This standard provides requirements and recommendations for technical terminology and communications in the English language that are more inclusive. These requirements and recommendations apply to technical information in communications, such as standards, policies, plans, procedures, reports, specifications, machine-readable languages, and other forms of human-readable technical communications. This standard includes requirements for the process of identifying and replacing non-inclusive and deprecated terms. This standard identifies deprecated terms and recommends standardized and acceptable replacements.
- Sponsor Committee
- BOG/SESCom - Strategic and Emerging Standards Committee
- Status
- Active PAR
- PAR Approval
- 2024-03-21
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- Society
- IEEE SA Board of Governors
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- BOG/SESCom - Strategic and Emerging Standards Committee
- Working Group
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InclLang - Inclusive Language
- IEEE Program Manager
- Jodi Haasz
Contact Jodi Haasz - Working Group Chair
- Robby Robson
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