ANSI/AGMA-900-H06 pdf free.Style Manual for the Preparation of Standards, Information Sheets and Editorial Manuals.
To produce a professional document which is technically accurate requires certain responsibilities of both the technical committee and AGMA Head. quarters staff. Each shall be aware of the other’s 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 abbrevia tions, 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 correclions to the draft as approved by the committee and the Chairman before submitting each draft to Headquarters for word processing.
NOTE: The draft that Is supplied by Headquarters is the official draft. The official draft contains a banner at the top of each page, stating, “This is preliminary informahon and MAY NOT be applied or cited in any manner,” and a screened banner with the words “PRELIMINARY DRAFT printed diagonally across each page. The status of the draft is indicated as Working draft, Committee draft, or General Ballot draft along with the standard number and date.
In making changes, the editorial coordinator shall mark In red directly on the official Headquarters draft. See annex B for the correct method of marking corrections or making inserts. In no case shall the draft be retyped. Retyping makes it very difficult for Headquarters to determine the changes that have been made to the text. If lengthy changes or inserts are required, they should be on the back of, or attached to, the page to be changed.
The editorial coordinator should serve as the only liaison between the committee and AGMA Headquarters editorial staff and should be available to answer questions on drafts submitted.
The Committee Chairman may also act as editorial coordinator but it is normally not recommended.
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The AGMA support staff will proofread the revised working draft to ensure that requested changes have been properly introduced into the official text.
NOTE: Committees are responsible for technical content of a document, Staff shall edit for style, grammar, clarity, and consistency among standards, but shall not change meaning or intent.
Staff will assist committee personnel in the development of technical literature by offering style and editorial comments throughout all stages of development, balloting, and printing.ANSI/AGMA-900 pdf free download.