Task Team on Call Sign masking and encoding (TT-Masking)

(Terms of Reference as decided by SOT-9)


The Task Team shall :

1. Oversee the implementation of MASK, SHIP and ENCODE and develop guidelines as necessary;
2. Review and approve national MASK schemes to ensure they remain unique and do not impinge on (1) the ITU callsign series allocated to a country, or (2) any other marine or oceanographic identification scheme used by WMO, e.g. buoy identification numbers;
3. Ensure the MASK v REAL database is kept up-to-date by NMSs implementing MASK;
4. Develop the ENCODE encryption strategy, as well as develop the encoding and decoding keys.

NameGroup RoleCountry (worklocation)
NameGroup RoleCountry (worklocation)
ChairpersonUnited States of America
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Switzerland
Vice-ChairpersonJapan

Kramp Martin

OceanOPS
ex officio (SOT TC)

ex officio (SOT TC)France
Canada
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