Table of Contents

 1     Introduction             
        1.1     Purpose           
        1.2     Background    
        1.3     Organization of the Guide        
        1.4     References     
        1.5     Definitions      
        1.6     Abbreviations
 2     Organizational structures    
 3     Organization procedures     
        3.1     ITU-T procedures         
        3.2     JTC 1 procedures          
 4     Modes of cooperation         
        4.1     Introduction   
        4.2     Liaison mode 
        4.3     Collaboration mode    
        4.4     Determining the mode of cooperation               
        4.5     Termination of collaboration and/or common text publication
 5     Planning and scheduling      
        5.1     Scheduling of SG/WP and SC/WG meetings     
        5.2     Work program coordination    
        5.3     Synchronized maintenance of cooperative work           
 6     Liaison procedures 
        6.1     General            
        6.2     Liaison representation               
        6.3     Liaison contributions  
 7     Collaboration using Collaborative Interchange           
        7.1     Collaborative relationship        
        7.2     Participation in working level meetings              
        7.3     Scheduling      
        7.4     Contributions
        7.5     Editor for common text             
        7.6     Achieving consensus  
        7.7     Progress reporting      
        7.8     Liaisons            
        7.9     Synchronized approval process             
       7.10     Publication    
       7.11     Defects           
       7.12     Amendments               
 8     Collaboration using a Collaborative Team     
        8.1     Collaborative Team     
        8.2     Convenor(s) and Editor(s)        
        8.3     Participants    
        8.4     Meetings         
        8.5     Contributions
        8.6     Achieving consensus  
        8.7     Progress reporting      
        8.8     Liaisons            
        8.9     Synchronized approval process             
       8.10     Publication    
       8.11     Defects           
       8.12     Amendments               
 9     Recognition of cooperation
10     Applying the Common Patent Policy for ITU-T/ITU-R/ISO/IEC           
Appendix I – Defect report form