How to Read the IEEE Standards Status Report

Number and year: Identifies the project number or the standard number. If this is a published standard the year of approval will follow.

Sponsor: The IEEE Society and/or Committee sponsoring the project or standard.

Title: The title of the project or standard.

Status: The current status of the project or standard. Status includes the following:

New Project; Revision Project; Withdrawn Standard; Superseded Standard; Withdrawn PAR; Published Standard; Adoption in Progress; Adoption Complete

For Questions Concerning the Status of a Project or Standard, please send an e-mail to stds-help@ieee.org.

Publication Type:

Changed Designation includes all of the following:

  • an IEEE standard that now has an ISO/IEC designation
  • an IEEE project or standard that was redesignated (re-numbered)
  • an IEEE supplement that was incorporated into the base document
  • an IEEE standard that was split into different documents

Collection - A collection of related standards

International Publication - an IEEE standard incorporated into or given an ISO* or IEC* designation.

* ISO - International Organization of Standardization
* IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission

Special Publications - Official documents of the Standards Board, documentation approved or endorsed by the Standards Board, interpretations, errata sheets

Standards Press - Designates an IEEE Standards Press publication

Trial Use - Standard approved for a two year (trial use) period

Technical Contact/Phone: This is usually the working group chair

History (may have the following codes):

  • PAR - The date the IEEE Standards Board approved the Project Authorization Request.
  • BD APP - The date the Standards Board approved the draft.
  • ANSI - The ANSI (American National Standards Institute) approval date.

Project Scope: The scope as written on the Project Authorization Request (PAR) form.

Project Purpose: The purpose as written on the Project Authorization Request (PAR) form.

Abstract: The abstract taken from the published standard.

Comments: Additional information concerning any of the above items.

Keywords: Words taken from the published standard or project.