P1016 was approved as a revision standard by the IEEE-SA Standards Board on 19 March 2009. It has been published as IEEE Std 1016–2009™ Standard for Information Technology — Systems Design — Software Design Descriptions. IEEE Std 1016 has recently been submitted to ISO for consideration as a fast-track international standard.
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