Tero’s correct, we always get lectured from the IEEE editors that the standard 
is referred to as IEEE Std 802.15.4 (note that Std has no period after it).  
Tero’s also correct that once you define 802.15.4 as a short version of IEEE 
Std 802.15.4, you can use it.  BTW: used as a descriptor, you drop the Std, 
i.e. an IEEE 802.15.4 device.



Pat

On 5, Jan2017, at 9:43, Thomas Watteyne <[email protected]> wrote:

Pat,

[CC'ing the 6TiSCH ML]

I'm contacting you as chairman of Interest Group 6TiSCH at IEEE.

Tero commented 
(https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/6tisch/current/msg05094.html 
<https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/6tisch/current/msg05094.html>):

I think IEEE wants that their standards are referenced as "IEEE Std
802.15.4", not IEEE802.15.4. Might be good idea to replace use that,
and if shorter version is needed just add "802.15.4" to terminology
and define it to mean IEEE Std 802.15.4, and then use the shorter
version in rest o fthe document. We would not want people to write
"RFC.6550", as that would just look funny...

In https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-6tisch-minimal-17 
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-6tisch-minimal-17> we write 
IEEE802.15.4, partly because of habit, partly before it makes sure no newline 
will be inserted between IEEE and 802.15.4.

Can you either confirm that that's OK from IEEE's point of view, or instruct us 
on the right wording?

Thanks,
Thomas
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