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"if you have any experience of writing or using standards (ETSI, ANSI, IETF,IEC, ISO, CENELEC, ITU, 3GPP, ECMA etc) and have any particular gripes,thoughts, complaints or any other kinds of ideas, I would be most grateful to hear them."
Funny you should ask. In connection with my latest project - a proposal for a new national standard of mumble-mumble - I researched how ISO standards should be written. It's a sign of how sad I've become that I found the ISO/IEC's "Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards (Part Deux)" absolutely fascinating, a special treat I couldn't wait to get home and read.
Fascinating, because while it is intended to ensure a universal model of clarity (and largely succeeds), there are many features that I respectfully prefer my own conventions as developed over nine years of tech writing on the grounds of usability and (darn it) mine are just purrtier.
Jonathan Stoppi
Bucks the standard
stops -at- qualum -dot- com
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