[Css-csts] Late "pseudo RID" on CSTS Guidelines - Contents of Section 1

[John Pietras]

Dear all,
My apologies for not submitting this as a true RID during the official review period. It has to do with differences between what the Guidelines require for the "Introduction" section (section 1) and what we've been putting in the MD, TD, and (so far) Forward Frame (FF) books.

Recommended Actions:

1.       In section 4.3, add the requirement for a "Purpose of this Recommended Standard" subsection as the first subsection.

2.       Determine if all CSTS books should have a "Cross Support Transfer Services Documentation" subsection, and if so, add it to the Guidelines in section 4.3.

Analysis

3.       The MD, TD, and FF books all have a "Purpose of this Recommended Standard" as the first subsection in the Introduction section. It is not mentioned in the Guidelines.

4.       The MD, TD, and FF books all have a "Cross Support Transfer Services Documentation" subsection that is not mentioned in the Guidelines.  As currently written, this section is two pages of "boilerplate" that is copied without any tailoring. I think that it is useful to continue to include something like this subsection to provide context, but it also occurs to me that as currently written it will cause the reader to ask "Why are you telling me all this? What has this got to do with the CSTS that is the subject of this particular Recommended Standard?"


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