Editing Committee

Definition (1)
Identification
Editing Committee
Source
CEN.
Role/Definition
"Support to Technical Committee (TC) Secretary for editorial and language validation of text."
Responsibilities

Ensures correct formulation and presentation of the text(s) of the European Standard(s) and Technical Specification(s) or Technical Report(s being prepared by CEN technical bodies, in accordance with existing rules
Ensures, with the TC Secretary, that the reference language version of the draft is of good linguistic quality, before CEN enquiry
Does not reopen technical discussions during this process

Definition (2)
Identification
Editing Committee
Source
ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. "Procedures for the technical work". Eight Edition 2011.
Role/ Responsibilities
It is recommended that committees establish one or more editing committees for the purpose of updating and editing committee drafts, enquiry drafts and final draft International Standards and for ensuring their conformity to the ISO/IEC Directives,
Such committees should comprise at least

one technical expert of English mother tongue and having an adequate knowledge of French;
one technical expert of French mother tongue and having an adequate knowledge of English;
the project leader

The project leader and/or secretary may take direct responsibility for one of the language versions concerned.
In IEC, a representative of the office of the CEO will attend editing committee meetings if required.
Editing committees shall meet when required by the respective technical committee or subcommittee secretariat for the purpose of updating and editing drafts which have been accepted by correspondence for further processing.
Editing committees shall be equipped with means of processing texts electronically and of providing the finalized texts in machine-readable form

Definition (1)
Identification	Editing Committee
Source	CEN.
Role/Definition	"Support to Technical Committee (TC) Secretary for editorial and language validation of text."
Responsibilities	Ensures correct formulation and presentation of the text(s) of the European Standard(s) and Technical Specification(s) or Technical Report(s being prepared by CEN technical bodies, in accordance with existing rules Ensures, with the TC Secretary, that the reference language version of the draft is of good linguistic quality, before CEN enquiry Does not reopen technical discussions during this process
Definition (2)
Identification	Editing Committee
Source	ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. "Procedures for the technical work". Eight Edition 2011.
Role/ Responsibilities	It is recommended that committees establish one or more editing committees for the purpose of updating and editing committee drafts, enquiry drafts and final draft International Standards and for ensuring their conformity to the ISO/IEC Directives, Such committees should comprise at least one technical expert of English mother tongue and having an adequate knowledge of French; one technical expert of French mother tongue and having an adequate knowledge of English; the project leader The project leader and/or secretary may take direct responsibility for one of the language versions concerned. In IEC, a representative of the office of the CEO will attend editing committee meetings if required. Editing committees shall meet when required by the respective technical committee or subcommittee secretariat for the purpose of updating and editing drafts which have been accepted by correspondence for further processing. Editing committees shall be equipped with means of processing texts electronically and of providing the finalized texts in machine-readable form

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