IEEE Standards Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The IEEE Standards Association has developed this series of FAQs to provide answers about many aspects of the standards process.

If you have further questions that have not been answered here, please feel free to send an email to the IEEE Standards Association.

General
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA)
This FAQ gives you more information about the new, expanded IEEE Standards program.

Acronyms, Buzzwords, and Commonly Asked Questions About Standards
This FAQ answers your most commonly asked questions about standards and tells you what the official standards designations are for many of the commonly used acronyms and buzzwords in the field.

IEEE Standards Electronic Services
This FAQ gives you information about the information technologies that are being used for the IEEE standards development process.

Ordering Information
How to Order IEEE Standards Products
Need to find out how you can order a standards product from IEEE or from other distributors? This FAQ lets you know how.

IEEE Standards OnLine
This FAQ answers some of your most commonly asked questions about our new IEEE Standards On-Line subscription service.

Web Delivery of Individual IEEE Standards
If you're interested in obtaining any individual IEEE standard in electronic format, this FAQ will tell you how to obtain these pdf files quickly, conveniently, and easily.

Organizationally Unique Identifiers (OUIs)
This FAQ gives you the details on the OUI program supported by IEEE.

How to Order IEEE Standards Promotional Materials
Want to find out about the free materials that the IEEE Standards Department offers concerning standards? This FAQ will tell you all.

The Standards Development Process
Disclosures of Affiliation
This FAQ will help you understand the meaning of Affiliation as defined by the IEEE Standards Board Bylaws, 5.2.1.5.

The PAR Form
Do you have questions about the PAR and the committee that approves PARs? This FAQ will help you understand them.

Continuous Processing and PARs
Want to know more about the new methods to process PARS outside of the traditional, four-times-a-year meeting schedule? This FAQ will help you out.

The Development Process in Working Groups
If you've got questions about how your working group process is supposed to function, this FAQ will assist you.

Copyright, Permission, and Patents
If you need to know more about using copyrighted material in your IEEE standard, or if you want to use material from IEEE standards in your document, this FAQ will assist you.

The Role of IEEE Project Editing
If you would like to understand the role of IEEE Standards Project Editors more completely, this FAQ will assist you.

The Role of IEEE Standards Department Staff
This FAQ lets you know about the various functions of the IEEE Standards Department Staff.

Ballot Group Formation
This FAQ explains the rules associated with forming your standards balloting group.

Coordination
This FAQ explains what you want to know about the role of coordination when you're balloting your IEEE draft standard.

Recirculating a Standard
This FAQ tells you about the IEEE Standards ballot recirculation process for draft standards.

IEEE myBallot™
This FAQ gives you information about myBallot, the web-based balloting system that provides continuous access to a robust collection of IEEE standards balloting tools and information.

The IEEE Standards Balloting Service
This FAQ tells you about the balloting service that the IEEE Standards Department offers its standards developers.

Submitting a Draft Standard for Approval
This FAQ lets you know what you need to do to submit a draft standard for approval by the IEEE-SA Standards Board.

Volunteer Training Presentations
This FAQ gives you information about the various presentations the IEEE Standards Department offers to help working groups and committees better understand the standards development process.

L50-S Annual Financial Reporting
This FAQ explains why and when an L50-S needs to be filled out as well as access to the L50-S form.

Concentration Banking Program
Find out how the program works, how to enroll as well as other important information needed to manage your account.

Unique Standards Committees
The IEEE-SA Standards Board
If you'd like to know more about the IEEE-SA Standards Board, its standing committees, and how they operate, then this FAQ will give you the information you need.

Standards Coordinating Committees
SCCs coordinate standards-development activities that are beyond the scope of any one committee or Society in IEEE. This FAQ gives you information about the various SCCs that operate under the IEEE-SA Standards Board.

The IEEE Dictionary
This FAQ explains some of the details of one of the most well-known publications in IEEE.

Accredited Standards Committees
This FAQ lets you know what Accredited Standards Committees are and what role IEEE plays in relationship to them.

Other Standards-Developing Organizations
This FAQ gives you resources for contacting other standards developers.