<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
h1
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1 Char";
margin-top:12.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
page-break-after:avoid;
font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2F5496;
font-weight:normal;}
h2
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2 Char";
margin-top:2.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
page-break-after:avoid;
font-size:13.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2F5496;
font-weight:normal;}
h3
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 3 Char";
margin-top:2.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
page-break-after:avoid;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#1F3763;
font-weight:normal;}
h4
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 4 Char";
margin-top:2.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
page-break-after:avoid;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2F5496;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:italic;}
h5
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 5 Char";
margin-top:2.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
page-break-after:avoid;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2F5496;
font-weight:normal;}
h6
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 6 Char";
margin-top:2.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
page-break-after:avoid;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#1F3763;
font-weight:normal;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
{mso-style-priority:34;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
p.Appendix1, li.Appendix1, div.Appendix1
{mso-style-name:"Appendix 1";
margin-top:8.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:48.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
text-align:center;
text-indent:0in;
page-break-before:always;
page-break-after:avoid;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;
font-size:24.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2F5496;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;
font-weight:bold;}
p.Appendix2, li.Appendix2, div.Appendix2
{mso-style-name:"Appendix 2";
margin-top:8.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:4.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
text-indent:0in;
line-height:115%;
page-break-after:avoid;
mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3;
font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#4472C4;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;
font-weight:bold;}
p.Appendix3, li.Appendix3, div.Appendix3
{mso-style-name:"Appendix 3";
margin-top:8.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:4.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
text-indent:0in;
line-height:115%;
page-break-after:avoid;
mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3;
font-size:13.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#4472C4;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;
font-weight:bold;}
p.Appendix4, li.Appendix4, div.Appendix4
{mso-style-name:"Appendix 4";
margin-top:8.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:4.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
text-indent:0in;
line-height:115%;
page-break-after:avoid;
mso-list:l1 level4 lfo3;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#4472C4;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;}
p.Appendix5, li.Appendix5, div.Appendix5
{mso-style-name:"Appendix 5";
margin-top:8.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:4.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
text-indent:0in;
line-height:115%;
page-break-after:avoid;
mso-list:l1 level5 lfo3;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#1F3763;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;}
p.Appendix6, li.Appendix6, div.Appendix6
{mso-style-name:"Appendix 6";
margin-top:8.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:4.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
text-indent:0in;
line-height:115%;
page-break-after:avoid;
mso-list:l1 level6 lfo3;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#1F3763;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;}
span.Heading1Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 1 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2F5496;}
span.Heading2Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2F5496;}
span.Heading3Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 3 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 3";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#1F3763;}
span.Heading4Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 4 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 4";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2F5496;
font-style:italic;}
span.Heading5Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 5 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 5";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2F5496;}
span.Heading6Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 6 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 6";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#1F3763;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:34352536;
mso-list-type:hybrid;
mso-list-template-ids:-1998163928 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l1
{mso-list-id:1010717096;
mso-list-template-ids:-149809160;
mso-list-style-name:"Ecma Annex Numbering";}
@list l1:level1
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-upper;
mso-level-style-link:"Appendix 1";
mso-level-suffix:none;
mso-level-text:"Annex %1";
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:1.5in;
text-indent:-1.5in;
mso-ansi-font-weight:bold;}
@list l1:level2
{mso-level-style-link:"Appendix 2";
mso-level-text:"%1\.%2";
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:.6in;
text-indent:-.6in;}
@list l1:level3
{mso-level-style-link:"Appendix 3";
mso-level-text:"%1\.%2\.%3";
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:.75in;
text-indent:-.75in;}
@list l1:level4
{mso-level-style-link:"Appendix 4";
mso-level-text:"%1\.%2\.%3\.%4";
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:1.0in;
text-indent:-1.0in;}
@list l1:level5
{mso-level-style-link:"Appendix 5";
mso-level-text:"%1\.%2\.%3\.%4\.%5";
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:1.25in;
text-indent:-1.25in;}
@list l1:level6
{mso-level-style-link:"Appendix 6";
mso-level-text:"%1\.%2\.%3\.%4\.%5\.%6";
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:1.5in;
text-indent:-1.5in;}
@list l1:level7
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:1.75in;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level8
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:2.0in;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level9
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:2.25in;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l2
{mso-list-id:2047485626;
mso-list-template-ids:-149809160;
mso-list-style-id:1010717096;}
@list l2:level1
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-upper;
mso-level-style-link:"Appendix 1";
mso-level-suffix:none;
mso-level-text:"Annex %1";
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:1.5in;
text-indent:-1.5in;
mso-ansi-font-weight:bold;}
@list l2:level2
{mso-level-style-link:"Appendix 2";
mso-level-text:"%1\.%2";
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:.6in;
text-indent:-.6in;}
@list l2:level3
{mso-level-style-link:"Appendix 3";
mso-level-text:"%1\.%2\.%3";
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:.75in;
text-indent:-.75in;}
@list l2:level4
{mso-level-style-link:"Appendix 4";
mso-level-text:"%1\.%2\.%3\.%4";
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:1.0in;
text-indent:-1.0in;}
@list l2:level5
{mso-level-style-link:"Appendix 5";
mso-level-text:"%1\.%2\.%3\.%4\.%5";
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:1.25in;
text-indent:-1.25in;}
@list l2:level6
{mso-level-style-link:"Appendix 6";
mso-level-text:"%1\.%2\.%3\.%4\.%5\.%6";
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:1.5in;
text-indent:-1.5in;}
@list l2:level7
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:1.75in;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l2:level8
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:2.0in;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l2:level9
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
margin-left:2.25in;
text-indent:-.25in;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Attached is WD3.3 of the OPC Spec.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Once I got it back from Murata-san, here’s what I did:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>I adopted all edits from WD3.2 and prior that had been resolved, so they no longer show as tracked changes.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>I kept all the comments that do not appear to have been resolved.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>All Murata-san’s edits proposed since WD3.2 are shown as tracked changes.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I propose that at the March F2F meeting, we walk through this document and accept/reject the proposed edits, and resolve the issues raised in comments.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our most-recent discussion of a time line for this spec was to have a complete version at the end of the March 2018 meeting, and after minor changes from the F2F meeitng, to send it out for a 2-month CD ballot, closing before the June F2F. I now think this is quite unrealistic. There is a lot of work to do yet, and the decisions we make in March will need to be applied to the spec and then reviewed in the following teleconferences. We migth have a shot at getting a near-final draft for review of the June meeting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Murata-san has long pushed to get rid of informative Annex <a name="_Ref194213939">G </a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Ref194213939'>[formerly H]<a name="_Toc379265880"></a><a name="_Toc385397170"></a><a name="_Toc391632752"></a><a name="_Toc503272968"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc391632752'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc385397170'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc379265880'>, “Guidelines for Meeting Conformance</span></span></span></a></span>”, while I pushed for keeping it. And while we agreed to keep it, it still needed serious work to make it complete. Unfortunately, in its current state, many of its links and bookmarks are now badly broken, and will be non-trivial to reconstruct. So, reluctantly, I am dropping my objection to removing this Annex. As such, I have *<b>not</b>* done any work on repairing/updating this annex. If we drop this annex, we’ll need to decide what to do about all the [M], [O], and [S] markers spread throughout the normative text.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In DR 13-0002, Murata-san proposed the addition of a new informative Annex, “Guidelines for Format Designers” (see <a href="https://goo.gl/gzIX9y)">https://goo.gl/gzIX9y)</a>”. As I cannot access this link, I have not added this annex. Murata-san, can you please circulate this proposed text?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As Caroline will likely not attend the March meeting, I’d like to give her time to review and submit feedback before then. Likewise for Aarti’s experts (who likely will not attend that meeting).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We’ll have a big job in March resolving all the open issues, so the more preparation you can do before then, the better. And, of course, we can do serious work on this on our January 31 teleconference.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rex<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>