ETSI
ETSI TR 121 900 V14.1.0 (2018
3GPP TR 21.900 version 14.1.0 Release 14
functionality: normative text contained in one or more Technical Specifications, corresponding either to a feature or to
some portion of a feature.
Group: TSG or TSG Sub-Group.
major version: For version x.y.z of a specification, x is called the major version.
Example: For version 3.2.0 of a specification, the major version is 3.
specification: generic term standing for Technical Specification and Technical Report.
Study Item: type of Work Item which will conduct feasibility studies and will result in a Technical Report
TSG: Technical Specification Group.
TSG change control: specification status in which the Technical Specification Group is responsible for approval of
Change Requests.
TSG Sub-Group: Working Group or subgroup of a Working Group or of a Sub-Group.
Working Group (WG): official subgroup of a TSG reporting to that TSG.
WG Change Control: specification status in which the Working Group is responsible for agreeing Change Requests
for submission to the TSG for approval.
version: unique identifier in the form x.y.z for a specification at a given point in time.
Example: version 3.12.3.
withdrawn: specification status in which the given version of the specification no longer belongs to the appropriate set
of valid specifications.
Work Item (WI): description of an enhancement to a technical area, which may be categorized as Study Item, Feature,
Building Block or Work Task.
Work Item description (WID): description of a Work Item in a standard Work Item Description sheet.
work task: sub-division of a building block, representing a self-contained, well-scoped and well-scheduled item of
work.
3 General responsibilities of the Support Team
3.1 Specifications, meetings and liaisons
The Support Team is responsible for the management of the work of the TSGs. This includes editorship and
management of specifications once they have been put under TSG change control. It also includes preparation of and
support for the meetings (including meeting reports) of the TSGs and their Working Groups, and subgroups in
descending priority.
It furthermore includes liaison with other bodies and relevant groups and institutions.
3.2 Registration of code points
In the course of 3GPP's work, it will from time to time be necessary to register code points in protocols maintained by
bodies other than 3GPP, for example, Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) types registered with the Internet
Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA, http://www.iana.org/).
Wherever possible, registration of such code points shall be entrusted to the 3GPP Support Team rather than being
performed by an individual delegate. Since 3GPP is not a legally constituted entity, the Support Team shall register
such code points in the name of one of the Organizational Partners on behalf of all the Organizational Partners of 3GPP.