SMPTE (the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) is an internationally-recognized standards developing organization. Headquartered and incorporated in the United States of America, SMPTE has members in over 80 countries on six continents. SMPTE’s Engineering Documents, including Standards, Recommended Practices, and Engineering Guidelines, are prepared by SMPTE’s Technology Committees. Participation in these Committees is open to all with a bona fide interest in their work. SMPTE cooperates closely with other standards-developing organizations, including ISO, IEC and ITU. SMPTE Engineering Documents are drafted in accordance with the rules given in its Standards Operations Manual.
This Standards Administrative Guideline forms an adjunct to the use and interpretation of the SMPTE Standards Operations Manual. In the event of a conflict, the Operations Manual shall prevail.
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This Administrative Guideline sets forth the participation agreement for membership in the SMPTE Standards Community. The participation agreement must be agreed to when a person applies to become a Standards Community Member.
Normative text is text that describes elements of the design that are indispensable or contains the conformance language keywords: "shall", "should", or "may". Informative text is text that is potentially helpful to the user, but not indispensable, and can be removed, changed, or added editorially without affecting interoperability. Informative text does not contain any conformance keywords.
All text in this document is, by default, normative, except: the Introduction, any section explicitly labeled as "Informative" or individual paragraphs that start with "Note:"
The keywords "shall" and "shall not" indicate requirements strictly to be followed in order to conform to the document and from which no deviation is permitted.
The keywords, "should" and "should not" indicate that, among several possibilities, one is recommended as particularly suitable, without mentioning or excluding others; or that a certain course of action is preferred but not necessarily required; or that (in the negative form) a certain possibility or course of action is deprecated but not prohibited.
The keywords "may" and "need not" indicate courses of action permissible within the limits of the document.
The keyword "reserved" indicates a provision that is not defined at this time, shall not be used, and may be defined in the future. The keyword "forbidden" indicates "reserved" and in addition indicates that the provision will never be defined in the future.
Unless otherwise specified, the order of precedence of the types of normative information in this document shall be as follows: Normative prose shall be the authoritative definition; Tables shall be next; then formal languages; then figures; and then any other language forms.
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in the following documents apply:
By submitting this application I understand: • That on approval of my application I will be permitted to join any number of SMPTE Technology Committees and their subgroups; • That my initial status on each Technology Committee will be that of Observer Member, but that after attending one or more meetings I may apply to the Technology Committee Chair for Participant Member status on that Technology Committee; • That Participant Membership in any Technology Committee requires regular attendance at meetings and regular articipation in formal ballots of the committee; • That membership of the SMPTE Standards Community requires a single working email address for all committee communications, and access to the Internet for obtaining documents, participation in committee ballots, etc. I acknowledge and agree: • To be governed by the SMPTE Bylaws • That I will adhere to the provisions of the SMPTE Operations Manuals applicable to Engineering Committees (available at https://www.smpte.org/about/policies-and-governance), specifically the SMPTE Standards Operations Manual and the Intellectual Property Policy included therein and, following notification of any adoption or change, such rules and policies as the Board of Directors and/or the SMPTE Standards Committee may from time to time adopt. • That on-going participation in Committee activities constitutes an agreement to be bound by any amendment(s) in SMPTE Bylaws, SMPTE Standards Operations Manual, rules and/or policies that are made from time to time. Such adoptions, amendments and changes in policies will be communicated to me by email to the address I provide for Committee communications at least 30 days before the effective date of the change. • That I may be participating in issues relating to the on-going appraisal of technologies, and in decisions that are interim by nature and may undergo substantial revisions. I recognize that SMPTE encourages me to discuss such issues privately with others considered to be knowledgeable in the field. However, since premature public disclosure may be a disservice to the industry I agree to refrain from either directly or indirectly making any public disclosure of the business transacted by the Committee without the express consent of the Committee Chair and the Standards Vice-President. • That recording of meetings (except by the Secretary as permitted by the SMPTE Standards Operations Manual) is prohibited, and if, when available, I choose to attend meetings by electronic means this same prohibition applies.