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IEEE Standards Style Manual


1. Overview

This manual establishes preferred style for the preparation of proposed IEEE standards. IEEE Standards project editors are available for advice and assistance throughout this process. Please note that many of the suggested guidelines can be adapted and restructured to suit the needs of a particular group; however, it is strongly recommended that working groups consult with IEEE Standards project editors before deviating from this style. Failure to follow the requirements (shall) or recommendations (should) of this manual may result in delayed approval of the draft standard by the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board or delayed publication of the standard.

This 2007 Edition of the IEEE Standards Style Manual is applicable to all drafts submitted for IEEE Sponsor ballot or to the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board after 1 June 2007. A file showing highlighted changes to the 2005 Edition of the IEEE Standards Style Manual is available from the IEEE Standards Web site <http://standards.ieee.org/guides/style/index.html>. Any comments or queries concerning this document should be forwarded to an IEEE Standards project editor via email (stds-style@ieee.org) or directly to the staff liaison. The email must contain a clear description of the relevant text and the recommended changes, where applicable.

This manual is not intended to be a guide to the procedural development of standards.1 Recommended manuals on this subject are the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board Bylaws [B4] 2, the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board Operations Manual [B6], and the IEEE Standards Association Standards Companion [B5], also published by the IEEE Standards Department . 3 For examples of IEEE Standards style of drafts, please see Annex B. An example amendment can be found in Annex C.

2. Normative references

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document (i.e., they must be understood and used, so each referenced document is cited in text and its relationship to this document is explained). For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments or corrigenda) applies.

ANSI Y32.9, American National Standard Graphic Symbols for Electrical Wiring and Layout Diagrams Used in Architecture and Building Construction.4

ANSI/IEEE Std 260.3, American National Standard for Mathematical Signs and Symbols for Use in Physical Sciences and Technology.

ANSI/IEEE Std 260.4, American National Standard Letter Symbols and Abbreviations for Quantities Used in Acoustics.

IEEE Std 91, IEEE Standard Graphic Symbols for Logic Functions.5,6

IEEE Std 260.1, American National Standard Letter Symbols for Units of Measurement (SI Units, Customary Inch-Pound Units, and Certain Other Units).

IEEE Std 270 , IEEE Standard Definitions for Selected Quantities, Units, and Related Terms, with Special Attention to the International System (SI)..

IEEE Std 280, IEEE Standard Letter Symbols for Quantities Used in Electrical Science and Electrical Engineering

IEEE Std 315, IEEE Standard Graphic Symbols for Electrical and Electronics Diagrams (Including Reference Designation Letters).

IEEE Std 945, IEEE Recommended Practice for Preferred Metric Units for Use in Electrical and Electronics Science and Technology.

IEEE Std 991, IEEE Standard for Logic Circuit Diagrams.

IEEE/ASTM SI 10, American National Standard for Use of the International System of Units (SI): The Modern Metric System. 7

3. Responsibilities of the working group chair and sponsor

The sponsor/working group chair of each project shall be responsible for submitting the draft of the standard for mandatory editorial coordination (MEC). This coordination is initiated at the start of the ballot invitation period prior to the Sponsor ballot. The first MEC review shall be completed before the Sponsor ballot begins. IEEE Standards project editors review the draft mainly for editorial and structural issues that may impact approval, and for legal, safety, and intellectual property issues that should be resolved prior to distributing the draft in ballot. Mandatory coordination for terms and definitions by Standards Coordinating Committee 10 (SCC10) and for quantities, units, and letter symbols by Standards Coordinating Committee14 (SCC14) occurs automatically during the Sponsor ballot. Mandatory coordination for the registration of objects by the IEEE Registration Authority Committee (RAC) occurs during the Sponsor ballot if the Project Authorization Request (PAR) indicates that the possible registration of objects or numbers is to be included in or used by the project and/or if it becomes apparent through development of the draft that the registration of objects or numbers will be included in or used by the RAC and/or otherwise requested by the RAC.

When ballot consensus is reached, the sponsor of each project shall be responsible for reviewing the final draft to ensure that it is the complete and accurate document approved by the balloting group, that it meets the requirements of this manual, and that it is ready to be submitted to the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board. When approved by the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board, the draft will be prepared for publication by the IEEE Standards project editor.

The sponsor or a designated representative (usually the working group technical editor or chair) shall serve as the liaison between the working group and the IEEE Standards project editor. During the publication process, the sponsor or designee is given the opportunity to answer questions and to review the document when it is in its final stages of production to ensure that editorial changes have not affected the technical content of the standard.


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