IEEE SA Standards Board Operations Manual
8. Publication
8.1 Standards
Upon approval by the IEEE SA Standards Board, the standard shall be published as an IEEE standard. The Standards Committee shall be notified of the approval in writing. Balloters with unresolved negative ballot comments shall be informed in writing of the approval and of their right to appeal.
Working group members and Standards Association ballot group members are listed in the front matter of the published IEEE standard. For entity-based standards, entities are listed and may be accompanied by the individual representing the entity.
8.1.1 Errata
An erratum shall be prepared when an editorial error is found in an approved IEEE standard that represents a deviation from the standard as approved by the IEEE SA Standards Board and that could result in misinterpretation of the standard. The date of the erratum and a statement that the erratum represents an editorial correction only shall appear.
8.1.2 Amendments and corrigenda
Amendments and corrigenda are processed with separate PARs and balloted independently in accordance with the requirements of these procedures, including submission to the IEEE SA Standards Board. A corrigendum may not extend the scope of the existing standard. An amendment may extend the scope of the existing standard, but if the proposed scope of the amendment PAR or the changes made in the draft amendment are found to be excessive by the IEEE SA Standards Board, the Standards Committee shall initiate a revision PAR to replace the amendment PAR.
All PARs for amendments and corrigenda shall include a project scope.
All amendments and corrigenda shall follow the style conventions for indicating changes defined in the IEEE Standards Style Manual. (PDF)
Standards Association ballots of amendments and corrigenda shall also include access to the approved base standard and any approved amendments and corrigenda in order to provide sufficient information to the Standards Association balloting group.
Up to three amendments can be approved before the standard shall be revised, unless the base standard has been approved within the past three years. In such a case, multiple amendments may be added until the base standard is three years old. After the three-year period, RevCom shall defer consideration of additional amendments or corrigenda until a revision or a two-year extension request is approved by the IEEE SA Standards Board.
If, for any extenuating circumstances, an exception to these rules is required, the Standards Committee shall take its request for a two-year extension to RevCom. A project plan outlining the rationale for the request, as well as a schedule for the revision, also shall be submitted. RevCom will review the request and make a recommendation to the IEEE SA Standards Board.
During the two-year extension period, the Standards Committee can submit additional amendments and corrigenda for approval consideration. However, after this period, RevCom shall defer consideration of additional amendments or corrigenda until a revision is approved by the IEEE SA Standards Board.
8.1.3 Normative annexes
Normative annexes are official parts of the standard that are placed after the body of the standard for reasons of convenience or to create a hierarchical distinction. They are official (substantive) parts of the standard. A normative annex shall be referred to as such (Annex A, Annex B, etc.) in its title, the table of contents, and the text.
8.1.4 Informative annexes
Informative annex texts shall be submitted with the proposed standard.
Informative annexes are included in a standard for information only and are not normative (substantive) parts of the standard. Standards writers should carefully consider the nature of material placed in informative annexes. The working group should also understand that informative annex material is considered part of the balloted document and, as such, shall be submitted to the IEEE SA Standards Board for approval.
8.2 Publication of drafts
Drafts of standards under development are normally distributed to members of the group involved in their generation (working group, subcommittee, etc.) for comment and letter ballot. The normal method for generating valid comments is to conduct a letter ballot of the working group or subcommittee.
All drafts, no matter how broad their circulation, shall be marked on the cover and elsewhere with the appropriate copyright and legal statements as defined in Clause 6.
When using the approved IEEE standards designation on a draft standard, the designation shall be structured, at a minimum, as “IEEE Pxxx/DXX,” where “xxx” represents the specific designation and “XX” represents the specific draft version of that document. The date of the draft shall also be included. Any additional information (such as the draft chapters) may be included at the discretion of the working group. The draft designation shall appear on each page of the draft in the same location for the sake of continuity (for example, the upper right corner, the bottom right corner, etc.).