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The following are a set of changes to the Certification Policy 1.1 to
introduce a new waiver category: Minor System Fault (MSF).
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* Minor implementation errors which have negligible impact on
interoperability or portability.
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Minor System Fault
Where there are a limited number of implementation errors and these are
demonstrated to be of a minor nature, with negligible impact on
interoperability or portability, the CA at its sole discretion may issue
Temporary Waivers which allow Product Registration to proceed. These are
categorized as a Minor System Fault (MSF).
Temporary Waivers are valid for 12 months, after which time the errors
must have been eliminated from the Registered Product for which the
Temporary Waiver has been granted. Since Temporary Waivers are granted
only at the discretion of the CA, an applicant does not know in advance
whether or not a Temporary Waiver will be granted in any particular
instance. Applicants are therefore warned not to rely on being able to
register a product as long as there is a Temporary Waiver application
pending for that product.
In order to minimize the variation in acceptance and rejection criteria,
the CA will, at the request of an applicant following a refusal of a
Temporary Waiver request, allow for Anonymous Review by an expert group.
Where the CA has already sought the advice of an expert group during
initial analysis, the applicant will be so notified.
Suppliers of Registered Products must make details of Temporary Waivers
available. The requirement to make public the technical details of a
temporary waiver may influence the wording used when completing the
Temporary Waiver request. The Conformance Statement will identify
whether there are any Temporary Waivers against the product.
At annual renewal of the Product Registration, the CA requires the
licensee to supply proof that the error condition covered by any expired
Temporary Waivers has been cleared. A licensee must correct errors and
make available a maintenance release incorporating the necessary
corrections within the 12-month period, and must ensure that all
subsequent shipments of the product under the Open Brand incorporate the
corrections.
All requests for Temporary Waivers will be dealt with on their
individual merits. Not more than one Temporary Waiver will be issued to
a vendor for an identical failure. Other vendors with identical failures
to published Temporary Waivers may also be granted Temporary Waivers,
but they are valid for the same period as the first published Temporary
Waiver. Once expired, Temporary Waivers are not granted again. |
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