ISO 22745-20:2010(E)

5 Dictionary maintenance organization (DMO)

5.1 General requirements

The DMO for each OTD shall adopt, publish, and adhere to a code of ethics.

5.2 Structure of the DMO

The dictionary maintenance organization (DMO) shall contain the following groups:

5.3 Secretariat

The secretariat is the administrative group with overall responsibility for maintenance of an OTD and management of votes. The head of the secretariat is the Secretary, appointed by the organization designated as the DMO for the OTD.

The responsibilities of the secretariat include:

5.4 Validation committee (VC)

The validation committee is a group of domain experts with knowledge of the OTD subject matter.

The responsibilities of the VC include:

Members of the VC shall be nominated by ISO TC 184/SC 4 P-member countries. There shall be at most two VC members from any given P-member country.

NOTE   The VC does not play a role in procedure Add Concept (see 7.3) because any terminology submitted by a consensus organization with a properly completed NCR is assumed to be valid and is automatically added to the open technical dictionary. The VC is involved in procedure Change Concept Documentation (see 7.4) to resolve disagreements between concept contributors as to whether specific changes should be made.


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