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References to commercial equipment or products in a standard shall be generic and shall not include trademarks or other proprietary designations.Where a sole source exists for essential equipment or materials, it is permissible to supply the name of the trademark owner in a footnote. The proper use guidelines for trademarks shall be determined by the trademark owner.
Trademarks or other proprietary designations should be avoided in standards.The following text shall be included in a footnote at any mention of specific trademark information in the standard:
This information is given for the convenience of users of this standard and does not constitute an endorsement by the IEEE of these products. Equivalent products may be used if they can be shown tolead to the same results.
Trademarks or other proprietary designations (names other than commercial equipment or products) shouldbe avoided in standards. If used, the trademarked name shall be identified in the standard and marked assuch (with either ® or ™), as appropriate, upon first reference.
Note that IEEE designations shall be identified as trademarks (® or ™, as appropriate) at first citation of eachdesignation in the front matter and in the body of the draft.
The IEEE-SA Standards Board allows the publication of standards documents as trial-use standards if, subsequent to publication, input from a broad constituency is needed. All trial-use standards shall be approved according to the IEEE-SA Standards Board process. The IEEE Standards project editor shall insert the following disclaimer in each trial-use standard, replacing <18 months from publication date> with the trial-use comment submission deadline:
Publication of this trial-use standard for comment and criticism has been approved by the IEEE. Trial-Use standards are effective for 24 months from the date of publication. Comments for revision will be accepted for 18 months after publication. Suggestions for revision should be directed to the Secretary, IEEE-SA Standards Board, 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331, and should be received no later than <18 months from publication date>. It is expected that following the 24-month period, this trial-use standard, revised and balloted as necessary, shall be submitted to the IEEE-SA Standards Board for approval as a full-use standard.
The title should be exactly the same as that on the approved PAR, and in all cases shall reflect the scope of the standard in as few words as possible. During draft development, if the title of the draft standard changes from that listed on the PAR, the working group shall change the title of the draft standard to match that on the PAR or consult the NesCom Administrator on the necessity of submitting a modified PAR to NesCom for approval by the IEEE-SA Standards Board. The changes to the title of the draft standard or the submission of the modified PAR shall be completed as soon as the title of the draft standard no longer matches the PAR. Changes to the title shall be reviewed by the balloting group during the Sponsor ballot, and may require a recirculation.
All titles of IEEE drafts shall start with the word Draft, followed by
Working groups interested in publishing ancillary materials, such as interpretations (documents issued to explain and clarify passages within a standard), should contact an IEEE Standards project editor for more information.
When an IEEE standard covers only a limited range of quantities, such as voltage, current, power, and size, the numerical limits of the ranges covered shall be included in the title. The use of nonquantitative terms (such as high and low, large and small, wide and narrow) should be avoided. Acronyms and abbreviations should be avoided in titles of standards, except in the case of units of measurement (kV, mm, etc.). However, if such use is warranted, the procedure stated in 13.6 shall be followed.
The inclusion of abstracts and keywords in IEEE standards allows the documents to be referenced in a wide range of bibliographic environments, thereby increasing their utility, visibility, and availability to the public. For this reason, abstracts and keywords shall be included on the title page of each standard. Abstracts should be based on the scope and purpose of the standard as indicated on the PAR. Abstracts should also be concise and no longer than 15 lines. keywords should highlight key terms and phrases from the text of the draft standard.
An introduction shall be supplied by the working group, giving the history of the standard, a description of its purpose, and, if the standard is a revision, an explanation of the principal changes from the previous edition. The introduction should also explain the document structure for multipart standards, or for documents within a family of standards. An introduction is not a part of a proposed standard and shall not contain requirements or recommendations; therefore, the following statement shall appear in a box rule above the text:
At a minimum, a roster of the officers and members of the working group that developed the document shall be provided by the working group (see Figure 1). Individuals or entities that also contributed to the preparation of the document may be included in addition to the working group list (permission from entities shall be received prior to including the names in the draft).
In the working group roster, full first names are preferred over initials. Titles (Dr., Ms., P. E.) shall not be included with proper names. If entities have participated in the development of the standard, a list of the entities shall be included immediately following the working group roster.
The list of voting members of the balloting group, which is usually added by the IEEE Standards Department, is included in the introduction. Only the balloters (individuals or entities) who vote are listed in the standard; however, balloters may have voted for approval, disapproval, or abstention. The following paragraph shall be placed in the front matter of all IEEE drafts, above the list of voting members of the balloting group, and shall reflect the type of ballot that was conducted (individual, entity, or mixed):
The following members of the <individual/entity> balloting committee voted on this standard. Balloters may have voted for approval, disapproval, or abstention.
If footnotes are necessary in an introduction, they shall be noted with lowercase letters (a, b, c, d, etc.).
In the past, some sponsors have included special acknowledgments in the front matter of their published standards. Permission shall be requested from the Manager, Standards Editing and Production before including such acknowledgments in the draft.
A table of contents listing the main clauses (identified by one digit) and the first series of subclauses under each clause (identified by two digits) should be supplied. The next series of subclauses (identified by three digits) may be included when deemed appropriate by the IEEE Standards project editor and the working group. If included, the table of contents shall be generated automatically, and not composed manually. Lists of tables and figures shall not be included in the table of contents. Only the appropriate clauses, subclauses, and normative and/or informative annexes shall be listed. (See Annex B for a sample table of contents.) All titles in the table of contents should be concise, and may be abbreviated versions of the titles within the document. It should be noted that tools for automatic generation within the table of contents may not support titles longer than one line.
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