PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE 25 West 43rd Street, NY, NY 10036 VOL. 35, #47 November 19, 2004 Contents American National Standards Call for Comment on Standards Proposals ................................................ 2 Call for Comment Contact Information ....................................................... 9 Initiation of Canvasses ................................................................................. 11 Final Actions.................................................................................................. 12 Project Initiation Notification System (PINS).............................................. 14 International Standards ISO Draft Standards ...................................................................................... 18 ISO and IEC Newly Published Standards.................................................... 19 Registration of Organization Names in the U.S............................................ 22 Proposed Foreign Government Regulations................................................ 22 Information Concerning ................................................................................. 23 Standards Action is now available via the World Wide Web For your convenience Standards Action can now be down- loaded from the following web address: http://www.ansi.org/news_publications/periodicals/standards _action/standards_action.aspx?menuid=7 American National Standards Call for comment on proposals listed This section solicits public comments on proposed draft new American National Standards, including the national adoption of Ordering Instructions for "Call-for-Comment" Listings ISO and IEC standards as American National Standards, and on 1. 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Journals may excerpt items in their fields standards action - november 19, 2004 - page 2 of 24 pages Comment Deadline: December 19, Revisions BSR/AISC 341-200x, Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings 2004 (revision of ANSI/AISC 341-2002) UL (Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.) These provisions are for the design and construction of structural steel members and connections in the Seismic Load Resisting Systems in Revisions buildings and other structures. The design forces in these structures shall result from earthquake motions determined on the basis of various BSR/UL 291-200x, Standard for Safety for Automated Teller Systems levels of energy dissipation in the inelastic range of response. (Comment Resolution bulletin dated 11/03/04) (revision of ANSI/UL 291-1995) Single copy price: $12.00 These requirements cover the construction and security of equipment Order from: Janet Cummins, AISC; [email protected] intended to automatically dispense currency when operated as intended Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Cynthia Duncan, AISC; by an authorized customer, and to provide a limited degree of protection [email protected] against unauthorized removal of currency. These requirements cover products intended for permanent connection to 600-volts or lower-potential branch circuits, and products intended for cord connection to 300-volt or lower-potential branch circuits. Click here to see these changes in full, or look at the end of “Standards AMT (ASC B11) (Association for Manufacturing Action.” Technology) Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Sue Contreras, UL-CA, [email protected] Reaffirmations BSR B11.2-200x (R200x), Hydraulic Power Presses - Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use (reaffirmation of ANSI B11.2-1995 (R2000)) Comment Deadline: January 3, 2005 The requirements of this standard apply only to those machine tools, commonly referred to as hydraulic power presses, which transmit force hydraulically to cut, form, or assemble metal or other materials by means AISC (ASC AISC) (American Institute of Steel of tools or dies attached to or operated by slides. Construction) Single copy price: $30.00 New Standards Order from: Rachel Melnykovich, AMT (ASC B11); [email protected] BSR/AISC 358-200x, Prequalified Connections for Special and Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: David Felinski, AMT (ASC B11); Intermediate Steel Moment Frames for Seismic Applications (new [email protected] standard) Provides design, detailing, quality, and inspection requirements for prequalified beam-to-column connections in Special Moment Frames (SMFs) and Intermediate Moment Frames (IMFs). Will eliminate the need for project-specific qualification testing to substantiate connection ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) designs for steel moment frames when connections are designed within the range of prequalification. Revisions Single copy price: $12.00 BSR/ASME A120.1-200x, Safety Requirements for Powered Platforms and Traveling Ladders and Gantries for Building Maintenance Order from: Janet Cummins, AISC; [email protected] (revision of ANSI/ASME A120.1-2001) Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Christopher Hewitt, AISC; [email protected] This Standard establishes safety requirements for powered platforms BSR/AISC 360-200x, Specification for Structural Steel Buildings (new (scaffolds) and traveling ladders and gantries for buildings where window standard) cleaning and related services are accomplished by means of suspended equipment in heights in excess of 35 ft (11 m) above a safe surface. Single copy price: $20.00 This Specification governs the design, fabrication and erection of structural steel-framed buildings and other structures. Structural steel Order from: Mayra Santiago, ASME; [email protected] includes: Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Eun Sil Yoo, ASME; [email protected]; [email protected] - hot-rolled W-, S-, and HP-shapes, channels and angles listed in ASTM A6/A6M; - structural tees split from the hot-rolled W-, S- and M- shapes listed in ASTM A6/A6M; - hollow structural sections produced to ASTM A500, A501, A618 or BSR/ASME MH1-Part IV-200x, Export Pallets (revision of ANSI/ASME A847; and MH1-2003) - steel pipe produced to ASTM A53/A53M. This specification is intended for the common building design in routine Part 4 presents the phytosanitary requirements for wood and office practice. wood-based products used in the manufacture of pallets. Single copy price: $10.00 Single copy price: $12.00 Order from: Mayra Santiago, ASME; [email protected] Order from: Janet Cummins, AISC; [email protected] Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: George Osolsobe, ASME; Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Cynthia Duncan, AISC; [email protected] [email protected] standards action - november 19, 2004 - page 3 of 24 pages ATIS (Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Revisions Solutions) BSR/HL7 Arden V2.5-200x, Health Level Seven Arden Syntax, Version 2.5 (revision of ANSI/HL7 Arden V2.1-2002) New Standards Arden Syntax is a formalism for procedural knowledge representation in BSR T1.416.04-200x, Network and Customer Installation Interfaces - clincial decision support systems. Arden Syntax V2.5 is a SONET Physical Layer Interface and Mapping Specifications for ATM backwards-compatible successor to Arden Syntax V2.1. This version of Applications (new standard) the Arden Syntax includes the addition of simply object data types, new This standard provides the physical layer (Layer (1) specifications for operators unique to object data types, extension of SONET User-Network Interfaces (UNIs) that are used to transport read/destination/message statements to support objects, extenion of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cells in the SONET payload. The If/Then statements in actions slots, update of structured citations/links; term User-Network Interface (UNI) is used in this standard to refer to updated XML appendix and a new annex describing Arden object data both the Network Interface (NI) and interfaces within the Customer types. Installation (CI). Single copy price: $50.00 Single copy price: $175.00 Order from: Karen Van Hentenryck, HL7; [email protected] Order from: Aivelis Colon, ATIS; [email protected] Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same BSR/HL7 CDA, R2-200x, HL7 Version