What is PD IEC/TS 62666 – Documentation for product standards about ?
PD IEC/TS 62666 is developed in response to expressed needs for guidelines on requirements for documentation in product and system standards. PD IEC/TS 62666 is written for the target group Product Committee Secretaries, PT- and MT-members, etc. PD IEC/TS 62666 provides some basic information on documentation principles, explanations, and justifications to why the references to documentation standards should be made.
PD IEC/TS 62666 provides guidelines to ensure consistency with respect to the specification of requirements for information, documentation and graphical symbols in IEC publications provided by system or product committees.
Who is PD IEC/TS 62666 - Documentation for product standards for ?
PD IEC/TS 62666 guidelines on documentation for product standards is useful for:
- Industry experts involved in creating and updating product standards
- Editors / reviewers working with industry experts on documentation
- Other entities involved in writing product documents
- Research and product development teams
Why should you use PD IEC/TS 62666 - Documentation for product standards ?
The purpose of documentation is enable the system or product to be manufactured and supplied to users for intended use. Experts developing product standards may not necessarily have relevant documentation aspects as their primary interest. In a guideline it may, however, be more appropriate. PD IEC/TS 62666 offers examples intended to be used as templates for how texts should be included in product standards.
walks you through principal guidelines in terms of adaptation to the needs of the system or product, as well as adaptation to the structure of the publication. Information requirements and documentation requirements have also been addressed in PD IEC/TS 62666.
The documentation requirements section covers:
- Structuring of the documentation
- Identification and classification
- Document kinds, their purpose and preparation
- Graphical symbols
- Characteristic properties and data element types
Technical documentation has also been discussed in detail in PD IEC/TS 62666.
PD IEC/TS 62666 guidelines help you to create more impactful standards documents that give users information in a more structured and detailed format.