Distinction of Document Types (Excluding Standards) Based on New Documentation System
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Distinction of Document Types (Excluding Standards) Based on New Documentation System
| Attribute | Category | Definition | Description | Examples of application | ||
| ETSI (TIPHON) |
IETF | 3GPPs | ||||
| Normative document |
Technical specification |
Provisional technical specification | Those to be established on account of their technical specifications being finalized as a whole, although there is a possibility of these specifications being modified in part. | TS | RFC (DS) | TS Ver.3 and after |
| Technical document |
Technical specification not matured | Those to be established for the reason that their technical specifications have fairly well been developed to be collected under one cover, although there is a possibility of these technical specifications being modified in many points. | RFC (PS) | Before TS Ver.3 |
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| Reference document |
Technical report |
Those published as technical reference materials | Same as the entry in the box. on the left | TR | RFC (I, E, BCP) |
TR |
| Survey report |
Those published that open to the public reporting made at Technical Committees or Working Groups on their survey activities | Same as the entry in the box. on the left | ||||
Examples of application are to be added.