Using proposed standards before everyone implements them is fine - that's how you push the web forward.

The current proposed standard for the breed is available at: www.podengo-mediogrande.com.

The institute is unlikely to be able to issue a final version of its proposed standard by then.

"However, few broadcasters have formally committed to the proposed standard, just two dozen of more than 1,300 stations," the alliance report concluded.

Public comments were requested, and in the following year two open workshops were held to discuss the proposed standard.

Over a six-year period, engineers representing international companies met on a regular basis and developed a proposed standard.

Of the 100 companies examined, 45 used an annual rate of return of more than 9 percent, the proposed standard for this year.

"In one sentence, what is your proposed standard?"

The letter outlined a proposed standard for such write-offs that is much stricter than accountants have been using.

But it is not clear whether that money, or any additional funds, would be released unless the industry adopts the Government's proposed standard.