ASTM D6718-02

Standard Practice for Writing Committee D 13 Standards (Withdrawn 2011)

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
The practice shows sections most frequently included in Committee D13 standards, highlighting those sections designated as mandatory.
Use this practice in conjunction with the most current issue of Form and Style.
Sections designated as mandatory in Form and Style must be included in Committee D13 standards.
In addition to sections designated as mandatory in Form and Style, Committee D13 has designated the terminology section to be mandatory in its standards.
5.4.1 Subcommittees are responsible for maintaining standards, including terminology. Defined terms must be kept current in standards from which they derive, and in Terminology D 123.
Statements on precision and bias are necessary for test methods that generate data in the form of values, counts, or ratings that can be analyzed to yield statistical parameters for determining precision and bias.
SCOPE
1.1 This practice gives information to Committee D13 document writers that agrees with guidance of the ASTM publication  Form and Style for ASTM Standards (hereinafter Form and Style) and fits the particular needs of Committee D13.
1.2 With guidance from this practice and from Form and Style, Committee D13 document writers will have answers to most questions regarding form and style.
1.3 Writers may prepare documents, with pertinent requirements in hand, at the time of writing, to meet all ASTM policies.
WITHDRAWN RATIONALE
This practice gives information to Committee D13 document writers that agrees with guidance of the ASTM publication Form and Style for ASTM Standards (hereinafter Form and Style) and fits the particular needs of Committee D13.
Formerly under the jurisdiction of Committee D13 on Textiles and the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.91 on Editorial Review and Policy, this performance specification was withdrawn in January 2011 in accordance with section 10.5.3.1 of the Regulations Governing ASTM Technical Committees, which requires that standards shall be updated by the end of the eighth year since the last approval date.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 09-Nov-2002
• Withdrawal Date: 31-Dec-2010
• ICS: 01.140.30 - Documents in administration, commerce and industry
• Technical Committee: D13 - Textiles
• Drafting Committee: D13.91 - Editorial Review and Policy

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: D6718 – 02
Standard Practice for
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Writing Committee D 13 Standards
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D6718; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
The position of Committee D13 is that the current issue of the publication entitled Form and Style
for ASTM Standards, is controlling in all instances of document preparation within subcommittees.
While much of its content allows for some optional choices in document format, there are several
sectionsthataremandatoryinrespecttobeingincludedinallstandards.Thesemandatorysectionsare:
Title, Designation, Scope, Significance and Use, Procedure, Precision and Bias, and Keywords, which
must be included in all documents, with precision and bias specifically required in test methods that
generate data in the form of values, counts, or ratings that can be analyzed to yield statistical
parameters for stating precision and bias. ASTM documents include test methods, specifications, and
other types, such as practices and guides, classifications, terminology, tables, and charts.
Under the ASTM consenus process, ASTM policies about document formats are not implemented
uniformly in all committees, nor even in subcommittees within a committee. If a document lacking a
required section goes through the ballot steps without receiving a negative vote as to a mandatory
section being missing, publication results routinely. Consequently, some standards appear in the Book
of Standards with missing mandatory sections, or with other recommended sections that have been
omitted. By implementing this practice within Committee D13, a practice which is based firmly on
guidance found in Form and Style for ASTM Standards, Committee D13 writers will have a reference
for producing documents that fulfill ASTM policies.
There are four parts to this practice. The main body describes sections usually contained in
standards, and a brief statement of content for each, following a test method example. Next follows
an annex that shows more detail and fuller statements of content for each section, again with emphasis
on test methods.Then follows an appendix that provides a check-off list for three standards for the use
of document writers in seeing that all mandatory and other recommended sections are included.
Finally, there follows an annex that provides a synopsis of SI units and usage.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This practice gives information to Committee D13 2.1 ASTM Standards:
document writers that agrees with guidance of the ASTM D123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
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publication Form and Style for ASTM Standards (hereinafter IEEE/ASTM S10 - Use of the International System of Units
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Form and Style) and fits the particular needs of Committee (SI): The modern Metric System
D13. 2.2 Other ASTM Documents:
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1.2 With guidance from this practice and from Form and Tex-Pac Adjunct
Style, Committee D13 document writers will have answers to
3. Terminology
most questions regarding form and style.
3.1 Definitions:
1.3 Writers may prepare documents, with pertinent require-
ments in hand, at the time of writing, to meet all ASTM 3.1.1 practice, n—a definitive procedure for performing one
or more specific operations or functions that does not produce
policies.
a test result.
3.1.2 specification, n—a precise statement of a set of
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ThispracticeisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeD13onTextilesand
requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, system, or
is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.91 on Editorial Review and Policy.
Current edition approved Nov. 10, 2002. Published January 2003. DOI: 10.1520/
D6718-02.
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service that indicates the procedures for determining whether 5.5 Statements on precision and bias are necessary for test
or not each of the requirements is satisfied. methods that generate data in the form of values, counts, or
3.1.3 test method, n—a definitive procedure for the identi- ratings that can be analyzed to yield statistical parameters for
fication, measurement, and evaluation of one or more qualities, determining precision and bias.
characteristics, or properties of a material, product, system, or
service that produces a test result. 6. Procedure
3.1.4 For d
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