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>Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 21:41:26 GMT
>Message-Id: <9406301418 -dot- AA20902 -at- sutgate -dot- bitnetjp -dot- ad -dot- jp>
>From: Nancy Hoft - CONTRACTOR HRIS <nhoft -at- SDDLIB -dot- EAST -dot- SUN -dot- COM>
> On the subject of standards for terminology...
> The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has
> developed standards for some terminology. I'm not a standards
Additionally, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
has developed a standard for terminology with definition and
translation to other languages than English and Frech, in the field
of electrotechnology.
The standard has been published with the title "International
Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV)". You can buy it through
book stores nearest of you or from IEC, Geneva, Switzerland.
The IEV are still subject of updating to relfect vocabulary
in relatation th modern electrotechnical tendency.
