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Addendum
An additional or supplemental publication that is added to an existing document, usually at the end (plural: addenda).
AENOR (Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification)
A member of IEC and ISO, develops and publishes standards designated UNE or UNE EN.
AFNOR (Association Française de Normalisation)
The French national organization for standardization and is that country's ISO member body.
Amendment
An
alteration to an existing document made by correction, addition, or
deletion, usually to provide clarification or improvement.
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
ANSI
serves as administrator and coordinator of the United States private
sector voluntary standardization system and is the U.S. representative
to ISO and IEC.
AS (Australian Standards)
Published
and distributed by SAI Global under license from Standards Australia,
to benefit and promote national interest and support of Australian
design and innovation.
BSI (British Standards Institution)
A member of ISO and IEC, BSI publishes best practice solutions and standards for a number of industries in the UK and worldwide.
Corrigendum
A list of corrections of errors in a book, document or other publication (plural: corrigenda).
DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V.)
The
German Institute for Standardization) is the German national
organization for standardizaiton and is that country's ISO member body.
DIS (Draft International Standard)
A standard that is being distributed for public review in draft format, prior to official publication and release.
DRM (Digital Rights Management)
Refers
to technologies used by publishers or copyright owners to control
access to or usage of digital data or hardware, and to restrictions
associated with a specific instance of a digital work or device.
Download (file download)
To transfer a digital file electronically, from one computer to another.
EN (European Normalization)
Standards that have been adopted and approved for use in the European Union receive the designation EN.
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Multi-user
access to a custom set of controlled documents delivered electronically
in PDF format from a central server via web browser (see Subscription).
Erratum
A
statement of an error and its correction inserted, usually on a
separate page or slip of paper, in a book or other publication;
corrigendum (plural: errata).
FDIS (Final Draft International Standard)
The final draft of an international standard that is being distributed for public review prior to final publication.
File Open
A 3rd party plug-in that has to be installed in order to open and read SPDFs (secure PDFs).
Hard Copy
A printed version of a document.
ICC (International Code Council)
A
membership association that develops the building safety and fire
prevention codes used to construct residential and commercial buildings.
ICS (International Classification for Standards)
An
international classification system for technical standards. It is
designed to cover every economic sector and virtually every activity
where technical standards may be used.
IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission)
The
international standards and conformity assessment for government,
business, and society for all electrical, electronic, and related
technologies.
ISBN (International Standard Book Number)
A unique, internationally utilized number code assigned to books for the purposes of identification and inventory control.
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
An
international standard-setting body composed of representatives from
various national standards organizations, forming a network of national
standards institutes from approximately 157 countries.
International Adoption
International
standards organizations such as ISO or IEC develop standards for use in
international applications. EN, the European Normalization group may
adopt the standard as a European "norm," which is a standard that can be
applied within the EU. This would then be designed EN ISO. National
standards organizations such as BSI or DIN may then adopt the standard
as a national standard, to be applied specifically within that nation's
boundaries. An ISO standard adopted as a European Norm (EN), than
adopted as a British national standard would be designated BS EN ISO.
The same standard may also be adopted as a German national standard and
designated DIN EN ISO. The two standards, BS EN ISO and DIN EN ISO may
be identical except for the language in which they are printed.
JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards)
Specifies the standards used for industrial activities in Japan.
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PDF (Portable Document Format)
An electronic file format available for immediate download that does not require FileOpen plug-in.
Printed edition
A code, standard, technical report or other document in hard copy or paper format.
(R with date)
This
symbol means that a standard has been reaffirmed. Reaffirmation means
that the standard has been reviewed and allowed to stand without
revision. The original version is still the valid, in-force version of
the standard.
RP (Recommended Practice)
A document that provides recommended methods and guidelines for a particular process.
Redlines
A
redline document shows additions, deletions, and other formatting or
content changes between two different versions of the same document.
SDO (Standards Developing Organization)
Any
entity whose primary activities are developing, coordinating,
promulgating, revising, amending, reissuing, interpreting, or otherwise
maintaining standards that address the interests of a wide base of users
outside the standards developing organization.
Standard
A universally agreed-upon set of guidelines for interoperability.
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TIR or TR (Technical Report)
An informative document containing technical information different from that published in a standard or normative document.
Withdrawn Standard
A
withdrawn standard is one that is no longer maintained by a particular
committee, i.e., no future updates. This does not mean that the
technical content is no longer valid. Many withdrawn standards are still
in use.
ZIP File
A
data compression and archive format. A ZIP file contains one or more
files that have been compressed to reduce file size, for easier
transportation or storage.