T.4-1 ITU-T publications
Over 10 000 pages of ITU-T Recommendations and Supplements are published each year, as well as Technical Papers, Technical Reports, Operational Bulletins and Focus Group deliverables. The year 2016 saw the production of the highest number of ITU-T standards during the period 2000 to 2016. The figure below illustrates the number of texts produced from 2014 to 15 December 2017. T.4-2 Database publications
There are numerous databases serving ITU-T delegates and secretariat staff, including the following: • ITU-T Recommendations
• International Numbering Resources
• ITU Product Conformity Database
• ITU-T Patents and Software Copyrights
• ITU-T Formal descriptions and Object identifiers
• ITU-T Test Signals
• ITU-T Work Programme
• ITU-T Liaison Statements
• ITU-T Terms and Definitions
Unique and persistent identifiers based on the Digital Object Architecture (DOA) are now available for items registered in the following ITU-T databases: ITU-T Recommendations; ITU-T Conformity Statements; ITU-T Patents and Software Copyrights; ITU-T Formal Descriptions and Object identifiers; ITU-T Test Signals; and ITU-T Liaison Statements. These persistent identifiers will enable new features such as digital signature-based data integrity checks, role-based information management, and data privacy. Updates on new services and enhancements to existing tools are reported at http://tsbtech.itu.int/.
T.4-3 Outreach and promotion
Communications on ITU standardization feature among the most popular ITU content each year. Video accounts for a progressively larger share of ITU-T communications. An animated video offering an introduction to ITU-T's work was released in May 2016, sponsored by NTT and KT (see http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/wtsa16).ITU-T standardization topics receiving the highest levels of worldwide coverage include:
• The ITU-T H.265 "HEVC" video compression standard and associated Primetime Emmy Award.
• G.fast broadband access, the implementation of which is the subject of sustained media attention.
• The work of the ITU-T Focus Group on network aspects of IMT-2020 (5G) and of the ITU-T Focus Group on Digital Financial Services.
• 40G Fibre to the Home (NG-PON2: 40-Gigabit-capable passive optical networks).
• 10G Symmetric Fibre to the Home (XGS-PON: 10-Gigabit-capable symmetric passive optical networks).
• OTN Beyond 100G, the 5th edition of Recommendation ITU-T G.709/Y.1331 "Interfaces for the Optical Transport Network".
The 60th Anniversary of CCITT/ITU-T provided an opportunity to celebrate the many experts who contribute their time and expertise to the development of ITU standards. [1] In celebration of the 60th anniversary, a series of talks were held during WTSA-16 on Digital Financial Services and Artificial Intelligence.
[1] WSIS Action Line C11; SDG Target 17.7
T.4-4 ITU Operational Bulletin
See section T.3-2.
