Writing Standards
The rules for the structure and drafting of documents intended to become
International Standards, Technical Specifications or Publicly Available
Specifications are described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2. As far
as practicable, the rules also apply to documents intended to become Technical
Reports or Guides. They are intended to ensure that such documents are
drafted in as uniform a manner as practicable, irrespective of the technical
content. The rules regarding formats of text and graphics files submitted
to ISO/CS for distribution, are also provided, together with a range of
boilerplate texts.
ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, Rules for the
structure and drafting of International Standards (Ed.5)
(includes access for authorized users to the texts of normative
references cited in the Directives themselves, or in the ISO
Supplement)
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