[Sis-csi] CCSDS Cislunar Architecture Book CESG RIDs -- RID2

[Scott, Keith L.]

Jean-Luc,

You proposed changing the text on page (i):

From

"This document has been approved for publication by the Management
Council of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS)
and reflects the consensus of technical working group experts from
CCSDS Member Agencies."

To

"This document has been approved for publication by the Management
Council of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS)
and reflects the consensus of technical working group experts from some
CCSDS Member Agencies."


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I think the text you reference is in the 'boilerplate' standard
template for all CCSDS Recommendations.  Further, I would think that
while such a change could be applied to the majority of CCSDS
Recommendations, it would weaken all of them and dilute the consensus
process that CCSDS uses to resolve differences.

In your supporting analysis, you say that you fear the Green Book may
achieve a de-facto higher status in the absence of supported standards.
The working group's next work item is to provide protocol profiles for
various classes of missions.  These will develop into (most likely
Orange) books that will contain the best possible technical
recommendations, and which can themselves be updates as new solutions
arise.  As real (experimental) recommendations, these Orange books and
their descendants would take precedence over the Architecture (Green)
book.


Given these reasons, I would like to recommend that the Cislunar WG
respectfully reject this RID.  Would this be acceptable to you?


        Best Regards,
 
            --keith
 
 
 
Keith Scott
Chair, CCSDS Cislunar Space Internetworking Working Group
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