ISSUE 164

Number 164
Category errata
Synopsis Re: Blame it on IEEE!
State closed
Class mistaken
Arrival-DateOct 15 2002
Originator "Paul J. Menchini" <mench@mench.com>
Release 2001b
Environment
Description
Bhasker and all,

> I see the IEEE getting hammered so much by this group that we should
> try to figure out a way that this does not happen second time
> around. Maybe it is a DASC issue - thats why I have cc'ed this email
> to Paul Menchini as well.

> This is very odd that IEEE editors changed the document so much. I
> have taken two standards through the IEEE process and I can tell you
> that the draft was published as the WG had submitted in both my cases
> - there was NOT A SINGLE CHANGE done to the body by the IEEE editors.

> What went wrong with 1364-2001? Has the IEEE editing policy changed?
> Did anyone review the changes made by the IEEE editors? Was there a
> good working relationship between 1364-2001 WG editor and the IEEE
> editors?

As far as I know, editorial policy has not changed in any great measure.
One thing that may have happened is that the preferred style may have
changed (it does every so often) and in the process of converting the
document to the new style, some things might have gone wrong.

I've always had a very good relationship with the IEEE editors I've
worked with. In my experience, they are without exception extremely
sensitive to preserving the technical content of the documents they
edit.

I'd suggest that you sit down with your editor and discuss the changes.
This discussion must take place anyway prior to the final release of the
document.

Paul
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