ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 N1496
                          

              Format of items for the repository

                       John Reid


Resolution LV10 (Las Vegas, August 2002) set out WG5's intention to
establish a new Repository of Requirements. This will be a text file
with the format of the present Repository, N1189. At the request of 
a member body, an item in N1189 may be transferred to the new 
Repository. 

For each new item in the repository, the following fields must be
supplied:

Number: blank (will be assigned by the keeper of the repository)

Title: this must be short and informative (it will be used in an index)

Submitted By: member body name

Status: For Consideration

References: are ISO standards or SC22, WG5, or J3 paper numbers 
           (may be blank)

Basic Functionality: a short description

Rationale:  reasons for standardizing the feature including the
            expected users of the feature

Estimated Impact: indicates other features that would be affected and
                  explains how they would be affected

Detailed Specification: as much detail as possible should be supplied

History: blank initially