ISO Directives Part 2: Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards (2004)

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Identification
ISO Directives Part 2: Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards (2004)
Source
ISO
Title
ISO Directives Part1: Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards (2004)
Objectives
This part of the ISO/IEC Directives specify rules for the structure and drafting of documents intended to become International Standards, Technical Specifications or Publicly Available Specification. As far as practicable, these rules also apply to documetns intended to become Technical Reports or Guides. All these types are referred to collectively hereinanfter as documetns, unless otherwise necessary.
Descriptions
Technical Specification (TS)
Technical Report (TR)
ISO Guides
Publicly Available Specification (PAS)
Foreword
of a standard
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description
The foreword shall appear in each document. It shall not contain requirements, recommendations, figures or tables.
It consists of a general part and a specific part.
The general part (supplied by the Central Secretariat of ISO or by the Central Office of the IEC, as appropriate) gives information relating to the organization responsible and to International Standards in general, i.e.

the designation and name of the committee that prepared the document
information regarding the approval of the document, and
information regarding the drafting conventions used, comprising a reference to this part of ISO/IEC Directives.

The specific part (supllied by the committee secretariat) shall give a statement of significant technical changes from any previous edition of the document and as many of the following as are appropriate:

an indication of any other international organization that has contributed to the preparation of the document;
a statement that the document cancels and replaces other documents in whole or in part;
the relationship of the document to other documents (see 5.2.1.3);
in IEC, an indication of the next stability date (see ISO/IEC Directives, IEC Supplement 2010, 3.4)

Introduction
of a standard
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description
The introduction is an optional preliminary element used, if required, to give specific information or commentary about the technical content of the document, and about the reasons for prompting its preparation. It shall not contain requirements.
Whenever alternative solutions are adopted internationally in a document and preferences for the different alternatives provided, the reasons for the preferences shall be explained in the introduction (see A.6 d). Where patent rights have been identified in a document, the introduction shall include an appropriate notice. See Annex F for further information.
The introduction shall not be numbered unless there is a need to create numbered subdivisions. In this case, it shall be numbered 0, with subsections being numbered 0.1, 0.2, etc. Any numbered figure, table, displayed formula or footnote shall be numbered normally beginning with 1.
Scope
of a standard
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description
This element shall appear at the beginning of each document and define without ambiguity the subject of the document and the aspects covered, thereby, indicating the limits of applicability of the document or particular parts of it. It shall not contain requirements.
In documents that are subdivided into parts, the scope of each part shall define the subject of that part of the document only.
The scope shall be succinct so that it can be used as a summary for bibliographic purposes.
This element shall be worded as a series of statements of fact. Forms of expression such as the following shal be used:
"This international standard

specifies

the dimensions of ..."
a method of ..."
the characteristics of ..."

establishes

a system for ..."
general principles for ..."

gives guidelines for ..."

define terms ..."

Statements of applicability of the document shall be introduced by wording such as:
"This International Standard is applicable to ..."
The wording shall be altered as a function of the document type concerned, i.e. International Standard, Technical Specification, Publicly Available Specification, Technical Report or Guide.
Normative Reference
of a standard
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description
The optional element shall give a list of the referenced documents cited (see 6.6.7.5) in the document in such a way as to make them indispensable for the application of the document. For dated references, each shall be given with its year of publication, or, in the case of enquiry for final drafts, with a dash together with a footnote "To be published", and full title. The year of the publication or dash shall be given for undated references. When a undated reference is to all parts of a document, the publication number shall be followed by the indication "(all parts)" and the general title of the seriies of parts (i.e. the introductory and main elements, see Annex E).
In principle, the referenced documents shall be documents published by ISO and/or IEC. Documents published by other bodies may be referrred to in a normative manner provided that

the referenced document is recognized by the ISO and/or IEC committeee concerned as having wide acceptance and authoritative status as well as being publicly available.

the ISO and/or IEC committee concerned has obtained the agreement of the authors or publishers (where known) of the referenced document to its inclusion and to its being made available as required - the authors or publishers will be expected to make available such documents on request,

the authors or publishers (where known) have also agreed to inform ISO and/or IEC committee concerned of their attention to revise the referenced document and of the points of revision will concern, and

the ISO and/or IEC committee concerned undertakes to review the situation in the light of any changes in the referenced document.

The list shall be introduced by the following wording:
"The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For sated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies."
The above wording is also applicable to a part of a multipart document.
The list shall not include the following:

referenced documents which are not publicly available;
referenced documents which are only cited in an informative manner;
referenced documents which have merely served as bibligraphic or back ground material in the preparation of the document.

Such referenced documents may be listed in a bibliography (see 6.4.2).
Terms and definitions
of a standard
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description
This is an optional element giving definitions necessary for the understanding of certain terms used in the document. The following introductory wording shall be used where all terms and definitions are given in the document itself:
"For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply."
In the case where terms defined in one or more other documents also apply (for example, in the case of a series of associated documents where Part 1 specifies the terms and definitions for several or all of the parts), the following introductory wording shall be used, altered as necessary:
"For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ... and the following apply".
Rules for the drafting and presentation of terms and definitions are given in Annex D, together with special rules for terminology standards, such as vocabularies, nomenclatures or lists of equivalent terms in different languages.
Note that the introductory text is not a hanging paragraph, as described in 5.2.4, as the terms and definitions are a definitions list and not a series of subclauses.

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Identification	ISO Directives Part 2: Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards (2004)
Source	ISO
Title	ISO Directives Part1: Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards (2004)
Objectives	This part of the ISO/IEC Directives specify rules for the structure and drafting of documents intended to become International Standards, Technical Specifications or Publicly Available Specification. As far as practicable, these rules also apply to documetns intended to become Technical Reports or Guides. All these types are referred to collectively hereinanfter as documetns, unless otherwise necessary.
Descriptions	Technical Specification (TS) Technical Report (TR) ISO Guides Publicly Available Specification (PAS)
Foreword of a standard - description	The foreword shall appear in each document. It shall not contain requirements, recommendations, figures or tables. It consists of a general part and a specific part. The general part (supplied by the Central Secretariat of ISO or by the Central Office of the IEC, as appropriate) gives information relating to the organization responsible and to International Standards in general, i.e. the designation and name of the committee that prepared the document information regarding the approval of the document, and information regarding the drafting conventions used, comprising a reference to this part of ISO/IEC Directives. The specific part (supllied by the committee secretariat) shall give a statement of significant technical changes from any previous edition of the document and as many of the following as are appropriate: an indication of any other international organization that has contributed to the preparation of the document; a statement that the document cancels and replaces other documents in whole or in part; the relationship of the document to other documents (see 5.2.1.3); in IEC, an indication of the next stability date (see ISO/IEC Directives, IEC Supplement 2010, 3.4)
Introduction of a standard - description	The introduction is an optional preliminary element used, if required, to give specific information or commentary about the technical content of the document, and about the reasons for prompting its preparation. It shall not contain requirements. Whenever alternative solutions are adopted internationally in a document and preferences for the different alternatives provided, the reasons for the preferences shall be explained in the introduction (see A.6 d). Where patent rights have been identified in a document, the introduction shall include an appropriate notice. See Annex F for further information. The introduction shall not be numbered unless there is a need to create numbered subdivisions. In this case, it shall be numbered 0, with subsections being numbered 0.1, 0.2, etc. Any numbered figure, table, displayed formula or footnote shall be numbered normally beginning with 1.
Scope of a standard - description	This element shall appear at the beginning of each document and define without ambiguity the subject of the document and the aspects covered, thereby, indicating the limits of applicability of the document or particular parts of it. It shall not contain requirements. In documents that are subdivided into parts, the scope of each part shall define the subject of that part of the document only. The scope shall be succinct so that it can be used as a summary for bibliographic purposes. This element shall be worded as a series of statements of fact. Forms of expression such as the following shal be used: "This international standard specifies the dimensions of ..." a method of ..." the characteristics of ..." establishes a system for ..." general principles for ..." gives guidelines for ..." define terms ..." Statements of applicability of the document shall be introduced by wording such as: "This International Standard is applicable to ..." The wording shall be altered as a function of the document type concerned, i.e. International Standard, Technical Specification, Publicly Available Specification, Technical Report or Guide.
Normative Reference of a standard - description	The optional element shall give a list of the referenced documents cited (see 6.6.7.5) in the document in such a way as to make them indispensable for the application of the document. For dated references, each shall be given with its year of publication, or, in the case of enquiry for final drafts, with a dash together with a footnote "To be published", and full title. The year of the publication or dash shall be given for undated references. When a undated reference is to all parts of a document, the publication number shall be followed by the indication "(all parts)" and the general title of the seriies of parts (i.e. the introductory and main elements, see Annex E). In principle, the referenced documents shall be documents published by ISO and/or IEC. Documents published by other bodies may be referrred to in a normative manner provided that the referenced document is recognized by the ISO and/or IEC committeee concerned as having wide acceptance and authoritative status as well as being publicly available. the ISO and/or IEC committee concerned has obtained the agreement of the authors or publishers (where known) of the referenced document to its inclusion and to its being made available as required - the authors or publishers will be expected to make available such documents on request, the authors or publishers (where known) have also agreed to inform ISO and/or IEC committee concerned of their attention to revise the referenced document and of the points of revision will concern, and the ISO and/or IEC committee concerned undertakes to review the situation in the light of any changes in the referenced document. The list shall be introduced by the following wording: "The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For sated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies." The above wording is also applicable to a part of a multipart document. The list shall not include the following: referenced documents which are not publicly available; referenced documents which are only cited in an informative manner; referenced documents which have merely served as bibligraphic or back ground material in the preparation of the document. Such referenced documents may be listed in a bibliography (see 6.4.2).
Terms and definitions of a standard - description	This is an optional element giving definitions necessary for the understanding of certain terms used in the document. The following introductory wording shall be used where all terms and definitions are given in the document itself: "For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply." In the case where terms defined in one or more other documents also apply (for example, in the case of a series of associated documents where Part 1 specifies the terms and definitions for several or all of the parts), the following introductory wording shall be used, altered as necessary: "For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ... and the following apply". Rules for the drafting and presentation of terms and definitions are given in Annex D, together with special rules for terminology standards, such as vocabularies, nomenclatures or lists of equivalent terms in different languages. Note that the introductory text is not a hanging paragraph, as described in 5.2.4, as the terms and definitions are a definitions list and not a series of subclauses.