ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 Principles and rules for the structure and drafting of ISO and IEC documents Directives ISO/IEC, Partie 2 Principes et règles de structure et de rédaction des documents ISO et IEC Seventh edition, 2016 © ISO/IEC 2016 ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, 2016 COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT © ISO/IEC 2016 All rights reserved. It is permitted to download this electronic file, to make a copy and to print out the content for the purpose Internationalof preparing ISO Organization and IEC documents for Standardization only. You may not copy or “mirror”International the file, Electrotechnical or any part of it, Commissionfor any other purpose without permission in writing from the publishers. 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................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 2 Normative references ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 3 Terms and definitions ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 GENERAL PRINCIPLES ................................................................................................................................................5 4 Objective of standardization .................................................................................................................................................................... 6 5 Principles ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 6 Organization and subdivision of the subject matter ....................................................................................................... 9 7 Verbal forms for expressions of provisions ...........................................................................................................................11 8 Language, spelling, abbreviated terms, style and basic reference works ..............................................15 9 Numbers, quantities, units and values .......................................................................................................................................16 10 Referencing .............................................................................................................................................................................................................18 SUBDIVISIONS OF THE DOCUMENT .....................................................................................................................23 11 Title .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24 12 Foreword ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................26 13 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................27 14 Scope ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................28 15 Normative references ...................................................................................................................................................................................29 16 Terms and definitions ..................................................................................................................................................................................30 17 Symbols and abbreviated terms ........................................................................................................................................................36 18 Measurement and test methods ........................................................................................................................................................37 19 Marking, labelling and packaging ...................................................................................................................................................41 20 Annexes .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................42 21 Bibliography ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................43 COMPONENTS OF THE TEXT ..................................................................................................................................45 22 Clauses and subclauses ...............................................................................................................................................................................46 23 Lists .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................48 24 Notes ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................49 25 Examples ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................50 26 Footnotes ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................51 27 Mathematical formulae ..............................................................................................................................................................................52 28 Figures ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................54 29 Tables ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................62 © ISO/IEC 2016 – All rights reserved iii ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, 2016 POLICY ...........................................................................................................................................................................66 30 Patent rights ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................67 31 Use of trade names and trademarks .............................................................................................................................................67 32 Copyright ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................67 33 Aspects of conformity assessment ..................................................................................................................................................68 34 Aspects of quality management systems, reliability and sampling..............................................................69 ANNEXES .......................................................................................................................................................................70