Summary

Recommendation ITU-T A.8 provides working methods and procedures for approving draft new and revised ITU-T Recommendations using the alternative approval process.

While this edition does not modify the alternative approval process, it:

– consolidates into ITU-T A.8 text concerning steps following updates to normative references during comment resolution (mirroring text from ITU-T A.5);

– streamlines the deadlines for availability of resolved drafts after comment resolution;

– reinstates the provisions from ITU-T A.8 (2008) which are more accurate concerning the deletion of Recommendations approved under AAP;

– includes a redrawn Figure 1 to better illustrate the various steps of the AAP, with updates to the respective notes.