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If a Document is Put Forward as the Basis for a Standard, is the Working Group Stuck with Directions Set by that Document?

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If a Document is Put Forward as the Basis for a Standard, is the Working Group Stuck with Directions Set by that Document?

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A base document is nothing more than a suggested beginning, and a working group is in no way bound to use any of it. It is the working group and subsequent balloters who determine if there is a standard and what it contains.