IEEE Standards Style Manual

1 ieee Standards Style Manual 1. Overview This Manual establishes preferred Style for the preparation of proposed ieee Standards . ieee Standards Project Editors are available for advice and assistance throughout this process. Please note that many of the suggested guidelines can be adapted and restructured to suit the needs of a particular group; however, it is strongly recommended that working groups consult with ieee Standards Project Editors before deviating from this Style . This Manual is not intended to be a guide to the procedural development of Recommended man- uals on this subject are the ieee -SA Standards Board Bylaws [B3]2, the ieee -SA Standards Companion [B4], and the ieee -SA Standards Operations Manual [B5], also published by the ieee Standards Depart- For examples of ieee Standards Style of drafts, please see Annex B.

2 An example amendment can be found in Annex C. 2. References The following Standards shall be used, when applicable, in preparing manuscripts. When the following stan- dards are superseded by an approved revision, the revision shall apply. ANSI (Reaff 1989), American National Standard Graphic Symbols for Electrical Wiring and Layout Diagrams Used in Architecture and Building ANSI , American National Standard Letter Symbols for Units of Measurement (SI Units, Cus- tomary Inch-Pound Units, and Certain Other Units). ANSI , American National Standard for Mathematical Signs and Symbols for Use in Physical Sciences and Technology. ANSI , American National Standard for Letter Symbols and Abbreviations for Quantities Used in Acoustics. 1 While this Manual uses the term standard, its rules apply generically to guides and recommended practices as well.

3 2 The numbers in brackets correspond to those in the bibliography in Annex A. 3 All ieee Standards manuals are available on the ieee Standards World Wide Web site: Users are encouraged to visit this site for the most up-to-date information. 4 This publication, as well as the subsequent ANSI Standards appearing in this clause, are available from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 445 Hoes Lane, Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331, USA ( ). 1. ieee Standards Style Manual MAY 2000. ieee Std 91-1984 (Reaff 1994), ieee Standard Graphic Symbols for Logic ieee Std 91a-1991 (Reaff 1994), Supplement to ieee Standard Graphic Symbols for Logic Functions. ieee Std 267-1966, ieee Recommended Practice for the Preparation and Use of Symbols.

4 ieee Std 280-1985 (Reaff 1997), ieee Standard Letter Symbols for Quantities Used in Electrical Science and Electrical Engineering. ieee Std 315-1975 (Reaff 1993), ieee Standard Graphic Symbols for Electrical and Electronics Diagrams (Including Reference Designation Letters).6. ieee Std 945-1984 (Reaff 1997), ieee Recommended Practice for Preferred Metric Units for Use in Elec- trical and Electronics Science and Technology. ieee Std 991-1986 (Reaff 1994), ieee Standard for Logic Circuit Diagrams. ieee /ASTM SI 10-1997, ieee /ASTM Standard for the Use of the International System of Units (SI) The Modern Metric 3. Responsibilities of the sponsor and working group chair The sponsor of each project shall be responsible for reviewing the final draft to ensure that it is the complete and accurate document approved by the balloting group, that it meets the requirements of this Manual , and that it is ready to be submitted to the ieee -SA Standards Board.

5 When approved by the ieee -SA Standards Board, the draft will be prepared for publication by the ieee Standards Project Editor. The sponsor or a designated representative (usually the working group technical editor or chair) shall serve as the liaison between the working group and the ieee Standards Project Editor to answer questions and to review the document when it is in its final stages of production to ensure that editorial changes have not affected the technical content of the standard. 4. Items to submit to the ieee . The sponsor of an ieee Standards project shall be responsible for providing the ieee -SA Standards Board with a complete, technically accurate draft of the proposed standard (in paper copy and electronic forms). that meets the requirements of this Manual for content, Style , and legibility.

6 A cover letter also shall be sub- mitted that states the software application/program (including version number) used to create the document, order of files on the disk, etc. (See for further information on electronic submittal.) If applicable, written permission for any copyrighted material (text, figures, or tables obtained from an outside source) used within a project shall be submitted to the ieee -SA Standards Board as well (see ). Prior to balloting, the sponsor is encouraged to submit a near-ready draft to an ieee Standards Project Edi- tor for editorial review. Project Editors are also available for questions that arise as the draft is prepared. 5 ieee publications are available from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 445 Hoes Lane, Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331, USA ( ).

7 6 Bound with ieee Std 315a-1986, Supplement to ieee Std 315-1975. 7 Formerly numbered ieee Std 268-1992. 2. MAY 2000 ieee Standards Style Manual . Paper copy of the draft Paper copies of drafts shall be one column, double-spaced on 215 280 mm ( 11 in) paper. One side of the sheet only should be used. A margin of at least 25 mm (1 in) should be left on all sides of each page. Manuscript pages should be numbered consecutively, starting with the cover page as page 1. See Annex B. for an example draft standard. Copyright statements All ieee drafts are obligated to carry statements of copyright, as indicated by the Project Authorization Request (PAR). As per legal counsel, the following information shall appear on the title page of every ieee Standards draft (please note that <current year> shall be replaced with the current year of distribution): Copyright <current year> by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

8 3 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016-5997, USA. All rights reserved. This is an unapproved draft of a proposed ieee Standard, subject to change. Permission is hereby granted for ieee Standards Committee participants to reproduce this document for purposes of ieee standardization activities. If this document is to be submitted to ISO or IEC, notification shall be given to the ieee Copyright Administrator. Permission is also granted for member bodies and technical committees of ISO and IEC to reproduce this doc- ument for purposes of developing a national position. Other entities seeking permission to reproduce portions of this document for these or other uses must contact the ieee Standards Department for the appropriate license. ieee is the sole entity that may authorize the use of certification marks, trademarks, or other designations to indicate compliance with the materials set forth herein.

9 Use of information contained in the unapproved draft is at your own risk. ieee Standards Department Copyright and Permissions 445 Hoes Lane, Box 1331. Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331, USA. The following information shall appear on every page of the draft, preferably at the bottom of the page: Copyright <current year> ieee . All rights reserved. This is an unapproved ieee Standards Draft, subject to change. Draft labeling All copies of the draft shall be clearly labeled to reflect that they are not yet approved Standards . The title of the document shall start with the word Draft. The term ieee shall not be used in a title until a standard is approved by the ieee -SA Standards Board. The ieee Standards designation shall be structured, at a minimum, as ieee Pxxx/DXX, where xxx represents the specific designation and XX represents the specific draft version of that document.

10 The date of the draft shall also be included. Any additional information (such as the draft chapters) may be included at the discre- tion of the working group. The draft designation shall appear on each page of the draft in the same location for the sake of continuity ( , the upper right corner, the bottom right corner, etc.). See Annex B for exam- ples of appropriate draft labeling. 3. ieee Standards Style Manual MAY 2000. Corrections All approved corrections or changes to the final draft should be listed in a separate file, and a description should be provided to indicate where they are to be inserted into the text. If corrections are extensive, a new corrected draft shall be submitted with changes clearly indicated by strikethroughs for deleted text and underscores for new text.