AGMA 900-H06 pdf free.Style Manual for the Preparation of Standards, Information Sheets and Editorial Manuals.
This style manual establishes the requirements for the preparation of American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) standards, information sheets, editorial manuals, and other technical literature. The style and format of AGMA technical literature is covered by this manual. All technical committee and staff personnel should use this manual in the preparation of AGMA technical literature drafts.
The guidelines in this manual are presented to enable personnel worling on AGMA drafts to produce standards and information sheets that are uniform, easily used by the reader, and that can be easily processed through the review and printing processes.
A check list, edit marking methods, and symbol guidance are provided in the annexes to assist the editorial personnel in review of a draft.
2 Reference documents
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the manual. At the time of publication, the editions were valid. All publications are subject to revision, and the users of this manual are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the publications listed:
– ANSI/AGMA 101 2-G05. Gear Nomenclature, Definitions of Terms with Symbols
– AGMA 904-C96, Metric Usage
– ANSI Style manual – for preparation of proposed American National Standards, Eighth Edition, Version 1.0 3/1/91
– ISO/1EC Directives, Part 2 – Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards
3 Responsibilities
To produce a professional document which is technically accurate requires certain responsibilities of both the technical committee and AGMA Headquarters staff, Each shall be aware of the others responsibilities and should assist the other in the edit process whenever possible.
3.1 Technical committees
Technical committees are responsible for providing AGMA Headquarters with complete, technically accurate drafts that meet the requirements of this manual for content, arrangement and legibility. Whenever possible, initial drafts of documents or portions of documents should be provided to AGMA Headquarters in electronic format. The specific software and version shall be agreed upon with Headquarters staff.
Conformance with the requirements for abbreviations. symbols, numbering system, and the style for special elements is especially important.
Since drafts in the development stage often undergo several revisions and pass through many hands before a final version is approved. AGMA requires that each committee appoint an editorial coordinator. This individual is responsible for ensuring that the draft includes all committee approved revisions. The coordinator should review each draft before it is submitted to Headquarters to ensure that it meets the requirements of this manual. The coordinator shall assemble all changes, additions, and corrections to the draft as approved by the committee and
the Chairman before submitting each draft to Headquarters for word processing.AGMA 900 pdf download.