Latest Drafts
This service displays the latest drafts available for your chosen ETSI Body and/or its Sub-Groups, according to the selection you have previously made (see Body Selector)
A latest draft in this context is a specific document which is related to an individual active and non published work item. All other versions of a latest draft (PE, OAP, Vote, etc.) are available from the Publication service.
List of work items and associated drafts
The results displayed show:
- Total number of active, non published work items found for the selected ETSI Body and/or Sub-Groups (e.g. "43 active, non published WIs found, displaying 1 to 30").
- The working title.
- The ETSI Document number (e.g. "TS101 329-3").
- A link to the detailed record in the work programme is provided from the goggles icon.
- The Work item Reference number (e.g. "DTR/TIPHON-06014-1").
- The list of the last four available versions, for each draft the service displays:
- An (u) icon which allows the upload of a new draft or the update of status for an existing draft, depending on your permissions (see Upload Service).
Note 1: the upload facility is disabled for the work items that are under TB Approval or TB resolution, they are "Frozen".
Note 2: the upload icon appears only for logged users who have upload rights.
- A link to the list of comments files if any (e.g. (c), this link appears only for logged users).
This list provides a link to each comment file on the FTP server, the identity of the person who uploaded the comment along with the date of the upload.**The version of the draft, if the file is available for download and the user is logged in a link is associated with the version number, click this link to download the draft.
- The status associated with the draft. There are two types of status: Working Draft and the status officially recorded in the ETSI work programme. Only in cases where the draft has been uploaded by the support officer and the work programme has been formally updated will the status be shown together with the achieved date. All other versions will be identified as a Working Draft.
- If more than four drafts are available, a "Show more drafts" link is displayed, click this link to see the full list.
Note: Comments can only be uploaded when a draft physically exists and is available for download. Otherwise the only remaining upload function is the ability to upload a new draft version.
Additionally, the support officers can manage the existing drafts using the Management Interface accessible through the star icon.
Clicking this icon will open the "Management Interface" in a separte window from which they will be able to:
- Define the path to the drafts on the FTP server.
- Update the Work Item schedule by promoting working drafts to an official status.
Note: this functionality is also directly available inside the Latest Drafts service when it is enlarged.
New version or comments on existing versions cannot be uploaded if the path to the drafts on the FTP server has not been defined yet. To define the path to the FTP server:
- Either click the upload icon or the star icon (then click the "Update" button in the upper right corner) to open the Management Interface.
- The default path is displayed.