FOUNDATION FOR INTELLIGENT PHYSICAL AGENTS

Document title	FIPA Document Policy
Document number	f-out-00000	Document source	FIPA Board of Directors
Document status	Preliminary	Date of this status	2000/08/10
Change history
2000/01/27	Complete rework
2000/08/10	FAB consistency editorial

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This is an official document of FIPA, the Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents. Information about FIPA and FIPA documents, including copyright notices, may be found on the world-wide web at http://www.fipa.org/.

Introduction

This document defines the policies and procedures for the creation, approval, and management of FIPA documents. It is hereafter referred to as the "FIPA Document Policy". This policy is established to facilitate the evolution of the FIPA specifications, and support the re-use of specification elements. It is also used to manage other FIPA documents, including submissions, memoranda, minutes, policies, and other informative material.

This document is divided into the following sections:

Document name spaces
Archive methodology

Document Name Spaces

There are three categories of FIPA documents: input documents, output documents, and FIPA specifications.

Input documents are documents which are submitted to FIPA by a FIPA member or members or by some external individual or organization. The organization, management, and storage of input documents is described in the accompanying document, "FIPA Input Document Policy" (see [f-out-00001]).
Output documents are documents other than FIPA specifications which are generated by FIPA. The organization, management, and storage of output documents is described in the accompanying document, "FIPA Output Document Policy" (see [f-out-00002]).
FIPA specifications are technical documents which represent current, future or past FIPA standards work. The organization, management and storage of FIPA specifications is described in the accompanying document, "FIPA Specifications Policy" (see [f-out-00003]).

Archival Methodology

Each category of FIPA document is stored in a separate repository, and each has a distinct policy for file naming, approval, change control, access control, and archival. The precise mechanisms remain TBD, pending website reorganization.

Introduction

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Document Name Spaces

Archival Methodology