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Objective T.4

​​​​T.4: Foster the acquisition and sharing of knowledge and know-how on the standardization activities of ITU-T

​Outcomes
T.4-1: Increased knowledge on ITU-T standards and on best practices in their implementation of ITU-T standards.
​​T.4-2: Increased participation in ITU-T's standardization activities and increased awareness of the relevance of ITU-T standards.
T.4-3: Increased Sector visibility.

​Outputs
T.4-1 ITU-T publications.
T.4-2 Database publications.
​T.4-3 Outreach and promotion ​
T.4-4 ITU Operational Bulletin

T.4-1 ITU-T publications

See also section T.1-4​. DVD of “ITU-T Recommendations and selected Handbooks”: The DVD of “ITU-T Recommendations and selected Handbooks” is produced on a quarterly basis. It is a tool of great value to standards developers and implementers as a consolidated archive of the over 4,000 ITU-T Recommendations in force. The DVD incorporates advanced search tools, including detailed search-by-content capabilities. Search parameters can be defined by keywords, timeframe and Study Group, among others, with searches applicable to the title or the full text of the standard. “Tool-tips” offer real-time guidance to the DVD’s functionality, assisting first-time users and ensuring the accessibility of the DVD to persons with disabilities.

6th edition of the ITU-T Security Manual: The ITU-T Security Manual offers a comprehensive overview of ITU-T’s work to build confidence and security in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The 6th edition of the manual is now available free of charge here. The manual documents ITU-T’s efforts to respond to global cybersecurity challenges with international standards, complementary guidance documents and outreach to build capacity in the application of advanced ICT security mechanisms.

Technical paper and companion online tool to analyse costs of providing voice roaming services: The new technical paper “ITU Technical Guide for National Regulatory Authorities on International Mobile Roaming Cost analysis”, agreed by ITU-T Study Group 3, was published online in September 2015, together with a companion online analysis tool (full text of press release​).

T.4-2 Database publications​

See section T.3-1 for International Numbering Resources databases.
See section T.1-6 for ICT Product Conformity Database.

TSB continues to collect all new terms and definitions proposed by ITU-T Study Groups, and enters them in the online ITU Terms and Definitions database.

New service: Meeting document management system for Rapporteur Groups: The ITU IS Department together with TSB have developed a document management system for ITU-T Rapporteur Group Meetings (RGM). This new system is based on MS SharePoint and will allow ITU-T delegates to manage documents for Rapporteur Group Meetings in a well-structured and secure environment. Currently the Informal FTP Areas (IFA) is used to manage documents for RGMs following a more relaxed set of working rules compared to more formal SG meetings.

The new RGM system has been offered for beta testing to select Rapporteur Groups in December 2015.

T.4-3 Outreach and promotion

​See section T.2-3​.​​​

T.4-4 ITU Operational Bulletin

Each year, 24 Operational Bulletins are published in 6 languages and some 20 annexes on the lists of codes are kept up to date.​​​​​​​