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ISO/IEC DIR 2 Edition 7.0 2016-05 ISO/IEC Directives Part 2 Principles and rules for the structure and drafting of ISO and IEC documents ) en ( 5 0 - 6 :201 EC EC DIR2 SO/I I THIS PUBLICATION IS COPYRIGHT PROTECTED Copyright © 2016 ISO/IEC, Geneva, Switzerland All rights reserved. It is permitted to download this electronic file, to make a copy and to print out the content for the purpose of preparing ISO and IEC documents only. You may not copy or “mirror” the file, or any part of it, for any other purpose without permission in writing from the publishers. ISO copyright office IEC Central Office Case postale 401 3, rue de Varembé CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland Switzerland Tel.: +41 22 749 01 11 Tel.: +41 22 919 02 11 Fax: +41 22 749 09 47 Fax: +41 22 919 03 00 [email protected] [email protected] www.iso.org www.iec.ch ISO/IEC DIR 2 Edition 7.0 2016-05 ISO/IEC Directives Part 2 Principles and rules for the structure and drafting of ISO and IEC documents – 2 – ISO/IEC DIR 2:2016 ISO/IEC 2016 CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY CLAUSES TO THE ISO/IEC DIRECTIVES, PART 2 ................................... 5 FOREWORD......................................................................................................................... 7 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 9 1 Scope .......................................................................................................................... 11 2 Normative references .................................................................................................. 11 3 Terms and definitions .................................................................................................. 12 GENERAL PRINCIPLES ..................................................................................................... 17 4 Objective of standardization ......................................................................................... 19 5 Principles .................................................................................................................... 19 6 Organization and subdivision of the subject matter ....................................................... 22 7 Verbal forms for expressions of provisions ................................................................... 25 8 Language, spelling, abbreviated terms, style and basic reference works ....................... 28 9 Numbers, quantities, units and values .......................................................................... 29 10 Referencing ................................................................................................................. 31 SUBDIVISIONS OF THE DOCUMENT ................................................................................. 37 11 Title............................................................................................................................. 39 12 Foreword ..................................................................................................................... 41 13 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 42 14 Scope .......................................................................................................................... 43 15 Normative references .................................................................................................. 44 16 Terms and definitions .................................................................................................. 45 17 Symbols and abbreviated terms ................................................................................... 52 18 Measurement and test methods ................................................................................... 52 19 Marking, labelling and packaging ................................................................................. 56 20 Annexes ...................................................................................................................... 58 21 Bibliography ................................................................................................................ 59 COMPONENTS OF THE TEXT ............................................................................................ 61 22 Clauses and subclauses .............................................................................................. 63 23 Lists ............................................................................................................................ 65 24 Notes .......................................................................................................................... 66 25 Examples .................................................................................................................... 67 26 Footnotes .................................................................................................................... 68 27 Mathematical formulae ................................................................................................. 69 28 Figures ........................................................................................................................ 71 29 Tables ......................................................................................................................... 78 POLICY .............................................................................................................................. 81 30 Patent rights ................................................................................................................ 83 31 Use of trade names and trademarks ............................................................................. 83 32 Copyright .................................................................................................................... 83 33 Aspects of conformity assessment ............................................................................... 84 34 Aspects of quality management systems, reliability and sampling ................................. 85 ANNEXES .......................................................................................................................... 87 ISO/IEC DIR 2:2016 ISO/IEC 2016 – 3 – Annex A (informative) Checklist for writers and editors of documents .................................. 89 Annex B (normative) Quantities and units ........................................................................... 91 Annex C (normative) Designation of internationally standardized items ............................... 94 Annex D (informative) Reference documents and sources for drafting ............................... 101 – 4 – ISO/IEC DIR 2:2016 ISO/IEC 2016 ISO/IEC DIR 2:2016 ISO/IEC 2016 – 5 – INTRODUCTORY CLAUSES TO THE ISO/IEC DIRECTIVES, PART 2 – 6 – ISO/IEC DIR 2:2016 ISO/IEC 2016 ISO/IEC DIR 2:2016 ISO/IEC 2016 – 7 – ISO/IEC DIRECTIVES – Part 2: Principles and rules for the structure and drafting of ISO and IEC documents FOREWORD The ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 has been prepared by the ISO/IEC Joint Directives Maintenance Team (JDMT) and approved by the ISO Technical Management Board (ISO/TMB) and IEC Standardization Management Board (IEC/SMB). This seventh edition of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 cancels and replaces the sixth edition published in 2011. This edition includes the following significant changes with respect to the previous edition: a) The structure of ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 has been rearranged in order to find the information more easily. Where possible, the language has been simplified and more examples have been added. b) "This document" is used as a generic term to refer to "this International Standard", "this Technical Report", etc. (see 3.1.1 and 10.6). c) A fixed structure consisting of "Scope", "Normative references" and "Terms and definitions" clauses is now required in all documents for consistency, even if the "Normative references" and "Terms and definitions" clauses are empty. d) A checklist for writers and editors of documents has been added in Annex A. e) In the tables for verbal forms for the expression of provisions (Tables 3 to 7), more examples and equivalent expressions have been added. In Table 7, the use of the expression "must" for external constraints is clarified. f) Clarification of the rules regarding language-specific abbreviated terms such as "ppm" is provided in 9.3 and Annex B. g) Clarification of the notion of "publicly available" documents is provided in 10.2. h) In the Foreword, the obligation to list all parts of a series has been deleted. i) In the Scope, permissions and recommendations as well as requirements are now not allowed. j) The introductory text for "Normative references" has been modified (see Clause 15). k) The introductory text for "Terms and definitions" has been modified (see Clause 16). References to the ISO Online Browsing Platform (OBP) and the International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) have been added so that users can easily find terms online. l) The clause on figures (see Clause 28) has been expanded to cover other types of figures, such as mechanical drawings and flowcharts, with commented examples. m) Test methods (previously 6.3.5) has been revised (see Clause 18). The new title is "Measurement and test methods" and a subclause on test reports has been added. n) The former requirement that "Annexes shall appear in the order in which they are cited in the text" has been deleted. o) The