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PROPOSAL FOR A NEW WORK ITEM

Date of presentation of proposal:	Proposer: Japan
Secretariat:	ISO/IEC JTC 1 N XXXX

A proposal for a new work item shall be submitted to the secretariat of the ISO/IEC joint technical committee concerned with a copy to the ISO Central Secretariat.

Presentation of the proposal - to be completed by the proposer Guidelines for proposing and justifying a new work item are given in ISO Guide 26.

Title TM4PL Benchmark  (Topic Maps for Practice Learning) Benchmark

Scope: This proposed technical report specifies the TM4PL benchmark to assess qualitatively and quantitatively TMengine according to TMDM, TMQL, and TMCL

Purpose and justification The purposes of the  TM4PL (Topic Maps for Practice Learning) Benchmark are: To provide a uniform TM framework for data and workload specification to assess topic maps engines according to some quality and quantity performance metrics. To encourage the usage of benchmark to evaluate topic maps-based engines, and To improve the quality assessment of topic maps technology and standardization. Quality and Quantity assessments are two key issues to improve the usage of  topic maps in industrial and end-user communities. It will be also a way to motivate people to improve toward that goal.

Programme of work If the proposed new work item is approved , which of the following document(s) is (are) expected to be developed? ____ a single International Standard more than one International Standard (expected number: ........ ) ____ a multi-part International Standard consisting of .......... parts ___ an amendment or amendments to the following International Standard(s) ... _X___ a technical report , type ...........

Relevant documents to be considered

Cooperation and liaison None

Preparatory work offered with target date(s) Draft requirements

Signature:

Will the service of a maintenance agency or registration authority be required? No - If yes, have you identified a potential candidate? ................ - If yes, indicate name ............................................................. Are there any known requirements for coding? No -If yes, please specify on a separate page Are there any known requirements for cultural and linguistic adaptability? No - If yes, please specify on a separate page Does the proposed standard concern known patented items? No - If yes, please provide full information in an annex

Comments and recommendations of the JTC 1 Secretariat - attach a separate page as an annex, if necessary

Comments with respect to the proposal in general, and recommendations thereon: It is proposed to assign this new item to JTC 1/SC 34

Voting on the proposal - Each P-member of the ISO/IEC joint technical committee has an obligation to vote within the time limits laid down (normally three months after the date of circulation).

Date of circulation:

Closing date for voting:

Signature of Secretary:

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NEW WORK ITEM PROPOSAL - PROJECT ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA
Criterion	Validity	Explanation
A Business Requirement
A.1 Market Requirement	Essential __ Desirable __X_ Supportive ___	New users of ISO/IEC 13250 require benchmark framework
A.2 Regulatory Context	Essential ___ Desirable ___ Supportive ___ Not Relevant _X_
B. Related Work
B.1 Completion/Maintence of current standards	Yes __ No_X__
B.2 Commitment to other organization	Yes ___ No_X_
B.3 Other Source of standards	Yes ___ No__
C. Technical Status
C.1 Mature Technology	Yes __ No___
C.2 Prospective Technology	Yes ___ No__
C.3 Models/Tools	Yes _X__ No__
D. Conformity Assessment and Interoperability
D.1 Conformity Assessment	Yes ___ No__
D.2 Interoperability	Yes ___ No__
E. Cultural and Linguistic Adaptability	Yes __ No___
F. Other Justification

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Notes to Proforma

A. Business Relevance. That which identifies market place relevance in terms of what problem is being solved and or need being addressed.

A.1. Market Requirement. When submitting a NP, the proposer shall identify the nature of the Market Requirement, assessing the extent to which it is essential, desirable or merely supportive of some other project.

A.2 Technical Regulation. If a Regulatory requirement is deemed to exist - e.g. for an area of public concern e.g. Information Security, Data protection, potentially leading to regulatory/public interest action based on the use of this voluntary international standard - the proposer shall identify this here.

B. Related Work. Aspects of the relationship of this NP to other areas of standardization work shall be identified in this section.

B.1 Competition/Maintenance. If this NP is concerned with completing or maintaining existing standards, those concerned shall be identified here.

B.2 External Commitment. Groups, bodies, or fora external to JTC1 to which a commitment has been made by JTC for cooperation and or collaboration on this NP shall be identified here.

B.3 External Std/Specification. If other activities creating standards or specifications in this topic area are known to exist or be planned, and which might be available to JTC1 as PAS, they shall be identified here.

C. Technical Status. The proposer shall indicate here an assessment of the extent to which the proposed standard is supported by current technology.

C.1 Mature Technology. Indicate here the extent to which the technology is reasonably stable and ripe for standardization.

C.2 Prospective Technology. If the NP is anticipatory in nature based on expected or forecasted need, this shall be indicated here.

C.3 Models/Tools. If the NP relates to the creation of supportive reference models or tools, this shall be indicated here.

D. Conformity Assessment and Interoperability

D.1 Indicate here if Conformity Assessment is relevant to your project. If so, indicate how it is addressed in your project plan.

D.2 Indicate here if Interoperability is relevant to your project. If so, indicate how it is addressed in your project plan.

E. Cultural and Linguistic Adaptability  Indicate here if cultural and linguistic adaptability is applicable to your project. If so, indicate how it is addressed in your project plan.

F. Other Justification  Any other aspects of background information justifying this NP shall be indicated here.