Call for Participation

VITA is accepting registrations for directly and materially affected parties who are interested in participating as a member of a VITA Consensus Body. You do not have to be a VITA member to participate in this Consensus Body.  VITA members with active Workspace profiles should sign up in Workspace.

VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate. The response deadline to register for this consensus body is: September 5, 2023.

Approval of new VITA Standard

The joint IEEE/VITA 51.4 working group has completed the draft and has voted to take this draft through to the IEEE/VITA public review approval process for eventual ANSI recognition.

Consensus body registration for voting for VITA approval of the following draft standard for the approval process is now open:

IEEE P2818 and ANSI/VITA 51.4 - Standard for Reliability Component Stress Analysis and Derating Specification

Abstract: This document describes an open standard for parts stress analysis and derating.  It establishes uniform methods to increase a component’s reliability margin by decreasing the amount of applied stress (i.e., voltage, current, temperature, power, etc.) to an electronic, electrical, or electromechanical part.  Reducing the stress levels improves device reliability/durability by reducing failure rates, thereby improving the reliability and availability of the product.

How to Apply for the Consensus Body

This is a joint ballot with the IEEE and is open to VITA members. You must register if you wish to participate in the ballots. This solicitation will be open for 14 days. The roster will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the roster for voting.

Currently, this consensus body needs voting members from the following interest categories in order to be able to proceed with this process. The consensus body will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the consensus body for voting.

• Producer: An appropriate participant designs, develops, or manufactures products using this standard.
• User-Industrial/Commercial: An appropriate participant is using this standard in an industrial or commercial application
• User-Government/Military: An appropriate participant is a representative of a government agency using this standard in a government or military application.
• Research: An appropriate participant is involved in research or consulting that may use this standard.
• General Interest: An appropriate participant is an interested party not necessarily involved in producing, directly using, or acquiring product using this standard.

Please note that company membership in VITA is NOT a requirement to join this consensus body. This registration is open to both VITA members and non-members. You must register via this form if you wish to participate in the upcoming ballot. VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate.

In the case that you believe this standard needs a revision, please indicate so in the comments field of the registration form and be prepared to sponsor and actively participate in the revision effort. If you are selected for the consensus body, you may provide minor editorial comments during the balloting.

Click here to register. Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote.

The VITA policies and ANSI Function can be found on our governance page at http://www.vita.com/Governance.

Reaffirmation of Approved Standard

VITA is accepting registrations to be a member of a public review VITA Consensus Body for voting to reaffirm this standard. You do not have to be a VITA member to participate in this Consensus Body.  VITA members with active Workspace profiles should sign up in Workspace.

VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate. The response deadline to register for this consensus body is: July 17, 2023.

Under ANSI/VITA rules, every 5 years an approved standard must be reaffirmed, revised, or withdrawn.  The VSO by ballot feels that the following standard continues to be relevant to our community and is free from significant errors. Therefore, the VSO by ballot has recommended that this standard be reaffirmed.

Consensus body registration for voting on reaffirmation of this standard is now open.

ANSI/VITA 17.3-2018 - Serial Front Panel Data Port (sFPDP) Gen 3.0

Abstract: This document describes an open standard for the third generation "Serial FPDP", a high-speed low-latency serial communications protocol for use in high-speed data transfer applications. As the name implies, it is directly related to Standard Front Panel Data Port (FPDP), deriving its serial protocol from the defined protocol and control signals of FPDP. Although some recommended industry standard configurations are encouraged in Chapter 10, VITA 17.3 standard moves away from the concept of defined link rates and instead allows any link rate to be used. The VITA 17.3 standard also supports multi-lane channel bonding and advanced 64B/67B encoding to greatly increase the bandwidth capabilities of the link.

How to Apply for the Consensus Body

Currently, this consensus body needs voting members from the following interest categories in order to be able to proceed with this process. The consensus body will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the consensus body for voting.

• Producer: An appropriate participant designs, develops, or manufactures products using this standard.
• User-Industrial/Commercial: An appropriate participant is using this standard in an industrial or commercial application
• User-Government/Military: An appropriate participant is a representative of a government agency using this standard in a government or military application.
• Research: An appropriate participant is involved in research or consulting that may use this standard.
• General Interest: An appropriate participant is an interested party not necessarily involved in producing, directly using, or acquiring product using this standard.

Please note that company membership in VITA is NOT a requirement to join this consensus body. This registration is open to both VITA members and non-members. You must register via this form if you wish to participate in the upcoming ballot. VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate.

In the case that you believe this standard needs a revision, please indicate so in the comments field of the registration form and be prepared to sponsor and actively participate in the revision effort. If you are selected for the consensus body, you may provide minor editorial comments during the balloting.

Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote.

The VITA policies and ANSI Function can be found on our governance page at http://www.vita.com/Governance.

STABILIZED MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING STANDARD

VITA is accepting registrations to be a member of a public review VITA Consensus Body for voting on move this reaffirmed standard to ANSI Stabilized Maintenance. You do not have to be a VITA member to participate in this Consensus Body. 

VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate. The response deadline to register for this consensus body is:  July 17, 2023

Under ANSI rules after 5 years of a standard being reaffirmed, a standard may enter a 10-year stabilized maintenance period. There have been no requests for revision or errata for this standard in question, hence it is recommended that it be maintained in stabilized maintenance state.

Voter registration for voting for ANSI recognition of the following standards for the stabilized maintenance (SM) process is now open.

ANSI/VITA 46.3-2012 (R2018): Serial RapidIO on VPX Fabric Connector

Abstract: The objectives of this standard are to assign Serial RapidIO ports to the VPX P1/J1 connector and to provide rules and recommendations for the use of the assigned Serial RapidIO ports.

How to Apply for the Consensus Body

Currently, this consensus body needs voting members from the following interest categories in order to be able to proceed with this process. The consensus body will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the consensus body for voting.

• Producer: An appropriate participant designs, develops, or manufactures products using this standard.
• User-Industrial/Commercial: An appropriate participant is using this standard in an industrial or commercial application
• User-Government/Military: An appropriate participant is a representative of a government agency using this standard in a government or military application.
• Research: An appropriate participant is involved in research or consulting that may use this standard.
• General Interest: An appropriate participant is an interested party not necessarily involved in producing, directly using, or acquiring product using this standard.

Please note that company membership in VITA is NOT a requirement to join this consensus body. This registration is open to both VITA members and non-members. You must register via this form if you wish to participate in the upcoming ballot. There is no fee to join this consensus body.

In the case that you believe this standard needs a revision, please indicate so in the comments field of the registration form and be prepared to sponsor and actively participate in the revision effort. If you are selected for the consensus body, you may provide minor editorial comments during the balloting.

Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote. The ballot will be voided if we do not get enough returned votes.

The VITA policies and ANSI Function can be found on our governance page at http://www.vita.com/Governance.

STABILIZED MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING STANDARD

VITA is accepting registrations to be a member of a public review VITA Consensus Body for voting on move this reaffirmed standard to ANSI Stabilized Maintenance. You do not have to be a VITA member to participate in this Consensus Body. 

VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate. The response deadline to register for this consensus body is:  July 17, 2023

Under ANSI rules after 5 years of a standard being reaffirmed, a standard may enter a 10-year stabilized maintenance period. There have been no requests for revision or errata for this standard in question, hence it is recommended that it be maintained in stabilized maintenance state.

Voter registration for voting for ANSI recognition of the following standards for the stabilized maintenance (SM) process is now open.

ANSI/VITA 46.7-2012 (R2018): Ethernet on VPX Fabric Connector

Abstract: The objectives of this standard are to assign backplane Ethernet links to the VPX P1/J1 connector and to provide rules and recommendations for the use of Ethernet over backplane media.

How to Apply for the Consensus Body

Currently, this consensus body needs voting members from the following interest categories in order to be able to proceed with this process. The consensus body will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the consensus body for voting.

• Producer: An appropriate participant designs, develops, or manufactures products using this standard.
• User-Industrial/Commercial: An appropriate participant is using this standard in an industrial or commercial application
• User-Government/Military: An appropriate participant is a representative of a government agency using this standard in a government or military application.
• Research: An appropriate participant is involved in research or consulting that may use this standard.
• General Interest: An appropriate participant is an interested party not necessarily involved in producing, directly using, or acquiring product using this standard.

Please note that company membership in VITA is NOT a requirement to join this consensus body. This registration is open to both VITA members and non-members. You must register via this form if you wish to participate in the upcoming ballot. There is no fee to join this consensus body.

In the case that you believe this standard needs a revision, please indicate so in the comments field of the registration form and be prepared to sponsor and actively participate in the revision effort. If you are selected for the consensus body, you may provide minor editorial comments during the balloting.

Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote. The ballot will be voided if we do not get enough returned votes.

The VITA policies and ANSI Function can be found on our governance page at http://www.vita.com/Governance.

STABILIZED MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING STANDARD

VITA is accepting registrations to be a member of a public review VITA Consensus Body for voting on move this reaffirmed standard to ANSI Stabilized Maintenance. You do not have to be a VITA member to participate in this Consensus Body. 

VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate. The response deadline to register for this consensus body is:  July 17, 2023

Under ANSI rules after 5 years of a standard being reaffirmed, a standard may enter a 10-year stabilized maintenance period. There have been no requests for revision or errata for this standard in question, hence it is recommended that it be maintained in stabilized maintenance state.

Voter registration for voting for ANSI recognition of the following standards for the stabilized maintenance (SM) process is now open.

ANSI/VITA 51.0-2012 (R2018): Reliability Prediction

Abstract: This document provides a framework for electronics equipment reliability standards, and establishes a reliability Community of Practice. It addresses the limitations of existing prediction practices with a series of subsidiary specifications that contain the "best practices" within industry for performing electronics reliability analysis. The development of VITA 51.0 and the subsidiary specifications is an effort to give harmony, consistency and repeatability to reliability practices.

How to Apply for the Consensus Body

Currently, this consensus body needs voting members from the following interest categories in order to be able to proceed with this process. The consensus body will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the consensus body for voting.

• Producer: An appropriate participant designs, develops, or manufactures products using this standard.
• User-Industrial/Commercial: An appropriate participant is using this standard in an industrial or commercial application
• User-Government/Military: An appropriate participant is a representative of a government agency using this standard in a government or military application.
• Research: An appropriate participant is involved in research or consulting that may use this standard.
• General Interest: An appropriate participant is an interested party not necessarily involved in producing, directly using, or acquiring product using this standard.

Please note that company membership in VITA is NOT a requirement to join this consensus body. This registration is open to both VITA members and non-members. You must register via this form if you wish to participate in the upcoming ballot. There is no fee to join this consensus body.

In the case that you believe this standard needs a revision, please indicate so in the comments field of the registration form and be prepared to sponsor and actively participate in the revision effort. If you are selected for the consensus body, you may provide minor editorial comments during the balloting.

Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote. The ballot will be voided if we do not get enough returned votes.

The VITA policies and ANSI Function can be found on our governance page at http://www.vita.com/Governance.

STABILIZED MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING STANDARD

VITA is accepting registrations to be a member of a public review VITA Consensus Body for voting on move this reaffirmed standard to ANSI Stabilized Maintenance. You do not have to be a VITA member to participate in this Consensus Body. 

VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate. The response deadline to register for this consensus body is: July 17, 2023

Under ANSI rules after 5 years of a standard being reaffirmed, a standard may enter a 10-year stabilized maintenance period. There have been no requests for revision or errata for this standard in question, hence it is recommended that it be maintained in stabilized maintenance state.

Voter registration for voting for ANSI recognition of the following standards for the stabilized maintenance (SM) process is now open.

ANSI/VITA 60-2012 (R2018): Alternative Connector for VPX

Abstract: This standard provides an alternate connector to the one specified in the VITA 46.0 VPX Baseline Standard. Because the VITA 46.0 and the VITA 60.0 connectors are not intermateable, a VITA 60.0 module will not plug into a VITA 46.0.0 backplane and vice versa. However, the VITA 60.0 standard provides VPX users with the flexibility to choose a VPX module and backplane connector combination for their specific application requirements.

How to Apply for the Consensus Body

Currently, this consensus body needs voting members from the following interest categories in order to be able to proceed with this process. The consensus body will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the consensus body for voting.

• Producer: An appropriate participant designs, develops, or manufactures products using this standard.
• User-Industrial/Commercial: An appropriate participant is using this standard in an industrial or commercial application
• User-Government/Military: An appropriate participant is a representative of a government agency using this standard in a government or military application.
• Research: An appropriate participant is involved in research or consulting that may use this standard.
• General Interest: An appropriate participant is an interested party not necessarily involved in producing, directly using, or acquiring product using this standard.

Please note that company membership in VITA is NOT a requirement to join this consensus body. This registration is open to both VITA members and non-members. You must register via this form if you wish to participate in the upcoming ballot. There is no fee to join this consensus body.

In the case that you believe this standard needs a revision, please indicate so in the comments field of the registration form and be prepared to sponsor and actively participate in the revision effort. If you are selected for the consensus body, you may provide minor editorial comments during the balloting.

Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote. The ballot will be voided if we do not get enough returned votes.

The VITA policies and ANSI Function can be found on our governance page at http://www.vita.com/Governance.

VITA is accepting registrations to be a member of a public review VITA Consensus Body for voting to revise this standard. You do not have to be a VITA member to participate in this Consensus Body.  VITA members with active Workspace profiles should sign up in Workspace.

VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate. The response deadline to register for this consensus body is: May 1, 2023

Revision of Existing Standard

Under ANSI and VITA rules every 5 years an approved standard must be reaffirmed, revised, placed in stabilized maintenance or withdrawn. This standard has been revised; hence it has been put forth for approval of the revisions.

Consensus body registration for voting to approve this revised standard is now open.

Draft/VITA 46.0-2023x - VPX Baseline Standard

Abstract: This standard is the VPX Baseline Standard; an evolutionary step forward for the provision of high-speed interconnects in harsh environment applications. This revision adds verification methodologies to all Rules and Recommendations, adds guide socket/pin rotations for additional power supply configurations, provides further clarifications to power wafer current ratings, and makes other changes to clarify the requirements of this standard.

How to Apply for the Consensus Body

Currently, this consensus body needs voting members from the following interest categories in order to be able to proceed with this process. The consensus body will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the consensus body for voting.

• Producer: An appropriate participant designs, develops, or manufactures products using this standard.
• User-Industrial/Commercial: An appropriate participant is using this standard in an industrial or commercial application
• User-Government/Military: An appropriate participant is a representative of a government agency using this standard in a government or military application.
• Research: An appropriate participant is involved in research or consulting that may use this standard.
• General Interest: An appropriate participant is an interested party not necessarily involved in producing, directly using, or acquiring product using this standard.

Please note that company membership in VITA is NOT a requirement to join this consensus body. This registration is open to both VITA members and non-members. You must register via this form if you wish to participate in the upcoming ballot. VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate.

In the case that you believe this standard needs a revision, please indicate so in the comments field of the registration form and be prepared to sponsor and actively participate in the revision effort. If you are selected for the consensus body, you may provide minor editorial comments during the balloting.

Please go here to register ONLY IF you intend to vote. The ballot will be voided if we do not get enough returned votes.

The VITA policies and ANSI Function can be found on our governance page at http://www.vita.com/Governance.

VITA is accepting registrations to be a member of a public review VITA Consensus Body for voting to revise these standards. You do not have to be a VITA member to participate in this Consensus Body.  VITA members with active Workspace profiles should sign up in Workspace.

VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate. The response deadline to register for this consensus body is: March 6, 2023.

Revision of Existing Standard

Under ANSI and VITA rules every 5 years an approved standard must be reaffirmed, revised, placed in stabilized maintenance or withdrawn.  Existing standards can also be revised as needed at any time.  This standard has been revised; hence it has been put forth for approval of the revisions.

Consensus body registration for voting to approve this revised standard is now open.

The VITA 65.x working group has completed the two drafts and has voted to take these draft through to the VITA public review approval process for eventual ANSI approval.

DRAFT/VITA 65.0-2023x OpenVPX System Standard

Abstract : The OpenVPX System Standard was created to bring versatile system architectural solutions to the VPX market. Based on the extremely flexible VPX family of standards, the OpenVPX standard uses Plug-In Module mechanical, connectors, thermal, communications protocols, utility, and power definitions provided by specific VITA standards to define a series of Slot, Backplane, Module, and Standard Development Chassis Profiles. This revision adds additional profiles, additional communication protocols, higher speed copper connectors, and a new naming methodology for Module Profiles.

DRAFT/VITA 65.1-2023x OpenVPX System Standard – Profile Tables

Abstract : This standard documents variations of Slot, Backplane, and Modules Profiles. As part of the Slot Profile Description, there are also some Connector Modules defined. This document is primarily tables which are referenced by VITA 65.0. This revision adds additional profiles, additional communication protocols, higher speed copper connectors, and a new naming methodology for Module Profiles.

How to Apply for the Consensus Body

Currently, this consensus body needs voting members from the following interest categories in order to be able to proceed with this process. The consensus body will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the consensus body for voting.

• Producer: An appropriate participant designs, develops, or manufactures products using this standard.
• User-Industrial/Commercial: An appropriate participant is using this standard in an industrial or commercial application
• User-Government/Military: An appropriate participant is a representative of a government agency using this standard in a government or military application.
• Research: An appropriate participant is involved in research or consulting that may use this standard.
• General Interest: An appropriate participant is an interested party not necessarily involved in producing, directly using, or acquiring product using this standard.

Please note that company membership in VITA is NOT a requirement to join this consensus body. This registration is open to both VITA members and non-members. You must register via this form if you wish to participate in the upcoming ballot. VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate.

In the case that you believe these standards needs a revision, please indicate so in the comments field of the registration form and be prepared to sponsor and actively participate in the revision effort. If you are selected for the consensus body, you may provide minor editorial comments during the balloting.

Please go here register ONLY IF you intend to vote.

The VITA policies and ANSI Function can be found on our governance page at http://www.vita.com/Governance.

VITA is accepting registrations to be a member of a public review VITA Consensus Body for voting to reaffirm these two standards. You do not have to be a VITA member to participate in this Consensus Body.  VITA members with active Workspace profiles should sign up in Workspace.

VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate. The response deadline to register for this consensus body is: January 4, 2023.

Reaffirmation of Approved Standard

Under ANSI/VITA rules, every 5 years an approved standard must be reaffirmed, revised, or withdrawn.  The VSO by ballot feels that the following standard continues to be relevant to our community and is free from significant errors. Therefore, the VSO by ballot has recommended that this standard be reaffirmed.

Consensus body registration for voting on reaffirmation of these two standards is now open.

ANSI/VITA 68.0-2017 - VPX Compliance Channel Standard
Abstract: VITA 68.0 is the Base Standard of the VITA 68.x family of standards for signal integrity compliance of VPX systems and components. This standard provides an overview of the VITA 68.x family of standards and defines common requirements for VPX modules and VPX backplanes that apply across the range of VITA 68.x standards.

ANSI/VITA 68.1-2017 - VPX Compliance Channel - Fixed Signal Integrity Budget Standard
Abstract: The ANSI/VITA 68.1-2017 standard defines a VPX compliance channel fixed signal Integrity budget including module performance criteria and common backplane performance criteria required to support multiple fabric types across a range of defined baud rates. This allows backplane developers to design a VITA 68.1 compliant backplane that supports required bit error rates (BER) for multiple fabric types when used with modules that are compliant to VITA 68.1 budget criteria. This also allows module developers to design VITA 68.1 compliant Plug-In Modules that are interoperable with other VITA 68.1 compliant modules when used with a VITA 68.1 compliant backplane. VITA 68.1 defines a single budget encompassing modules and backplanes at various baud rates, with a "large system budget" that supports interoperability of VITA 68.1 compliant modules with any VITA 68.1 compliant backplane, including large slot count backplanes with relatively long traces.  VITA 68.1 is part of the VITA 68.x family of standards for signal integrity compliance of VPX systems and components. Please refer to VITA 68.0 for an overview of the VITA 68.x family of standards.

How to Apply for the Consensus Body

Currently, this consensus body needs voting members from the following interest categories in order to be able to proceed with this process. The consensus body will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the consensus body for voting.

• Producer: An appropriate participant designs, develops, or manufactures products using this standard.
• User-Industrial/Commercial: An appropriate participant is using this standard in an industrial or commercial application
• User-Government/Military: An appropriate participant is a representative of a government agency using this standard in a government or military application.
• Research: An appropriate participant is involved in research or consulting that may use this standard.
• General Interest: An appropriate participant is an interested party not necessarily involved in producing, directly using, or acquiring product using this standard.

Please note that company membership in VITA is NOT a requirement to join this consensus body. This registration is open to both VITA members and non-members. You must register via this form if you wish to participate in the upcoming ballot. VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate.

In the case that you believe this standard needs a revision, please indicate so in the comments field of the registration form and be prepared to sponsor and actively participate in the revision effort. If you are selected for the consensus body, you may provide minor editorial comments during the balloting.

Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote.

The VITA policies and ANSI Function can be found on our governance page at http://www.vita.com/Governance.

VITA is accepting registrations to be a member of a public review VITA Consensus Body for voting on move this reaffirmed standard to ANSI Stabilized Maintenance. You do not have to be a VITA member to participate in this Consensus Body. The response deadline to register for this consensus body is: November 7, 2022

Stabilized Maintenance of Existing Standard

Under ANSI rules after 5 years of a standard being reaffirmed, a standard may enter a 10-year stabilized maintenance period. There have been no requests for revision or errata for this standard in question, hence it is recommended that it be maintained in stabilized maintenance state.

Voter registration for voting for ANSI recognition of the following standards for the stabilized maintenance (SM) process is now open.

ANSI/VITA 48.5-2010 (R2017): Mechanical Standard for Electronic Plug-in units Using Air Flow Through Cooling

Abstract: This standard establishes the design requirements for an air-flow-through cooled plug-in unit with a form factor as close to 6U as possible while retaining the VITA 46 connector layout. Unlike ANSI/VITA 48.1, which uses cooling air impinged directly upon the components and circuit boards, this plug-in unit uses a compact core heat exchanger located within the central heat sink of the unit.

How to Apply for the Consensus Body

Currently, this consensus body needs voting members from the following interest categories in order to be able to proceed with this process. The consensus body will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the consensus body for voting.

• Producer: An appropriate participant designs, develops, or manufactures products using this standard.
• User-Industrial/Commercial: An appropriate participant is using this standard in an industrial or commercial application
• User-Government/Military: An appropriate participant is a representative of a government agency using this standard in a government or military application.
• Research: An appropriate participant is involved in research or consulting that may use this standard.
• General Interest: An appropriate participant is an interested party not necessarily involved in producing, directly using, or acquiring product using this standard.

Please note that company membership in VITA is NOT a requirement to join this consensus body. This registration is open to both VITA members and non-members. You must register via this form if you wish to participate in the upcoming ballot. There is no fee to join this consensus body.

In the case that you believe this standard needs a revision, please indicate so in the comments field of the registration form and be prepared to sponsor and actively participate in the revision effort. If you are selected for the consensus body, you may provide minor editorial comments during the balloting.

Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote. The ballot will be voided if we do not get enough returned votes.

The VITA policies and ANSI Function can be found on our governance page at http://www.vita.com/Governance.