ITU-T Recommendations

Recommendation ITU-T A.8 provides working methods and procedures for approving draft new and revised ITU-T Recommendations using the alternative approval process.
While this edition does not modify the alternative approval process, it:
–Adds clarification on copyright clearance;
–consolidates into ITU-T A.8 text concerning steps following updates to normative references during comment resolution (mirroring text from Recommendation ITU-T A.5);
–streamlines the deadlines for availability of resolved drafts after comment resolution;
–reinstates the provisions from Recommendation ITU-T A.8 (2008) which are more accurate concerning the deletion of Recommendations approved under AAP;
–includes a redrawn Figure 1 to better illustrate the various steps of the AAP, with updates to the respective notes.