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Rules for the structure and drafting of

Australian Standards

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HB 1622002

Rules for the structure and drafting of

Australian Standards

Originated as MP 151962.
Previous edition MP 15.21990.
Revised and redesignated as HB 1622002.

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Standards Australia International
All rights are reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any
means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without the written permission of the
publisher.
Published by Standards Australia International Ltd
GPO Box 5420, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia
ISBN 0 7337 4752 3

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CONTENTS
1

Scope ............................................................................................................................ 5

Normative references..................................................................................................... 5

Terms and definitions .................................................................................................... 6

General principles.......................................................................................................... 7

4.1 Objective .............................................................................................................. 7

4.2 Performance approach.......................................................................................... 7
4.3 Homogeneity ........................................................................................................ 8
4.4 Consistency of documents .................................................................................... 8
4.5 Adopted text documents ....................................................................................... 8
Structure........................................................................................................................ 9

5.1 Subdivision of the subject matter .......................................................................... 9

5.2 Description and numbering of divisions and subdivisions .................................... 11
Drafting........................................................................................................................ 14

6.1 Preliminary informative elements ........................................................................ 14

6.2 General elements ............................................................................................... 15
6.3 Technical elements ............................................................................................. 17
6.4 Supplementary informative elements .................................................................. 21
6.5 Other informative elements ................................................................................. 21
6.6 Common rules and elements .............................................................................. 22
6.7 Aspects of conformity assessment ...................................................................... 35
6.8 Spelling .............................................................................................................. 35
Annex A (informative) Basic reference works ........................................................................ 36
A.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 36
A.2 Reference works for language ............................................................................ 36
A.3 Standardized terminology ................................................................................... 36
A.4 Principles and methods of terminology................................................................ 36
A.5 Quantities, units and their symbols ..................................................................... 36
A.6 Abbreviated terms .............................................................................................. 36
A.7 Bibliographic references ..................................................................................... 36
A.8 Technical drawings ............................................................................................. 36
A.9 Technical documentation .................................................................................... 37
A.10 Graphical symbols .............................................................................................. 37
A.11 Statistical methods ............................................................................................. 37
A.12 Environmental conditions and associated tests ................................................... 37
A.13 Safety ................................................................................................................. 37
A.14 Chemistry ........................................................................................................... 37
A.15 EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) ................................................................... 37
A.16 Conformity and quality ........................................................................................ 37
A.17 Adoption of international standards..................................................................... 38
Annex B (normative) Drafting and presentation of terms and definitions ................................ 39
B.1
B.2
B.3

General principles............................................................................................... 39
Independent terminology standards .................................................................... 40
Presentation ....................................................................................................... 40

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Annex C (normative) Drafting of the title of a document ........................................................ 43

C.1 Elements of the title ........................................................................................... 43
C.2 Avoidance of unintentional limitation of the scope ............................................... 44
C.3 Wording .............................................................................................................. 44
Annex D (normative) Verb forms for the expression of provisions.......................................... 45
Annex E (informative) Quantities and units ........................................................................... 47
Annex F (informative) Means of demonstrating compliance with this standard....................... 49

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F.1 Scope ................................................................................................................. 49

F.2 Statistical sampling............................................................................................. 49
F.3 Product certification ............................................................................................ 49
F.4 Suppliers quality management system ............................................................... 50
F.5 Other means of assessment ............................................................................... 50
Annex G (normative) Adopted text documents ...................................................................... 51
G.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 51
G.2 Clones based on revisable electronic files .......................................................... 51
G.3 Clones based on non-revisable documents/files.................................................. 54
Annex H (normative) Indication of alignment with international standards ............................. 57
H.1
H.2

Degrees of alignment.......................................................................................... 57
Designation ........................................................................................................ 57

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Foreword
This handbook was prepared by Standards Australia to supersede MP 15.21990, Standards
Australia Style Manual, Part 2: Drafting of Australian Standards. It is based on but not
equivalent to ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, 2001, Rules for the structure and drafting of
International Standards.

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Annexes B, C, D, G and H form an integral part of this handbook. Annexes A, E and F are for
information only.

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 Standards Australia

Rules for the structure and drafting of Australian Standards

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Scope

This handbook specifies rules for the structure and drafting of Australian Standards and joint
Australian/New Zealand Standards where the secretariat is held by Standards Australia. As
far as practicable, these rules also apply to interim standards, technical reports and technical
specifications. The rules do not apply to rulings or handbooks. All these document types are
referred to collectively hereinafter as documents, unless otherwise necessary.

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The rules are intended to ensure that such documents, prepared by the committee
secretariats are drafted in as uniform a manner as practicable, irrespective of the technical
content.
This handbook also gives some guidance with regard to presentation.

Normative references

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document.
For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition
of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
AS ISO 1000, The international system of units (Sl) and its application
AS 1046 (all parts), Letter symbols for use in electrotechnology
AS 1102 (all parts), Graphical symbols for electrotechnology
AS 1104 (all parts), Informative symbols for use on electrical and electronic equipment
AS 2632.1, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions, Part 1:
Country codes
AS 2900 (all parts), Quantities, units and symbols
AS/NZS 4383 (all parts), Preparation of documents used in electrotechnology
SG 7, Standardization Guide No.7Adoption of International Standards
ISO 78-2, Chemistry Layouts for standards, Part 2: Methods of chemical analysis
ISO 690 (all parts), Documentation Bibliographic references Content, form and structure
ISO 704, Terminology work Principles and methods
ISO 3098-2, Technical product documentation Lettering, Part 2: Latin alphabet, numerals
and marks
ISO 7000, Graphical symbols for use on equipment Index and synopsis
ISO 10241:1992, International terminology standards Preparation and layout
IEC 61175, Designations for signals and connections
IEC 61346 (all parts), Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products
Structuring principles and reference designations
ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, 2001, Procedures for the technical work

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