Standards News Late May 2014 Volume 18, Number 10 Table of Contents One More Makes Seven PLASA Standards Posted for Public Review

PLASA Standards News Late May 2014 Volume 18, Number 10 Table of Contents One More Makes Seven PLASA Standards Posted for Public Review...... 2 Due 15 July...... 2 Due 1 July...... 2 Due 3 June – Last Call...... 2 TIAs Proposed to Fix the 2014 NEC So We Can Use Dimmers...... 3 UL STP 217 (Smoke Detectors and Alarms) Needs Members...... 3 Free Webinar in Celebration of World Accreditation Day 2014...... 3 FCC Workshop on the Future of Broadband Regulation...... 4 IES Annual Conference Call for Papers...... 4 WTO Technical Barrier to Trade Notifications...... 4 Egypt Notification EGY/49...... 4 United States of America Notification USA/799/USA (USA/799, Add.1, Corr.1)...... 4 Costa Rica Notification CRI/122/CRI (CRI/122, Add.1)...... 5 China Notification CHN/1037...... 5 China Notification CHN/1036...... 6 China Notification CHN/1035...... 6 China Notification CHN/1045...... 6 China Notification CHN/1044...... 6 Thailand Notification THA/439...... 7 Thailand Notification THA/438...... 7 Ecuador Notification ECU/247/ECU (ECU/247 )...... 7 Ecuador Notification ECU/148/ECU (ECU/148 )...... 8 Ecuador Notification ECU/71/ECU (ECU/71, Add.1, Add.2)...... 8 ANSI Public Review Announcements...... 8 Due 23 June 2014...... 8 Due 30 June 2014...... 9 Due 15 July 2014...... 9 BSI Public Review Announcements...... 9 Due 30 May 2014...... 9 Due 31 May 2014...... 10 Due 6 June 2014...... 10 CSA Public Review Announcements...... 10 Due 28 June 2014...... 10 Due 6 July 2014...... 11 Due 14 July 2014...... 11 Due 15 July 2014...... 11 Due 16 July 2014...... 11 New ANS Projects...... 11 Final Actions on American National Standards...... 16 Draft IEC and ISO Standards...... 17 Recently Published IEC & ISO Documents...... 17 TSP Meeting Schedule...... 18

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 1 One More Makes Seven PLASA Standards Posted for Public Review One more draft standard has been added to PLASA's Technical Standards Program public review website at http://tsp.plasa.org/tsp/documents/public_review_docs.php, bringing the total to seven. The reviews run until the due date listed. The reviews are over and the documents disappear when their due date starts. Due 15 July BSR E1.46, Recommended Practice for the Prevention of Falls from Theatrical Stages and Raised Performance Platforms The users of theatrical stages and raised platforms can suffer debilitating injuries from falls into orchestra pits, open stage lifts, and similar openings in stage floors. Health and safety regulations require action to prevent these falls, but offer little guidance that is suitable for theatrical environments. This document would provide that guidance. Due 1 July BSR E1.31 - 201x, Entertainment Technology - Lightweight streaming protocol for transport of DMX512 using ACN This is a revision of the existing standard that describes a mechanism to transfer DMX512-A packets over a TCP/IP network using a subset of the ACN protocol suite. It covers data format, data protocol, data addressing, and network management It also outlines a synchronization method to help ensure that multiple sinks can process this data concurrently when supervised by the same controller. This revision includes the addition of DMX universe synchronization.

BSR E1.37-2 - 201x, Entertainment Technology - Additional Message Sets for ANSI E1.20 (RDM) –Part 2, IPv4 & DNS Configuration Messages This document is another part of the multi-part, open-ended E1.37 standard. It provides additional Get/Set parameter messages (PIDs) for use with the ANSI E1.20 Remote Device Management protocol. Messages in this document are intended for configuring network interfaces, routing information and Domain Name System settings on devices with IPv4 addresses.

BSR E1.39 - 201x, Entertainment Technology - Selection and Use of Personal Fall Arrest Systems on Portable Structures Used in the Entertainment Industry E1.39 establishes minimum requirements for the selection and use of personal fall arrest systems on portable structures in the entertainment industry. The standard establishes minimum requirements for products and portable structures used in the service of PFAS. Other methods of fall protection, such as safety nets and guard rails, are not within the scope of this standard. This standard does not preclude the use of other standards to promote worker safety. Due 3 June – Last Call BSR E1.42 – 201x, Entertainment Technology — Safety Standard for Orchestra Pit Lifts Stage lifts, such as orchestra pit or theatre forestage lifts, are not the subject of any current national standard in the USA. As result, safety requirements and inspections of them are inconsistent. E1.42 is being written to address this lack of a standard. The scope is limited to safety and to orchestra or forestage lifts that are installed as a part of the building and that are not custom-built for a single theatrical production.

BSR E1.43 – 201x, Entertainment Technology — Live Performer Flying Systems E1.43 specifies a minimum level of performance parameters for the design, manufacture, use, and maintenance of performer flying systems used in the production of entertainment events. Performer flying systems within the scope include systems supporting people that give the impression of weightlessness, floating, or flying, and for acrobatic and circus performance acts.

BSR E1.51 – 201x, The Selection, Installation, and Use of Single-Conductor Portable Power Feeder Cable Systems for Use at 600 Volts Nominal or Less for the Distribution of Electrical Energy in the Television, Film, Live Performance, and Event Industries in Canada E1.51 is intended to offer guidance in accordance with existing applicable standards and regulations in Canada on how to select, install, use and maintain single-conductor portable feeder cables used to supply power for television, film, live performance, and special events in Canada.

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 2 TIAs Proposed to Fix the 2014 NEC So We Can Use Dimmers Two Tentative Interim Amendments have been proposed to exempt Article 520 theatres and Article 530 studios from the requirements of a new section 406.15 in the 2014 National Electrical Code, NFPA 70. The TIAs are open to public review and comment until 20 June 2014 at http://www.nfpa.org/70. You will find TIA 1151 and TIA 1152 posted under the "Document Info" tab. The TIAs were developed by entertainment industry veterans Ken Vannice, Steve Terry, Mitch Hefter, Eddie Kramer, and Mike Skinner, and submitted by Ken Vannice. Readers of Standards News probably will find it in their interests to offer comments supporting the adoption of the TIAs; working in theatres and film/video studios could be very difficult if they are not adopted.

The TIAs have been proposed because in the 2014 of the NEC a new section 406.15 was added. It says:

406.15 Dimmer-Controlled Receptacles. A receptacle supplying lighting loads shall not be connected to a dimmer unless the plug/receptacle combination is a nonstandard configuration type that is specifically listed and identified for each such unique combination.

This section is intended to address what is perceived as the misapplication of dimmers to receptacles in residential applications. However, the clause as written applies to all electrical installations. It has the potential to cause serious problems if applied as a requirement to theatres and video/film studios where dimmers normally feed a variety of receptacles, including standard connectors such as ANSI E1.24 pin connectors and NEMA parallel blade and twist-lock connectors. Outlets may even change from being dimmed to being switched non-dim or to being constantly power based on the configuration of the control system for a given production. The TIAs solve the possible problem of someone requiring a "nonstandard configuration type" connector on dimmers in theatres and studios per clause 406.15 by stating clearly that the clause does not apply to those venues.

UL STP 217 (Smoke Detectors and Alarms) Needs Members UL is seeking representatives in the AHJ, consumer, and supply chain interest categories to serve on STP 217, Smoke Detectors and Alarms. STP 217 covers the following UL Standards for Safety: UL 217, Single and Multiple Station Smoke Alarms; UL 268, Detectors for Fire Alarm Signaling Systems; and UL 268A, Smoke Detectors for Duct Application. Inquiries regarding membership should be sent to Paul Lloret, paul.e.lloret@ul.com.

Free Webinar in Celebration of World Accreditation Day 2014 The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board will hold a free webinar to mark World Accreditation Day 2014. The webinar will take place from 14:00 to 16:00 EDT on World Accreditation Day, Monday, 9 June 2014. Speakers will be:  Lane Hallenbeck, vice president, accreditation services, ANSI; chair, International Organization for Standardization Conformity Assessment Committee (ISO CASCO)  Keith Greenaway, vice president, ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board  Mike Violette, president, ACB, Inc.  William S. Hurst, chief, U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Technical Research Branch, Laboratory Division  Eamon Monahan, program manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star Program  John F. Schulz, director of business operations, Safe Quality Food (SQF) Institute  Benjamin Goldstein, project manager, U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines Project

Speakers will discuss how international standards and related conformity assessment accreditation activities can support the work of organizations in different fields and sectors. Participants will have the opportunity to take part in a question-and-answer session following the panel discussion.

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 3 Online registration for the June 9 webinar is available at http://plasa.me/fxmdd. For more information about World Accreditation Day 2014, view a video about the event on the IAF and ILAC YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/IAFandILAC.

FCC Workshop on the Future of Broadband Regulation The Institute for Information Policy (IIP) of Pennsylvania State University and the Federal Communications Commission are co-sponsoring a by-invitation workshop on the future of broadband regulation, to be held at FCC headquarters on 29-30 May 2014. The IIP-organized the workshop and selected the academic and government experts who will present research work-in-progress to their fellow participants for discussion and critique. The workshop program and abstracts of the papers to be presented will be available at http://iip.comm.psu.edu/ on May 22, 2014. The workshop will open with a public plenary session in the FCC Meeting Room from 08:45 to 10:00 on Thursday 29 May. Although space is quite limited, those wishing to observe the academic discussions will be accommodated on a space-available basis. Interested parties should contact the organizers at [email protected] by 20 May; they will be notified of space availability by 22 May. More information is available at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC- 327069A1.docx.

IES Annual Conference Call for Papers Authors of papers regarding the art, science, and practice of illumination are invited to submit their papers for possible presentation at the 2014 IES Annual Conference scheduled to be held in Pittsburgh, PA, 2-4 November 2014. Paper presentations provide a valuable vehicle for educating the membership about important technical advances in lighting. The Papers Committee especially encourages submission of papers dealing with in a wide range of topics in both research and application. Papers may be submitted in two different categories: Papers and Poster. The Paper Due Date has been extended to 16 June 2014. The Poster Due Date is 26 July 2014. Conference papers submittal procedures are posted at http://www.ies.org/cfp2014. Information about the Annual Conference is available at http://www.ies.org/ac.

WTO Technical Barrier to Trade Notifications The U.S. Department of Commerce's service, Notify U.S., recently has announced a few notices as WTO Technical Barriers to Trade that may be of interest to Standards News readers. If you have a problem with these WTO TBT notification, you can protest it through your representative to the WTO. In the US, that is NIST ( [email protected] ). See http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/ for handling TBT objections in Europe. Egypt Notification EGY/49 Date issued: 6 May 2014 Agency responsible: Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (EOS) National inquiry point: Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (EOS) Notified under Article: 2.9.2 Products covered: Office Furniture - Office work chair ICS Codes: 97.140 Title: Ministerial Decree No.134 for the year 2014 mandating ES 495-2/2005 "Office furniture - Office work chair - Part 2: Safety requirements" Description of content: The decree mandates that the importers and producers of office work chairs must comply with the requirements stated in ES 495-2/2005 which deals with stability, strength of materials, durability, and testing. Worth mentioning is that the Egyptian standard is in accordance with BS EN 1335-2/2000. Objective and rationale: Protection of human Safety. Relevant documents: -Ministerial Decree No.134/2014 -BS EN 1335-2/2000 Proposed date of adoption: 24 February 2014 Proposed date of entry into force: 24 August 2014 Final date for comments: 6 July 2014 United States of America Notification USA/799/USA (USA/799, Add.1, Corr.1) Date issued: 5 May 2014 Corrigendum type: Addendum

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 4 Correction type: Correction with full text Corrigendum: TITLE: Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Fluorescent Lamps and Incandescent Reflector Lamps AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) and public meeting SUMMARY: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various commercial and industrial equipment and certain consumer products, including general service fluorescent lamps (GSFLs) and incandescent reflector lamps (IRLs). EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to determine whether more-stringent, amended standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would save a significant amount of energy. In this notice, DOE proposes amended energy conservation standards for GSFLs and IRLs. The notice also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results. DATES: DOE will hold a public meeting on Thursday, 1 May 2014, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Washington, DC. The meeting will also be broadcast as a webinar. See section IX Public Participation for webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants. DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR before and after the public meeting, but no later than 30 June 2014. See section IX Public Participation for details. Costa Rica Notification CRI/122/CRI (CRI/122, Add.1) Date issued: 28 April 2014 Corrigendum type: Addendum Correction type: Correction with full text Corrigendum: On 14 October 2011, the Government of Costa Rica notified, in document G/TBT/N/CRI/122, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 458:2011 ("Regulation to formalize the Costa Rican Electrical Code for the Safety of Life and Property"), which adopts, as Costa Rica's Electrical Code, the most recent Spanish version of National Fire Protection Agency Standard NFPA-70, entitled National Electrical Code (NEC) 2008, which seeks to provide practical protection for persons and property against the risks deriving from inadequate electrical wiring systems or the materials and equipment used in such systems. It has become necessary to amend Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 458:2011 so as to incorporate certain aspects relating to sockets and a number of changes to administrative aspects, with a view to ensuring clearer rules for both the regulatory authority and those who are subject to such rules. This notification is being made for transparency purposes, as the amendment will help to facilitate trade in the products concerned and ensure the implementation of the Regulation without overlooking the legitimate objectives originally set forth therein. Members are therefore notified of the following text: 1. Reforma y adición al Decreto Ejecutivo N° 36979- MEIC, RTCR 458:2011 Reglamento de Oficialización del Código Eléctrico de Costa Rica para la Seguridad de la Vida y de la Propiedad (Amendment and addition to Executive Decree No. 36979-MEIC, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 458:2011: Regulation to formalize the Costa Rican Electrical Code for the Safety of Life and Property) The text is available online at: http://meic.go.cr/reglatec/consulta/Refor_y_Adici36979_OMC.pdf China Notification CHN/1037 Date issued: 7 May 2014 Agency responsible: Standardization Administration of China (SAC) National inquiry point: General Administration of Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) Products covered: Circular saw benches/up-cutting cross-cut sawing machines (HS 8465) Title: National standard of the P.R.C., Safety of Woodworking Machines Circular Saw Benches/Up- Cutting Cross-Cut Sawing Machines Description of content: Chapter 3 and Appendix A of this standard are recommended, the rest are mandatory. The mandatory contents are the requirements and measures for eliminating and limiting risks on circular saw benches/up-cutting cross-cut sawing machines, which include safety requirements and /or measures, mechanical hazard protection and non-mechanical hazard protection, information of use, etc. Objective and rationale: To protect personal and property safety. Proposed date of adoption: 7 August 2014 Proposed date of entry into force: 7 February 2015 Final date for comments: 7 July 2014 Full text: https://tsapps.nist.gov/notifyus/docs/wto_country/CHN/full_text/pdf/CHN1037(simplified_chinese).pdf

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 5 China Notification CHN/1036 Date issued: 7 May 2014 Agency responsible: Standardization Administration of China (SAC) National inquiry point: General Administration of Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) Products covered: Manual radial arm saws (HS 8465) Title: National standard of the P.R.C., Safety of Woodworking Machines Manual Radial Arm Saws Description of content: Chapter 3 and Appendix A of this standard are recommended, the rest are mandatory. The mandatory contents are the requirements and measures for eliminating and limiting risks on manual radial arm saws, which include safety requirements and/or measures, mechanical hazard protection and non-mechanical hazard protection, information of use, etc. Objective and rationale: To protect personal and property safety. Proposed date of adoption: 7 August 2014 Proposed date of entry into force: 7 February 2015 Final date for comments: 7 July 2014 Full text: https://tsapps.nist.gov/notifyus/docs/wto_country/CHN/full_text/pdf/CHN1036(simplified_chinese).pdf China Notification CHN/1035 Date issued: 7 May 2014 Agency responsible: Standardization Administration of China (SAC) National inquiry point: General Administration of Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) Products covered: Double end tenoning and/or profiling machines fed by chain or chains (HS 8465) Title: National standard of the P.R.C., Safety of Woodworking Machines Double End Tenoning and/or Profiling Machines Fed by Chain or Chains Description of content: Chapter 3 and Appendix A, B of this standard are recommended, the rest are mandatory. The mandatory contents are the requirements and/or measures for eliminating and limiting risks on double end tenoning and/or profiling machines fed by chain or chains, which include safety requirements and/or measures, mechanical hazard protection and non-mechanical hazard protection, information of use, etc. Objective and rationale: To protect personal and property safety. Proposed date of adoption: 7 August 2014 Proposed date of entry into force: 7 February 2015 Final date for comments: 7 July 2014 Full text: https://tsapps.nist.gov/notifyus/docs/wto_country/CHN/full_text/pdf/CHN1035(simplified_chinese).pdf China Notification CHN/1045 Date issued: 7 May 2014 Agency responsible: Standardization Administration of China (SAC) National inquiry point: General Administration of Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) Products covered: Switches for household and similar fixed-electrical installations (HS 8536.90) Title: National Standard of the P.R.C., Switches for Household and Similar Fixed-Electrical Installations -Part 1: General Requirements Description of content: Articles 6.4, 19.3 and Appendix C of this standard are recommended, the rest are mandatory. The mandatory contents are the scope, terms and definitions, general requirements, rated value and classification etc. of switches for household and similar fixed-electrical installations. This standard applies to manually operated general purpose switches, for a.c. only with a rated voltage not exceeding 440 V and a rated current not exceeding 63 A, intended for household and similar fixed electrical installations either indoors or outdoors. Objective and rationale: For the protection of personal safety. Relevant documents: IEC 60669-1:2007 - Ed.3.2 and its interpretation 1:2012. Proposed date of adoption: 7 August 2014 Proposed date of entry into force: 7 February 2015 Final date for comments: 7 July 2014 Full text: https://tsapps.nist.gov/notifyus/docs/wto_country/CHN/full_text/pdf/CHN1045(simplified_chinese).pdf China Notification CHN/1044 Date issued: 7 May 2014

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 6 Agency responsible: Standardization Administration of China (SAC) National inquiry point: General Administration of Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) Products covered: Newly manufactured inductive current transformers used for electrical measuring instruments and/or electrical protective devices with frequencies from 15 Hz to 100 Hz. Title: National Standard of the P.R.C., Instrument Transformers - Part 2: Additional Requirements for Current Transformers Description of content: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, 4, and 7.5 of this standard are recommended, the rest are mandatory. The mandatory contents are the rated value, design and construction, tests etc. for current transformers. Objective and rationale: To protect personal and electric power grids safety. Relevant documents: IEC 61869-2:2012 Instrument Transformers ? Part 2: Additional Requirements for Current Transformers. Proposed date of adoption: 7 August /2014 Proposed date of entry into force: 7 February /2015 Final date for comments: 7 July 2014 Full text: https://tsapps.nist.gov/notifyus/docs/wto_country/CHN/full_text/pdf/CHN1044(simplified_chinese).pdf Thailand Notification THA/439 Date issued: 12 May 2014 Agency responsible: National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) National inquiry point: Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) Products covered: Radiocommunication equipment (HS 8526) Title: NTC TS 10272557: Technical standard for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) Equipment using Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Technology: User Equipment Description of content: Draft NTC TS 1027-2557, specifies minimum technical requirements for User Equipment of International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) system using Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Technology. There also are requirements for human radiation exposure. Objective and rationale: Technical performance and safety. Proposed date of adoption: Not given by country Proposed date of entry into force: Not given by country Final date for comments: 12 July 2014 Full text: https://tsapps.nist.gov/notifyus/docs/wto_country/THA/full_text/pdf/THA439(thai).pdf Thailand Notification THA/438 Date issued: 12 May 2014 Agency responsible: National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) National inquiry point: Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) Products covered: Radiocommunication equipment (HS 8526) Title: NTC TS 10262557: Technical standard for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) Equipment using Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Technology: Base Stations and Repeaters Description of content: Draft NTC TS 1026-2557, specifies minimum technical requirements for Base Stations and Repeaters of International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) system using Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Technology. There also are requirements for human radiation exposure. Objective and rationale: Technical performance and Safety. Proposed date of adoption: Not given by country Proposed date of entry into force: Not given by country Final date for comments: 12 July 2014 Full text: https://tsapps.nist.gov/notifyus/docs/wto_country/THA/full_text/pdf/THA438(thai).pdf Ecuador Notification ECU/247/ECU (ECU/247 ) Date issued: 13 May 2014 Corrigendum type: Addendum Correction type: Correction to notification Corrigendum: The Republic of Ecuador hereby advises that draft Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 224 "Agglomerated wood panels (MDF)", notified in document G/TBT/N/ECU/247 of 28 April 2014, has been repealed and is null and void.

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 7 Ecuador Notification ECU/148/ECU (ECU/148 ) Date issued: 13 May 2014 Corrigendum type: Addendum Correction type: Correction to notification Corrigendum: The Republic of Ecuador hereby advises that draft Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 156 "Microphones", notified in document G/TBT/N/ECU/148 of 17 January 2014, has been repealed and is null and void. Ecuador Notification ECU/71/ECU (ECU/71, Add.1, Add.2) Date issued: 13 May 2014 Corrigendum type: Addendum Correction type: Correction with full text Corrigendum: By means of this Addendum No. 3, the Republic of Ecuador advises that Amendment No. 1 to the first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (RTE INEN) No. 057 "Electrical panels, cabinets, pull boxes, light junction boxes and racks and rack accessories", notified in document G/TBT/N/ECU/71/Add.2 of 21 November 2013, has been issued pursuant to Resolution No. 14 148 of 8 April 2014 of the Under-Secretariat for Quality of the Ministry of Industry and Productivity. Full text: https://tsapps.nist.gov/notifyus/docs/wto_country/ECU/corrigenda/pdf/ECU71_add_3(spanish).pdf

(FYI: WTO Technical Barriers to Trade notifications from the perspective of the People's Republic of China are available at http://www.tbt-sps.gov.cn/Pages/main.aspx.)

ANSI Public Review Announcements The following documents have been announced for public review by ANSI. Please send your comments before the deadline to the person indicated and to ANSI's BSR at [email protected]. Due 23 June 2014 BSR/AAMI/ISO 5840-1-201x, Cardiovascular implants - Cardiac valve prostheses - Part 1: General requirements (identical national adoption of ISO 5840-1) Applicable to heart valve substitutes intended for human implantation and provides general requirements. Subsequent parts provide specific requirements. Applicable to newly developed and modified heart valve substitutes and to accessories, packaging, and labeling required for their implantation and for determining the appropriate size of the implant. Outlines a risk management approach. Single copy price: Free for AAMI members, $25.00 for others Order from and send comments to: Cliff Bernier, [email protected]

BSR/AAMI/ISO 5840-2-201x, Cardiovascular implants - Cardiac valve prostheses - Part 2: Surgically implanted heart valve substitutes (identical national adoption of ISO 5840-2 and revision of ANSI/AAMI/ISO 5840-2005 (R2010)) Applicable to heart valve substitutes intended for implantation in human hearts, generally requiring cardiopulmonary bypass and generally with direct visualization. Applicable to both newly developed and modified surgical heart valve substitutes and to the accessories, packaging, and labeling required for their implantation and for determining the appropriate size of the implant. Outlines a risk management approach. Single copy price: Free for AAMI members, $25.00 for others Order from and send comments to: Cliff Bernier, [email protected]

BSR/ASA S1.11-201x/Part 1 / IEC 61260-1:2014, Electroacoustics - Octave band and fractional-octave- band filters - Part 1: Specifications (identical national adoption of IEC 61260-1:2014 and revision of ANSI/ASA S1.11-2004 (R2009)) Proposed identical national adoption provides performance requirements for analog, sampled-data, and digital implementations of bandpass filters that comprise a filter set or spectrum analyzer for acoustical measurements. Differs from previous versions of ANSI/ASA S1.11 in that IEC 61260 has been adopted in full: (1) the original the test methods of IEC 61260 cl. 5 that was moved to an informative was replaced as normative, (2) the term band number was replaced, and (3) some references were removed. Single copy price: $278.00 Order from and send comments to: Susan Blaeser, [email protected]

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 8 BSR/WQA/ASPE S-803-201x, Sustainable Drinking Water Treatment Systems (new standard) This standard applies to products that treat or otherwise produce water for human consumption (e.g., drinking and/or food and beverage preparation) or recreation, but excludes products that treat wastewater. Covered products shall include any of the following: point-of-entry (POE) drinking water systems; plumbed- in, faucet-mounted, or other point-of-use (POU) systems; batch systems/devices not connected to the plumbing system; and replacement components for drinking water treatment systems. This standard is applicable globally, and may be applied to the certification of products by a qualified certification body. Single copy price: Free Order from and send comments to: Gretchen Pienta, [email protected]

BSR B149.6-201X, Code for Biogas Generation and utilization (new standard) Standard for safety aspects of the operation and maintenance for handling, storing, and using biogas. Single copy price: $175.00 Order from and send comments to: David Zimmerman, [email protected] Due 30 June 2014 BSR/CEA 2045.3-201x, Modular Communications Interface for Thermostat Message Set (new standard) The specification is an extension of the ANSI/CEA 2045 Modular Communications Interface (MCI) for Energy Management Specification. It presents messages and methods for thermostat-based functionality. Single copy price: $97.00 Order from and send comments to: Veronica Lancaster, [email protected]

BSR/ESD S6.1-201x, ESD Association Standard for the Protection of Electrostatic Discharge Susceptible Items - Grounding (revision of ANSI/ESD S6.1-2005 (R2009)) This standard applies to bonding and grounding for the prevention of ESD in an EPA. The procedures, materials, and techniques specified in this standard may not be applicable for grounding of electrical sources operating at frequencies above 400 Hz. Single copy price: $105.00 or $75.00 for ESD members Order from and send comments to: Christina Earl, [email protected] Due 15 July 2014 BSR ASSE Z359.18-201X, Safety Requirements for Anchorage Connectors for Personal Fall Arrest Systems (PFAS) (new standard) This standard specifies requirements for the performance, design, testing, marking, and instructions for use of anchorage connectors in travel restraint, fall arrest, rescue, positioning, rope access, and suspended component/tieback line systems only. Single copy price: $80.00 Order from and send comments to: Timothy Fisher, [email protected]

BSI Public Review Announcements BSI Standards has announced draft documents for public review that might be of interest to Standards News readers. The documents may be commented on at http://drafts.bsigroup.com/. Due 30 May 2014 EN ISO 13694 , Lasers and laser-related equipment - Test methods for laser beam power (energy) density distribution This International Standard specifies methods by which the measurement of power [energy] density distribution is made and defines parameters for the characterization of the spatial properties of laser power [energy] density distribution functions at a given plane. The methods given in this International Standard are intended to be used for the testing and characterization of both continuous wave (cw) and pulsed laser beams used in optics and optical instruments.

EN 15372, Furniture - Strength, durability and safety - Requirements for non-domestic tables This European Standard specifies requirements for the safety, strength and durability of all types of non- domestic tables including those with glass in their construction. It does not apply to office tables or desks, tables for educational institutions and outdoor tables for which EN standards or drafts exist. (Could it apply to theatre tech-tables?) With exception of the stability tests, this standard does not provide assessment of the

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 9 suitability of any storage features included in non-domestic tables. It does not include requirements for the durability of castors and height adjustment mechanisms. It does not include requirements for electrical safety. It does not include requirements for the resistance to aging, degradation. Due 31 May 2014 BS 4163, Health and safety for design and technology in educational and similar establishments – Code of practice This British Standard code of practice provides recommendations and guidance for persons responsible for planning services, equipment and machinery and for persons who may use these in design and technology facilities in all types of educational establishments. Design and technology facilities include all teaching areas and preparation areas where materials are manipulated and processed, equipment is used and design and/or manufacturing takes place (e.g. food, catering, textiles, graphics, electronics, technology, craft, engineering, manufacturing, woodworking of all types, vocational workshops, motor vehicle workshops and computer areas—and this would seem to include costume shops and scene shops).

BS 5499-10, Guidance for the selection and use of safety signs and fire safety notices This part of BS 5499 provides guidance on how to select, install, position and maintain safety signs conforming to BS ISO 3864-1 and BS EN ISO 7010, excluding escape route signs, to present specific safety information. Fire safety notices are also covered in Annex A. This part of BS 5499 satisfies the requirements of the Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 [1] and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 [2]. This part of BS 5499 is applicable to all premises, with the exception of private domestic premises. However, it is applicable to the common access areas within multi-occupied dwellings. This part of BS 5499 is intended for use by building owners, facility managers of premises, safety managers and others responsible for selecting, installing and/or inspecting safety signs.

BS 8892, Transition management of facility-related services – Guide This British Standard provides facility owners, operators and tenants (and professional advisors on their behalf) with guidance on managing changes to their existing sourcing arrangements and where there is a move between insourcing and outsourcing and vice versa. It is applicable to a range of situations from the replacement of one service provider by another, to bringing in-house all services following a lengthy period of outsourcing and incorporates provisions that allow the approach to be scaled to suit the degree of complexity involved. For the purpose of this British Standard, the “organization” can be the facility owner, an operator, a tenant or a professional advisor acting on their behalf. Due 6 June 2014 EN ISO 11145, Optics and photonics - Lasers and laser-related equipment - Vocabulary and symbols This International Standard defines basic terms, symbols and units of measurement for the field of laser technology in order to unify the terminology and to arrive at clear definitions and reproducible tests of beam parameters and laser-oriented product properties.

CSA Public Review Announcements The CSA Group has announced a draft document for public review that might be of interest to Standards News readers. To participate in the public review, please visit: http://publicreview.csa.ca/. Due 28 June 2014 10008 Quality management — Customer satisfaction — Guidelines for business-to-consumer electronic commerce transactions (New Standard) This International Standard provides guidance for planning, designing, developing, implementing, maintaining and improving an effective and efficient business-to-consumer electronic commerce transaction (B2C ECT) system within an organization. It is applicable to any organization engaged in, or planning to be engaged in, a business-to-consumer electronic commerce transaction, regardless of size, type and activity. This International Standard is not intended to form part of a consumer contract or to change any rights or obligations provided by applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. This International Standard aims to enable organizations to set up a fair, effective, efficient, transparent and secure B2C ECT system, in order to enhance consumers’ confidence in B2C ECTs and increase the satisfaction of consumers. It is aimed at B2C ECTs concerning consumers as a sub-set of customers. The guidance given in this International Standard can complement an organization’s quality management system.

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 10 Due 6 July 2014 C22.2 No. 269.5 Surge protective devices – Type 5 – components (new standard) This standard applies to SPD components designed to mitigate the effects of transient overvoltages and surge events that occur in electrical distribution systems up to 750 volts. SPD Components containing integral thermal devices are within the scope of this standard Components include but are not limited to metal oxide varistors (MOVs), silicon avalanche diodes (SADs), spark gaps (open or sealed type) and gas discharge tubes (GDT). This standard does not apply to products that are combinations of components nor to assemblies that use these components as covered in C22.2 No. 269.4. Components such as inductors or capacitors and other essentially linear components are not considered SPDs. Due 14 July 2014 Z259.2.4 Fall arresters and vertical rigid rails (new standard) This standard specifies design, testing, and marking requirements for manufactured fall arresters and fixed vertical rigid rails that are used on a vertical or slope plane. “Vertical plane” means an angle of not more than 15° from the vertical, which prevents the worker from leaning back. Due 15 July 2014 C22.2 No. 1993 Self-ballasted lamps and lamp adapters (new edition) This is a proposed new edition of C22.2 No. 1993. Due 16 July 2014 Z334 Over-the-shoe Toe Protectors (new standard) This standard deals with over-the-shoe toe protectors for temporary use and includes requirements for one grade of toe impact resistance.

New ANS Projects ANSI has announced the following new projects that might materially affect Standards News readers—or at least be interesting to them. Contact the developer if you (a) want to be involved in the project, or (b) object to the project and wish it to be abandoned, or (c) if you would like to point out that its scope is covered by an existing standard, thereby possibly making the project redundant or conflicting.

BSR/ASSE Z590.2-201X, Scope and Functions of the Occupational Safety and Health Professional Position (revision of ANSI/ASSEZ590.2-2003 (R2012)) The scope and purpose of the Scope and Functions of the Professional Safety Position (”Scope and Functions”) standard is to facilitate a shared understanding of the role of occupational safety and health (OSH) professional as a key advisor, strategist, and leader in the management of risk and sustainable business practice. The document promotes a high standard of competence among OSH professionals, informing employers and regulators as to the capabilities of OSH professionals and providing information to be used in OSH professional education and certification processes. Contact: Timothy Fisher, [email protected]

BSR/HFES 200-201x, Human Factors Engineering of Software Interfaces (revision of ANSI/HFES 200- 2008) The objective of HFES 200 is to provide design requirements and recommendations that will increase the accessibility, learnability, and ease of use of software. The application of this standard is intended to provide user interfaces that are more usable, accessible, and consistent and that enable greater productivity and satisfaction. The scope includes: software usability and terminology, menu layouts, command syntax, graphical user interfaces, effective use of color, voice input/output, and considerations for people with disabilities. Contact: Lynn Strother, [email protected]

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 11 BSR/IEEE 802.1CF-201x, Recommended Practice for Network Reference Model and Functional Description of IEEE 802 Access Network (new standard) This recommended practice specifies an access network, which connects terminals to their access routers, utilizing technologies based on the family of IEEE 802 standards by providing an access network reference model, including entities and reference points along with behavioural and functional descriptions of communications among those entities. Contact: Lisa Weisser, [email protected]

BSR/IEEE 802.1AB-2009/Cor2-20xx, Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks -Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery Cor2 (supplement to ANSI/IEEE 802.1AB -2009) The scope of this standard is to define a protocol and management elements, suitable for advertising information to stations attached to the same IEEE 802 LAN, for the purpose of populating physical topology and device discovery management information databases. The protocol facilitates the identification of stations connected by IEEE 802 LANs/MANs, their points of interconnection, and access points for management protocols. Contact: Lisa Weisser, [email protected]

INCITS/ISO/IEC 8825-4:2008, Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: XML Encoding Rules (XER) (identical national adoption of ISO/IEC 8825-4:2008 and revision of INCITS/ISO/IEC 8825-4:2004 [R2009]) ISO/IEC 8825-4:2008 specifies a set of basic XML Encoding Rules (BASIC-XER) that can be used to derive a transfer syntax for values of types defined in ISO/IEC 8824-1 and ISO/IEC 8824-2. It also specifies a set of Canonical XML Encoding Rules (CXER) that provide constraints on the basic XML Encoding Rules and produce a unique encoding for any given ASN.1 value. ISO/IEC 8825-4:2008 further specifies a set of extended XML Encoding Rules (EXTENDED-XER) that adds further encoder options, and also allows the ASN.1 specifier to vary the encoding that would be produced by BASIC-XER. Contact: Deborah Spittle, [email protected]

INCITS/ISO/IEC 10746-2:2009, Information technology - Open distributed processing - Reference model: Foundations (identical national adoption of ISO/IEC 10746-2:2009 and revision of INCITS/ISO/IEC 10746-2:1996 [R2009]) ISO/IEC 10746 provides a coordinating framework for the standardization of open distributed processing (ODP). This supports distribution, interworking, portability, and platform and technology independence. It establishes an enterprise architecture framework for the specification of ODP systems. ISO/IEC 10746 defines the essential concepts necessary to specify open distributed processing systems from five prescribed viewpoints. Contact: Deborah Spittle, [email protected]

INCITS/ISO/IEC 10746-3:2009, Information technology - Open distributed processing - Reference model: Architecture (identical national adoption of ISO/IEC 10746-3:2009 and revision of INCITS/ISO/IEC 10746-3:1996 [R2009]) ISO/IEC 10746 provides a coordinating framework for the standardization of open distributed processing (ODP). This supports distribution, interworking, portability, and platform and technology independence. It establishes an enterprise architecture framework for the specification of ODP systems. ISO/IEC 10746 defines the essential concepts necessary to specify open distributed processing systems from five prescribed viewpoints. Contact: Deborah Spittle, [email protected]

INCITS/ISO/IEC 13818-1:2013, Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information: Systems (identical national adoption of ISO/IEC 13818-1:2013 and revision of INCITS/ISO/IEC 13818-1:2007 [2009] and INCITS/ISO/IEC 13818-1:2007/AM1:2007 [2009]) ISO/IEC 13818-1:2013 specifies the system layer of the coding. It was developed principally to support the combination of the video and audio coding methods defined in ISO/IEC 13818-2 and ISO/IEC 13818-3. The system layer supports six basic functions: the synchronization of multiple compressed streams on decoding; the interleaving of multiple compressed streams into a single stream; the initialization of buffering for decoding start up; continuous buffer management; time identification; multiplexing and signaling of various components in a system stream. Contact: Deborah Spittle, [email protected]

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 12 INCITS/ISO/IEC 13818-2:2013, Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information - Part 2: Video (identical national adoption of ISO/IEC 13818-2:2013 and revision of INCITS/ISO/IEC 13818-2:2000 [R2011], INCITS/ISO/IEC 13818-2:2000/AM1:2001 [R2013], and INCITS/ISO/IEC 13818 -2:2000/AM2:2007 [R2009]) This standard specifies the coded representation of picture information for digital storage media and digital video communication and specifies the decoding process. The representation supports constant bit rate transmission, variable bit rate transmission, random access, channel hopping, scalable decoding, bitstream editing, as well as special functions such as fast forward playback, fast reverse playback, slow motion, pause and still pictures. This standard is forward compatible with ISO/IEC 11172-2 and upward or downward compatible with EDTV, HDTV, SDTV formats. Contact: Deborah Spittle, [email protected]

INCITS/ISO/IEC 14496-16:2011, Information technology - Coding of audio-visual objects - Part 16: Animation Framework eXtension (AFX) (identical national adoption of ISO/IEC 14496-16:2011 and revision of INCITS/ISO/IEC 14496-16-2006 [2009]) ISO/IEC 14496-16:2011 specifies MPEG-4 Animation Framework eXtension (AFX) model for representing and encoding 3D graphics assets to be used standalone or integrated in interactive multimedia presentations (the latter when combined with other parts of MPEG-4). Within this model, MPEG-4 is extended with higher- level synthetic objects for geometry, texture, and animation as well as dedicated compressed representations. Contact: Deborah Spittle, [email protected]

INCITS/ISO/IEC 14496-22:2009, Information technology - Coding of audio-visual objects - Part 22: Open Font Format (identical national adoption of ISO/IEC 14496-22:2009 and revision of INCITS/ISO/IEC 14496-22--2007 [2009]) This part of ISO/IEC 14496 specifies the Open Font Format (OFF) specification, the TrueType(TM) i and Compact Font Format (CFF) outline formats, and the TrueType hinting language. Many references to both TrueType and PostScript exist throughout this document, as Open Font Format fonts combine the two technologies. Contact: Deborah Spittle, [email protected]

INCITS/ISO/IEC 14496-25:2011, Information technology - Coding of audio-visual objects - Part 25: 3D Graphics Compression Model (identical national adoption of ISO/IEC 14496-25:2011 and revision of INCITS/ISO/IEC 14496-25:2009) ISO/IEC 14496-25:2011 describes a model for connecting 3D graphics compression tools defined in ISO/IEC 14496 to graphics primitives defined in any other standard, specification or recommendation. The goal of ISO/IEC 14496-25:2011 is to specify an architectural model able to accommodate third-party XML-based descriptions of scene graph and graphics primitives with (potential) binarization tools and with MPEG-4 3D graphics compression tools specified in ISO/IEC 14496-2, ISO/IEC 14496-11, and ISO/IEC 14496-16. Contact: Deborah Spittle, [email protected]

INCITS/ISO/IEC 15444-6:2013, Information technology - JPEG 2000 image coding system - Part 6: Compound image file format (identical national adoption of ISO/IEC 15444-6:2013 and revision of INCITS/ISO/IEC 15444-6:2003 [R2013] and INCITS/ISO/IEC 15444-6:2003/AM1:2007 [2009]) This standard defines a normative but optional file format for storing compound images using the JPEG 2000 file format family architecture. This format is an extension of the JP2 file format defined in Rec. ITU-T T.800 | ISO/IEC 15444-1 Annex I and uses boxes defined for both the JP2 file format and the JPX file format defined in Rec. ITU-T T.801 | ISO/IEC 15444-2 Annex M. This standard is useful for applications storing multiple pages, images with mixed content, and/or images that need more structure than provided in JP2. Contact: Deborah Spittle, [email protected]

INCITS/ISO/IEC 15444-12:2012, Information technology - JPEG 2000 image coding system - Part 12: ISO base media file format (identical national adoption of ISO/IEC 15444-12:2012 and revision of INCITS/ISO/IEC 15444-12:2008 [2009]) This part of ISO/IEC 15444 specifies the ISO base media file format, which is a general format forming the basis for a number of other more specific file formats. This format contains the timing, structure, and media information for timed sequences of media data, such as audiovisual presentations. This part of ISO/IEC 15444 is applicable to JPEG 2000, but its technical content is identical to that of ISO/IEC 14496-12, which is applicable to MPEG-4. Contact: Deborah Spittle, [email protected]

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 13 INCITS/ISO/IEC 23000-5:2011, Information technology - Multimedia application format (MPEG-A) - Part 5: Media streaming application format (identical national adoption of ISO/IEC 23000-5:2011 and revision of INCITS/ISO/IEC 23000-5:2008 [2009]) ISO/IEC 23000-5:2011 specifies a digital item structure, a file format, and references a set of protocols used in a media streaming environment for applications where governed audio and video information is streamed to an end-user device by means of existing protocols such as MPEG-2 Transport Stream or Real Time Protocol over User Datagram Protocols over Internet Protocol (RTP/UDP/IP), and provides informative implementation examples corresponding to specific applications. Contact: Deborah Spittle, [email protected]

BSR/TIA 607-C-201x, Generic Telecommunications Grounding (Earthing) and Bonding for Customer Premises (revision and redesignation of ANSI/TIA 607-B-2011) This standard specifies requirements for a generic telecommunications bonding and grounding infrastructure and its interconnection to electrical systems and telecommunications systems. This standard may also be used as a guide for the renovation or retrofit of existing systems. Revision needed to incorporate addenda, update references and harmonize with ISO/IEC 30129. Contact: Germaine Palangdao, [email protected]

BSR/TUV-R 15.07-201X, Commercial/Industrial Autonomous Battery Operated Material Handling Robotic Drive Units - Design Qualification and Type Approval (new standard) These requirements cover the electrical safety of all battery-operated autonomous robotic drive units used to transport and manipulate materials in factories, warehouses, and other applications with respect to risk of fire, electric shock, and explosion. These requirements do not cover possible risks that may be associated with the function of robotic drive units. Contact: Jerome Novacek, [email protected]

BSR/AAMI ST91-201x, Comprehensive guide to flexible and semi-rigid endoscope reprocessing in health care facilities (new standard) Provides guidelines for precleaning, cleaning, packaging (where indicated), high-level disinfecting, and/or sterilizing of flexible gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopes, flexible bronchoscopes, surgical flexible scopes (e.g., flexible ureteroscopes), and semi-rigid operative scopes (e.g., choledochoscopes) in hospitals and other health care facilities. These guidelines are intended to assist health care personnel in the re-processing of these devices and accessories. Project Need: The re-processing of flexible and semi-rigid scopes has been the focus of numerous nosocomial infections, which have been well documented in the literature. These devices are very expensive and difficult to clean, requiring extensive in-servicing. Current guidance documents in this area are inconsistent and do not cover all aspects of endoscope re-processing. Due to the potential for error and the consequences to patients, a comprehensive standard is needed in this area. Contact: Susan Gillespie, [email protected]

BSR/ASQ/ISO 10001:2007, Quality management - Customer satisfaction - Guidelines for codes of conduct for organizations (identical national adoption of ISO 10001:2007) Provides guidance for planning, designing, developing, implementing, maintaining, and improving customer satisfaction codes of conduct. It's applicable to product-related codes containing promises made to customers by an organization concerning its behavior. Such promises and related provisions are aimed at enhanced customer satisfaction. Annex A provides simplified examples of components of codes for different organizations. Contact: Julie Sharp, [email protected]

BSR/ASQ/ISO 10003:2007, Quality management - Customer satisfaction - Guidelines for dispute resolution external to organizations (identical national adoption of ISO 10003:2007) Provides guidance for an organization to plan, design, develop, operate, maintain, and improve an effective and efficient dispute resolution process for complaints that have not been resolved by the organization. Contact: Julie Sharp, [email protected]

BSR/ASQ/ISO 10004:2012, Quality management - Customer satisfaction - Guidelines for monitoring and measuring (identical national adoption of ISO 10004:2012) Provides guidance in defining and implementing processes to monitor customer satisfaction. It's intended for use by organizations regardless of type, size, or product provided. The focus is on external customers. Contact: Julie Sharp, [email protected]

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 14 BSR/ASQ/ISO 10008:2013, Quality management - Customer satisfaction - Guidelines for business-to- consumer electronic commerce transactions (identical national adoption of ISO 10008:2013) Provides guidance for planning, designing, developing, implementing, maintaining, and improving an effective and efficient business-to-consumer electronic commerce transaction (B2C ECT) system within an organization. It is applicable to any organization engaged in, or planning to be engaged in, a business-to- consumer electronic commerce transaction, regardless of size, type, and activity. Contact: Julie Sharp, [email protected]

BSR/ASQ/ISO 14031:2013, Environmental management - Environmental performance evaluation - Guidelines (identical national adoption of ISO 14031:2013) Gives guidance on the design and use of environmental performance evaluation (EPE) within an organization. It is applicable to all organizations, regardless of type, size, location, and complexity. It does not establish environmental performance levels. It can be used to support an organization's own approach to EPE, including its commitments to compliance. Contact: Julie Sharp, [email protected]

BSR/ASQ/ISO 14040:2006, Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Principles and framework (identical national adoption of ISO 14040:2006) Covers life cycle assessment (LCA) studies and life cycle inventory (LCI) studies. It does not describe the LCA technique in detail, nor does it specify methodologies for the individual phases of the LCA. The intended application of LCA or LCI results is considered during the goal and scope definition, but the application itself is outside the scope of this standard. Contact: Julie Sharp, [email protected]

BSR/ASQ/ISO 14065:2013, Greenhouse gases - Requirements for greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies for use in accreditation or other forms of recognition (identical national adoption of ISO 14065:2013) Specifies principles and requirements for bodies that undertake validation or verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) assertions. It is GHG program neutral. If a GHG program is applicable, the requirements of that GHG program are additional to the requirements of this standard. Contact: Julie Sharp, [email protected]

BSR/ASQ/ISO 18091:2014, Quality management systems - Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2008 in local government (identical national adoption of ISO 18091:2014) Provide local governments with guidelines for achieving reliable results through the application of ISO 9001:2008 on an integral basis. These guidelines do not add or modify the requirements of ISO 9001:2008. Contact: Julie Sharp, [email protected]

BSR/ASQ/ISO/TR 10018:2012, Quality management - Guidelines on people involvement and competence (identical national adoption of ISO/TR 10018:2012) Provides guidance on engaging people in an organization's quality management system, and on enhancing their involvement and competence within it. It's applicable to any organization. Contact: Julie Sharp, [email protected]

BSR C63.28-201x, Standard Guide for Best Practices for Electromagnetic Compatibility (new standard) This guide provides best practices for EMC design of electrical equipment developed for commercial and military applications. It provides detailed comparisons of EMC requirements delineated in major national and international commercial and military standards. Differences in limits, frequency ranges, and procedures are compared and their relative significance to EMC design is assessed, which may provide a basis for quality acceptance of equipment to reduce the cost and need of additional testing. This guide provides comparisons of best practices that result in better performance, lower costs, and higher quality products with respect to EMC compliance. [Editorial note: If the practices are the "best," why are the results only better, lower, and higher, rather than best, lowest, and highest?] Contact: Patricia Roder, [email protected]

BSR/IEEE 1622.4-201x, Recommended Practice for Election Modeling (new standard) This standard defines a core model of election data that supports the end-to-end process of administering an election. The model consists of data objects common to elections, the relationships between the objects, and the minimum required attributes of each data object. The model is documented using Unified Modeling

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 15 Language (UML) notation to better support visualization and to avoid prescribing an implementation format for the data. The UML notation is also accompanied by additional diagrams, annotation and commentary that explain specific aspects of the model or its notation. Project Need: The operating environment of elections tends to characterized by a heterogeneous mix of information systems involving complex data flows and multiple integration points. This project seeks to add clarity to the data standards development effort beginning with simple, universal data concepts and then further elaborating and defining a common core of minimum required data elements. Contact: Lisa Weisser, [email protected]

BSR/IEEE 1622.5-20xx, Standard for Election Systems Usability and Accessibility (new standard) This standard defines the requirements for usability and accessibility for voting systems. Voting systems include election administration systems, election management systems, vote capture devices, and tabulation devices that present voting information to voters, poll workers, election officials, and any other users. This standard specifies the requirements needed to make a voting system functional, acceptable, usable, and accessible by all, including those with disabilities, while maintaining appropriate levels of voter security and confidentiality. The standard defines the user experience by leveraging user interface and interaction design best practices. Project Need: The Help America Vote Act mandates that voting systems in the US be accessible to all eligible voters, and usable (effective and efficient) to ensure ease of use in casting a ballot. Standards for the next-generation technology applied to voting systems have not been developed and existing standards, which may be applicable, are based on older architectures and technology. Contact: Lisa Weisser, [email protected]

BSR/ISA 95.00.07-201x, Enterprise-Control System Integration - Part 7: Registry Service Model (new standard) To extend the ISA95 series of standards to define a set of services and messages that may be used to exchange namespace element definitions between communicating applications. Contact: Charles Robinson, [email protected]

ANSI MH10.8.6-2013, Bar Codes and Two-Dimensional Symbols for Product Packaging (withdrawal of ANSI MH10.8.6-2013) Develop application standard for the marking of product packages with linear bar code and two-dimensional symbols. Project is being withdrawn in favor of ISO 22742. Contact: John [email protected]

Final Actions on American National Standards The standards actions listed below have been approved by the ANSI Board of Standards Review or by an ANSI-Audited Designator, as applicable.

ANSI/ASA S1.17-2014/Part 1, Microphone Windscreens - Part 1: Test Procedures for Measurements of Insertion Loss in Still Air (revision of ANSI S1.17-2004/Part 1): 29 April 2014

ANSI/UL 924-2014, Standard for Safety for Emergency Lighting and Power Equipment (revision of ANSI/UL 924-2011): 29 April 2014

ANSI/UL 1577-2014, Standard for Safety for Optical Isolators (Proposals dated 2/14/14) (revision of ANSI/UL 1577-2013): 25 April 2014

ANSI/ESD STM7.1-2013, ESD Association Standard Test Method for the Protection of Electrostatic Discharge Susceptible Items - Floor Materials - Resistive Characterization of Materials (revision of ANSI/ESD STM7.1-1994 (R2003)): 13 May 2014

ANSI/ESD STM12.1-2014, ESD Association Standard Test Method for the Protection of Electrostatic Discharge Susceptible Items - Seating - Resistance Measurement (revision of ANSI/ESD STM12.1-1997 (R2006)): 5 May 2014

ANSI IEEE C63.18-2014, Recommended Practice for an Onsite, AdHoc Test Method for Estimating Electromagnetic Immunity of Medical Devices to Radiated Radio-Frequency (RF) Emissions from RF Transmitters (new standard): 13 May 2014

Volume 18, Number 10 Page 16 ANSI/TIA 4966-2014, Telecommunications - Infrastructure Standard for Educational Facilities (new standard): 12 May 2014

Draft IEC and ISO Standards This section lists proposed standards that the International Electromechanical Commission (IEC) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) are considering for approval. Standards News! Standards News readers interested in reviewing and commenting on the document should order a copy from their national representative and submit their comments through them. (The IEC and ISO don't want to hear from you directly.) Comments from US citizens on IEC documents should be sent to Charles T. Zegers at [email protected]. Comments from US citizens regarding ISO documents should be sent to Karen Hughes at [email protected]. The deadline for comments is noted.

ISO/DIS 24505, Ergonomics - Accessible design - Method for creating colour combinations taking account of age-related changes in human colour vision - 8 August 2014

ISO/DIS 17741, General technical rules for measurement, calculation and verification of energy savings of projects - 8 August 2014

65C/762A/FDIS, IEC 61158-4-x: Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 4-x: Data-link layer protocol specification - Type x elements, 13 June 2014

77/460/CD, IEC 61000-1-2: Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) - Part 1-2: General - Methodology for the achievement of functional safety of electrical and electronic systems including equipment with regard to electromagnetic phenomena, 25 July 2014

82/831/CDV, IEC 61215-1 Ed.1: Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval - Part 1: Requirements for testing, 25 July 2014

82/832/CDV, IEC 61215-1-1 Ed.1: Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval - Part 1-1: Special requirements for testing of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules, 25 July 2014

82/833/CDV, IEC 61215-2 Ed.1: Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval - Part 2: Test procedures, 25 July 2014

82/834/CD, IEC 61215-1-2 Ed.1: Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval - Part 1-2: Special requirements for testing of cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) modules, 25 July 2014

82/835/CD, IEC 61215-1-3 Ed.1: Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval - Part 1-3: Special requirements for testing of amorphous silicon (a-Si) and microcrystalline silicon (ìc-Si) photovoltaic (PV) modules, 25 July 2014

82/836/CD, IEC 61215-1-4 Ed.1: Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval - Part 1-4: Special requirements for testing of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) and copper indium selenide (CIS) photovoltaic (PV) modules, 25 July 2014

110/574/NP, Future IEC/TS 62715-X-X: Flexible display devices - Part X-X: Measuring methods of optical characteristics for curved displays, 25 July 2014

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Volume 18, Number 10 Page 17 ISO/IEC TR 20007:2014, Information technology - Cultural and linguistic interoperability - Definitions and relationship between symbols, icons, animated icons, pictograms, characters and glyphs, $77.00

ISO 20346:2014, Personal protective equipment - Protective footwear, $165.00

ISO 11270:2014, Intelligent transport systems - Lane keeping assistance systems (LKAS) - Performance requirements and test procedures, $132.00

ISO 14114:2014, Gas welding equipment - Acetylene manifold systems for welding, cutting and allied processes - General requirements, $108.00

ISO 14555:2014, Welding - Arc stud welding of metallic materials, $224.00

ISO/IEC 19464:2014, Information technology - Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) v1.0 specification, $295.00

ISO 13910:2014, Timber structures - Strength graded timber - Test methods for structural properties, $123.00

ISO 17754:2014, Timber structures - Test methods - Torsional resistance of driving in screws, $66.00

ISO/IEC 13818-1/Amd1:2014, Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information - Part 1: Systems - Amendment 1: Extensions for simplified carriage of MPEG-4 over MPEG-2, $22.00

ISO/IEC 19099:2014, Information technology - Virtualization Management Specification, $314.00

TSP Meeting Schedule The Stage Lifts Working Group normally meets by Webex on the second Monday of each month. For more information, contact Kurt Pragman at [email protected].

The following meetings will be held at the D/FW Marriott Solana in Westlake, Texas.

Meeting Group Time Day Floors Working Group 14:00 - 18:00 Thursday 24 July 2014 Rigging Working Group (RWG) 19:00 - 23:00 Thursday 24 July 2014 EPWG NEC/GFCI Task Group 19:00 - 23:00 Thursday 24 July 2014 Electrical Power Working Group (EPWG) 09:00 - noon Friday 25 July 2014 Photometrics Working Group 13:00 - 17:00 Friday 25 July 2014 Fog & Smoke Working Group 19:00 - 23:00 Friday 25 July 2014 Control Protocols Working Group 14:00 - 18:00 Saturday 26 July 2014 Technical Standards Council 09:00 - 13:00 Sunday 27 July 2014 16:00 - 23:00 Friday 25 July 2014 09:00 - 22:00 Saturday 26 July 2014 Control Protocols Plugfest 09:00 - 22:00 Sunday 27 July 2014 09:00 - noon Monday 28 July 2014 As always, unless the server is down or your point-and-click device stops working, the most up-to-date meeting information can be found at http://tsp.plasa.org/tsp/meetings/index.php.

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