IEC_61082-1_Draft_2002-01-25.pdf

3/594/CDCOMMITTEE DRAFTIEC/TC or SC:TC3Project numberIEC 61082-1 Ed.2Title:DocumentationDate of circulation2002-01-25Closing date for comments2002-04-26Also of interest to the following committeesIEC TC44,ISO TC10Supersedes documentHorizontal functions concerned:Safety EMC Environment Quality assuranceSecretary:Mr.P.-.SvenssonTHIS DOCUMENT IS STILL UNDER STUDY AND SUBJECT TOCHANGE.IT SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES.RECIPIENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT,WITHTHEIR COMMENTS,NOTIFICATION OF ANY RELEVANT PATENTRIGHTS OF WHICH THEY ARE AWARE AND TO PROVIDESUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION.IEC 61082:PREPARATION OF DOCUMENTS USED IN ELECTROTECHNOLOGY-Part 1:General requirementsCEI 61082 Ed.2 Etablissement des documents utiliss en lectrotechnique-Partie 1:Prescriptions gnralesIntroductory noteIEC TC3/MT16(former SC3B/MT16)has prepared this document.It provides part 1 of the revision the series IEC61082.Note to National Committees:This update has been undertaken to reflect responses of the National Committees on 3B/259/Q Questionnaire onthe maintenance of IEC 61082.This document is the result of several SC3B/MT16 meetings during 2000 and 2001.In the preparation of this CD the following principles were used to modify the original document into this CD.The scope of IEC 61082 has been widened from the rules of preparation of documents to the rules ofpresentation of information in documents;Clause numbering has been changed based on ISO/IEC Directives,Part 2 and the subdivision to sections hasbeen deleted.Terms and definitions that are not used in Part 1 have been deleted;The complete series of IEC 61082 is planned to be restructered.Information in the old IEC 61082-1 thatclearly belongs to one of the other part is moved to that part and will be included in the next editions of theseparts.2 61082-1 Ed.2 IEC 200X3/594/CDINTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION_PREPARATION OF DOCUMENTS USEDIN ELECTROTECHNOLOGYPart 1:General requirementsFOREWORD1)The IEC(International Electrotechnical Commission)is a worldwide organization for standardization comprisingall national electrotechnical committees(IEC National Committees).The object of the IEC is to promoteinternational co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields.Tothis end and in addition to other activities,the IEC publishes International Standards.Their preparation isentrusted to technical committees;any IEC National Committee interested in the subject dealt with mayparticipate in this preparatory work.International,governmental and non-governmental organizations liaisingwith the IEC also participate in this preparation.The IEC collaborates closely with the InternationalOrganization for Standardization(ISO)in accordance with conditions determined by agreement between thetwo organizations.2)The formal decisions or agreements of the IEC on technical matters express,as nearly as possible,aninternational consensus of opinion on the relevant subjects since each technical committee has representationfrom all interested National Committees.3)The documents produced have the form of recommendations for international use and are published in the formof standards,technical specifications,technical reports or guides and they are accepted by the NationalCommittees in that sense.4)In order to promote international unification,IEC National Committees undertake to apply IEC InternationalStandards transparently to the maximum extent possible in their national and regional standards.Anydivergence between the IEC Standard and the corresponding national or regional standard shall be clearlyindicated in the latter.5)The IEC provides no marking procedure to indicate its approval and cannot be rendered responsible for anyequipment declared to be in conformity with one of its standards.6)Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this International Standard may be the subjectof patent rights.The IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.International Standard IEC 61082-1 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 3:Information structures,documentation and graphical symbols.The text of this standard is based on the following documents:FDISReport on voting3/XX/FDIS3/XX/RVDFull information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report onvoting indicated in the above table.This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives,Part 2.IEC 61082 consists of the following parts,under the general title:Preparation of documentsused in electrotechnology.Part 1:General requirements(this part);Part 2:Function-oriented diagrams;Part 3:Connection diagrams,tables and lists;Part 4:Location and installation documentsPart 6:Index(will be cancelled when parts 1 and 2 are ready)IEC 61082-1 IEC:200X 3 3/594/CDThe committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until_.At this date,the publication will bereconf