On Tue 2009-09-08T18:39:31 -0700, Steve Allen hath writ: > The WP7A is meeting in Geneva this week. > > There are two documents about UTC on their table as seen here > http://www.itu.int/md/R07-WP7A-C/en > one from People's Republic of China, > and another from BIPM (which, curiously, is not about question 236/7)
In response to several notes, yes, these are protected, so the only broadly visible aspects are the authors and titles. It seems to me that the ITU-R operates in a sort of 19th century diplomatic mode. I do find this annoying by comparison to the internet IETF/IESG/RFC model of standards development (in particular because the resulting recommendations are also under lock and key even though that interferes with the expectation that they will be broadly and correctly implemented in software and hardware systems) but I understand that it is their perogative to operate in this mode. In the US any draft contributions must be reviewed publicly, so those drafts can be openly seen, but even to find out about their availability for review means tracking a byzantine system. I suppose that other countries also require review that might make the drafts visible, but following the ever-evolving bureaucratic structures is beyond me. -- Steve Allen <s...@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 University of California Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
