IEC GUIDE 108:2019

Guidelines for ensuring the coherence of IEC publications - Horizontal functions, horizontal publications and their application

IEC GUIDE 108:2019 defines rules for dealing with horizontal functions and horizontal publications. This Guide is to be used in conjunction with the ISO/IEC Directives and with the aspect­ specific Guides.
The fundamental concept of a horizontal publication is that it is an international publication (not a TS or a PAS) that is widely applicable and to be used by all relevant committees and that has undergone an enhanced approval process as described in this document.
In this Guide:
- the term "committees" includes technical committees, project committees, subcommittees and systems committees.
- the term "publication" includes International Standard, Technical Report, Technical Specification, Publicly Available Specification and Guide.
- the term "product" is used to refer to individual products, processes, services and combinations thereof, commonly known as "systems".

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 13-Nov-2019
• ICS: 01 - GENERALITIES. TERMINOLOGY. STANDARDIZATION. DOCUMENTATION
• ICS: 01.120 - Standardization. General rules
• Technical Committee: SMB - STANDARDIZATION MANAGEMENT BOARD
• Drafting Committee: ahG 78 - SMB/ahG 78
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Start Date: 29-Aug-2019
• Completion Date: 14-Nov-2019

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 6
3.1 Terms and definitions . 6
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 7
4 Horizontal publications . 7
4.1 General . 7
4.2 Categories of horizontal publications . 8
4.3 Types of horizontal publications . 9
5 Assignment or change of horizontal functions . 9
6 Responsibilities o
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