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Date: Wed, 25 Mar 92 14:20:12 -0500
From: isaak@unix.ttb.dec.com (Jim Isaak-respond via isaak@decvax.dec.com)
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Subject: Liaison Statement from SC21 on Software Manegement (9945-3) issues
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WG15 folks,
	Here is liaison input from SC21 about overlapping areas of
interest ... we should plan to develop a response in New Zealand.
Also if anybody can attend the May meeting in Ottawa, 19-27, May 1992.
that would be good to know in New Zealand as well.

	Martin (Kirk) , can you also take this into the 1003.7 group, and
formulate some coordination response with the associated X3T5 group?

Thanks, Jim

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	To:  ... WG15

	From: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC21   [Secretariat:  USA (ANSI)]

	Title:	Liaison statement to SC22/WG15 on Software Management.

	Source:	ISO/IEC JTC1 - CCITT Collaborative Meeting on Systems
		Management, 25-29


	The Software Management sub-group at its meeting in Sydney, 
	November 1991 noted the work currently progressing within SC22/WG15
	on System Administration Interface/Software.

	The overlap between the scope of the work within the two groups
	was discussed and it was established that while the SC21/WG4 is
	concerned only with the management aspects of software resources. 
	the SC22/WG15 work is concerned with more wider aspects such as
	portability, packaging, distribution, administration as well as
	the management aspects.

	The software management sub-group considers the following items to
	fall within the current scope of work undertaken by this group:

			- Initiation of transfer
			- Post transfer control
			- Activation
			- Version change over and reversion change
			- Software testing and validation
			- Patching
			- Support for license and charging activities
			  (i.e. billing, accounting)
			- Support for software security
			- Audit trail (monitoring and query services)
			- Software delivery, transfer and distribution 
			  are outside the scope of work.

	It is therefore requested that an official liaison is established
	between the two groups to consider this issue and agree on a 
	common position for future work and collaborations between the two 
	groups.  Software Management sub-group will hold its  next meeting
	in Ottawa, 19-27, May 1992. The SC22/WG15 experts are invited to 
	participate at this meeting.