WHAT DO THESE MEAN

ADDENDUM

A supplement , addition, or attachment to the standard.

AMENDMENT

A correction, change or modification to the main contents of the standard.

ANS

American National Standard

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

ASD

Accredited Standards Committee

CORRIGENDUM

A correction page after the standard is published.

DOWNLOAD

The transmission of a file or data from one computer to another over a network, usually from a larger server to a user device.

DRAFT/DIS – DRAFT INTERNATIONAL STANDARD

A preliminary version of a standard with a final version to be published later.

DRM

Digital Rights Management – A term used to control and manage access to copyrighted material that requires a plugin in order to access a publication.

ERRATA

A list of errors and their corrections inserted or provided in a separate page or publication.

FILE OPEN

A 3rd party plug-in that has to be installed in order to open and read SPDFs (secure PDFs).

FDIS – FINAL DRAFT INTERNATIONAL STANDARD

The final draft of an international standard for public review prior to final publication.

HISTORICAL

Version of a standard containing older content.

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

MOST RECENT

Version of a standard containing current content.

REAFFIRMED (R)

The standard was reviewed and republished by the copyright holder without changes to its content.

REDLINE

“The “redline” in Redline Standards refers to the use of red lines to cross out anything that was removed from the previous version.

REVISION

A standard that has been reviewed and revised.

RP

Recommended Practice

SDO

Standard Developing Organization

SDO/CONTENT PROVIDER

Stands for Standard Developing Organization that provides the contents of the standard.

STANDARDS CONNECT

A subscription based access to standards offered to larger groups needing a multiple user license.

TC

Technical Committee

ZIP File

A file whose contents of one or more files are compressed for storage or transmission often carrying the extension .ZIP