1. What are the different types of ITU-T and TSB documents?
2. How can I access the documents on the ITU-T Website?
3. Where can I find the Study Group documents?
4. How can I be notified whenever new or updated ITU-T documents are posted on the web?

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1. What are the different types of ITU-T and TSB documents?

Below are the different types of ITU-T documentation. These are not to be confused with ITU-T publications (including ITU-T Recommendations) which are made available to the general public through the ITU Sales Service.

TSB Circulars

These letters are addressed to all the participants in the work of the Sector and contain information of general interest such as the Sector-level meeting schedules, work procedures, the list of hotels, workshop and GSI announcements, etc. Study groups issue Circulars in order to implement the provisions of WTSA regarding the approval and deletion of Recommendations and Questions, or to distribute questionnaires. TSB Circulars are posted on the ITU-T Website and have open access.

TSB Collective-letters

Collective letters are used to convene meetings of study groups and working parties, or to collect information of interest to a particular study group. These letters are dispatched to the participants who have registered to receive the announcements from the study group concerned. Collective letters are posted on the relevant study group page on the ITU-T Website and have open access.

Meeting Documents

• Contributions
  The participants in the work of the Sector submit their input to meetings by means of a Contribution. Contributions are posted directly by members on the appropriate study group page of the ITU-T Website. A TIES account is required to submit and access these documents. See this link for further details on contribution submission.
  
• Reports
  Meeting reports of study group and working party meetings are prepared by TSB and posted on the appropriate study group page on the ITU-T Website. A TIES account is required to access these documents.
  
• TDs
  TDs contain administrative documents such as agendas and reports from Questions, working parties, drafting groups, and other groups, as well as updated draft work items or other relevant information developed during a meeting. Only SG officials (e.g. chairs, vice-chairs, Rapporteurs, editors) or TSB can issue TDs. TDs are posted on the appropriate study group page on the ITU-T Website. A TIES account is required to access these documents.
  
• Liaison Statements
  Liaisons Statements are used to transmit information from one group to another. These are registered in the LS Database of the relevant study groups as Incoming and Outgoing Liaison Statements. Incoming LSs are issued as TDs for the next meeting of the study group(s) concerned. A TIES account is required to access these documents.

2. How can I access the documents on the ITU-T Website?

The ITU-T homepage contains general information on the Sector and different categories of documents, which have different levels of access:

• General information : open to the general public  
• Study Groups, TSAG, WTSA documents : reserved to ITU Member States and ITU-T members (Sector Member and Academia) and ITU-T Associates. ITU-T Associates can access the documents of the study group to which they participate.
• Study Group informal FTP areas (IFA) : reserved to ITU Member States and ITU-T members (Sector Member and Academia) and ITU-T Associates. ITU-T Associates can access the informal FTP area of the study group to which they participate.
  

3. Where can I find the Study Group documents?

A. On the web


B. On the Informal FTP areas via the web.

A mirror of the meeting documents in DMS is also available in the informal FTP areas for participants who prefer FTP access.

C. Via FTP client

A mirror of the meeting documents in DMS is also available in the informal FTP areas for participants who prefer FTP access.

TIES account or Guest account required.

• Remote hostname: ifa.itu.int
• Subdirectory: where # is the Study Group number
  
  For Study Groups 2 to 20: /t/2017/sg#/docs/
  For TSAG: /t/2017/tsag/docs/
  
  

D. Via ITU's sync tool

See this page for more information on the ITU sync tool for downloading meeting documents.

4. How can I be notified whenever new or updated ITU-T documents are posted on the web?

The ITU offers some RSS feeds (or channels) of the latest meeting documents of the ITU-T Study Groups.
The RSS feeds are available in the main pages of the ITU-T Study Groups and are marked with either of these icons:   
Alternatively, click on the "Recently posted" link on the relevant meeting documents page.