2009 IEEE Standards Style Manual 2009 IEEE Standards Style Manual Contents 1. Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Helpful documents..................................................................................................................................... 1 3. Responsibilities of the working group chair and sponsor .......................................................................... 2 4. Items to submit to the IEEE-SA ................................................................................................................ 3 4.1 Editorial requirements for submission to the IEEE-SA Standards Board........................................... 3 4.2 Requirements for the draft .................................................................................................................. 3 4.3 Submission of IEEE drafts and source files to the IEEE-SA Standards Board................................... 5 5. Permissions................................................................................................................................................ 6 5.1 General................................................................................................................................................ 6 5.2 Excerpts of copyrighted material from other organizations................................................................ 6 5.3 Adoption of independently-developed documents as potential IEEE standards................................. 7 6. Patents........................................................................................................................................................ 8 7. Trademarks ................................................................................................................................................ 8 8. Trial-use standards..................................................................................................................................... 8 9. The structure of an IEEE standard—frontmatter and body ....................................................................... 9 9.1 Structuring the frontmatter of a standard ............................................................................................ 9 9.2 Title..................................................................................................................................................... 9 9.3 Abstract and keywords........................................................................................................................ 9 9.4 Introduction and committee lists....................................................................................................... 10 9.5 Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................ 10 9.6 Table of contents............................................................................................................................... 10 10. Structuring the body of a standard......................................................................................................... 11 10.1 Normative and informative clauses................................................................................................. 11 10.2 Order of clauses .............................................................................................................................. 11 10.3 The overview of the draft................................................................................................................ 11 10.4 Normative references...................................................................................................................... 13 i Copyright © 2009 IEEE. All rights reserved. 2009 IEEE Standards Style Manual 10.5 Definitions39B ...................................................................................................................................... 15 10.640B Acronyms41B and abbreviations........................................................................................................... 17 10.7 Annexes42B .......................................................................................................................................... 17 10.8 Index43B ............................................................................................................................................... 18 11. Numbering11B the clauses and subclauses of a standard ............................................................................ 18 11.1 Body44B clauses ................................................................................................................................... 18 11.2 Numbering45B annexes ........................................................................................................................ 19 11.3 Lists46B ................................................................................................................................................ 19 11.4 Exceptions.....................................................................................................................47B .................. 20 12. Homogeneity12B ......................................................................................................................................... 20 13. Word13B usage............................................................................................................................................ 21 13.1 Shall48B , should, may, and can ............................................................................................................ 21 13.2 That49B and which................................................................................................................................21 13.3 Gender-neutra50B l language................................................................................................................. 21 13.4 Use51B of the terms safe or safety ........................................................................................................ 22 13.5 Use52B of the first- or second-person forms of address........................................................................ 22 13.6 Hyphenation....................................................................................................................53B ................ 22 13.7 Capitali54B zation.................................................................................................................................. 22 13.8 Using55B standard designations in text ................................................................................................ 23 14. Quantities,14B units, and letter symbols...................................................................................................... 23 14.1 General............................................................................................................................................56B 23 14.2 Numbers........................................................................................................................57B .................. 23 14.3 Metric58B system.................................................................................................................................. 23 14.4 Letter59B symbols ................................................................................................................................ 24 15. Tables15B .................................................................................................................................................... 25 15.1 Labeling60B and presentation of tables ................................................................................................ 25 15.2 Numbering61B and capitalization in tables........................................................................................... 25 15.3 Presentation62B of data and table format.............................................................................................. 25 15.4 Notes63B and footnotes to tables .......................................................................................................... 26 15.5 Informal64B tables ................................................................................................................................ 26 16. Figures16B ................................................................................................................................................... 27 16.1 Requirements65B for creating figures................................................................................................... 27 16.2 Figure66B numbering and titles ............................................................................................................ 28 16.3 Notes67B and footnotes to figures ........................................................................................................ 28 17. Mathematical17B expressions...................................................................................................................... 29 17.1 68B Letter symbols and units ................................................................................................................ 29 17.2 Numbering69B of equations.................................................................................................................. 29 17.3 Presentation70B of equations