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2. Helpful resources

2.1 Training and online resources

Easy-to-use guidance on writing the draft is available on the IEEE SA website https://standards.ieee.org/develop/drafting-standard/index.html.

Those who are new to the IEEE SA standards development process, or who want to ensure that best practices are being followed, should consider enrolling in IEEE SA’s free Working Group Chair Fundamentals course, available on the IEEE Learning Network (https://iln.ieee.org/public/TrainingCatalog.aspx). Editorial information is covered in Module 9, “The Editorial Process” and Module 11, “Final Approval and Publication.”

For additional information on SA’s standards development training program, visit https://standards.ieee.org/about/training/index.html.

2.2 Documents

The following documents are helpful resources for writing an IEEE Standards draft. Consult the most recent version of undated sources.

ANSI Y32.9, American National Standard Graphic Symbols for Electrical Wiring and Layout Diagrams Used in Architecture and Building Construction.1

ANSI/IEEE Std 260.3™, American National Standard for Mathematical Signs and Symbols for Use in Physical Sciences and Technology.

IEC 60050, IEC International Electrotechnical Vocabulary.2

IEC Multilingual Dictionary—Electricity, Electronics, and Telecommunications, 2005, Edition 6.3

IEEE SA Standards Board Bylaws, New York: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated, 2019.

IEEE SA Standards Board Operations Manual, New York: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated, 2019.

IEEE Standards Dictionary Online.4

IEEE Std 91™, IEEE Standard Graphic Symbols for Logic Functions.5, 6

IEEE Std 260.1™, IEEE Standard Letter Symbols for Units of Measurement (SI Units, Customary Inch- Pound Units, and Certain Other Units).

IEEE Std 260.4™, IEEE Standard Letter Symbols and Abbreviations for Quantities Used in Acoustics.

IEEE Std 270™, IEEE Standard Definitions for Selected Quantities, Units, and Related Terms, with Special Attention to the International System (SI).

IEEE Std 315™, IEEE Standard Graphic Symbols for Electrical and Electronics Diagrams (Including Reference Designation Letters).

IEEE Std 945™, IEEE Recommended Practice for Preferred Metric Units for Use in Electrical and Electronics Science and Technology.

IEEE Std 991™, IEEE Standard for Logic Circuit Diagrams.

IEEE/ASTM SI 10, American National Standard for Metric Practice.

ISO/IEC Directives, Sixth Edition, 2011, Part 2, Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards.

ISO/IEC Guide 21: 2005, Regional or national adoption of International Standards and other International Deliverables.

Merriam-Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.

The Chicago Manual of Style. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

  1. This publication, and other ANSI standards appearing in this clause, are available from The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA (http://standards.ieee.org/). ↩

  2. IEC publications are available from the International Electrotechnical Commission (http://www.iec.ch) and the American National Standards Institute (http://www.ansi.org/). ↩

  3. Available via the Internet at http://www.electropedia.org. ↩

  4. The IEEE Standards Dictionary Online is available at: http://dictionary.ieee.org. An IEEE Account is required for access to the dictionary, and one can be created at no charge on the dictionary sign-in page. ↩

  5. IEEE publications are available from The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA (http://standards.ieee.org/). ↩

  6. The IEEE standards or products referred to in this clause are trademarks of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated. ↩