acceptance with modification, or 
rejection of the dispositions;

e) if no response is received within 30 days of the Secretariat's 
distribution of dispositions, acceptance shall be assumed;

f) the Secretariat shall report the result to the voting body;

g) if the dispositions are accepted, the Secretariat shall undertake 
the action implied by the objective of the poll;

h) if the dispositions are accepted with modification, the 
Secretariat shall assure that modified dispositions are implemented 
and undertake the action implied by the objective of the poll;
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