This page includes information on DMTF operating policies, including the technology adoption process, gaining access to committees, and policies regarding privacy and the distribution of other information.

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Bylaws

4th Amended Bylaws (161k PDF, updated 3/1/2013): DMTF's bylaws define the purpose of the organization, the principal office of the corporation, and members, directors, officers, and conflicts of interest.

Conduct

Member Rules of Conduct (PDF, updated 5/1/2009): Describes the rules of conduct that govern member behavior with regard to communication, anti-trust, IP and copyright.

Privacy Policy (PDF): Outlines the organization’s procedures for collecting personal data, domain information, cookies, security, and disclosure.

Administration and Finance

Financial Process and Procedures (DSP4010) (PDF, updated 02/26/2013): Describes the financial process and procedures used by DMTF for budget preparation, budget approval, approving contracts and statements of work, approving invoices, making payments, adjusting budgets, approving travel and miscellaneous expenses, and the annual audit.

DMTF Notice - Procurement (PDF, updated 09/26/2013): Provides notice and disclaimer regarding procurement documents.

Travel Reimbursement Policy (DSP4012) (PDF, updated 8/20/2009): Describes DMTF’s policy regarding requests to provide travel expense reimbursement for members who cannot secure funds to support DMTF related travel from their employer or member organization.

Organizational Policies

Committee, Work Group, Forum and Chapter Process (DSP4002) (PDF, updated 12/2012): Provides an overview of DMTF committees and Work Groups, the voting process, the working group lifecycle process, and information access policies.

Working Group Proposal Template(DOC): Template for proposing a new Working Group as described in DSP4002 (Committee/WG Lifecycle and Information Access document) under section 3.1.

Standards Incubation Process (DSP4008) (PDF, updated 11/19/2010): Describes DMTF’s policy for establishing “Standards Incubators” that allow a set of members to develop specifications enabling cross vendor interoperability in an exploratory fashion.

Alliance Partner Work Register Process (DSP4003) (PDF, updated 06/30/2008): Defines how an alliance partner work register is created and the sequence of steps that are required before a work register is approved and the alliance partnership is established. This document also explains the process for updating work registers.

Technology Submissions

Process for Technology Submissions, Review, and Acceptance (DSP4011) (PDF, updated 12/13/2012 ): Describes the processes by which technology submissions may be considered for adoption in relation to the development or improvement of DMTF technical specifications where the submission is developed exclusively outside the context of DMTF meetings. Replaces former Technology Adoption Policy.

Patent Policy (PDF, updated 10/17/2001): Provides instructions and rules dictating submissions to the DMTF for patent consideration.

Standards Development

Release Process (DSP4004) (PDF, updated 10/26/2012): Defines the DMTF process for releasing documents intended to become standards, including: specifications, white papers, CIM schema (including LDAP mappings), XML definitions (DTDs and XML Schema) and other documents deemed by the Technical Committee and Board of Directors to be relevant to the DMTF standards mission.

Standard Messages Development and Publication Process (DSP4006) (PDF, updated 6/8/2006): Defines the process for creating and publishing standard messages in the form of a message registry so that multiple standard messages are not defined for the same condition.

XML schema, XML documents and XSLT Stylesheets Publishing Process (DSP4009) (PDF, updated 8/27/2010 ): Describes the process the DMTF follows when publishing XML schema definitions, XML instance documents and XSLT stylesheets. The document also defines the format for URIs of XML namespaces used by published XML schema definitions and XML instance documents, and the publication location for these documents..

Press Release Policy

Press Release Policy (DSP4013) (PDF, updated 3/15/2012): Outlines DMTF policy regarding joint press releases and supporting quotes; what may be requested, requirements, and the approval process for each.

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