John, In standards terminology an informative annex is there for information or guidance. However a regulator aka an Authority having Jurisdiction may make the annex mandatory for their jurisdiction. There are some cases where this has occurred.
Regards G. Rae Dulmage Tel: 613 755 2729 Ext. 6229 Fax: 613 231 5977 > > From: <[email protected]> > Date: 2005/12/09 Fri PM 04:26:14 EST > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Informative Annexes > > Dear all > > I was just polling the group in order to see if there is a consensus of > opinion on Informative Annexes, usually found right at the back of most > standards after the Normative Annexes. > > Are they > > a) Actually a part of the standard with all of the weight and authority > of the proceeding sections. > > Or > > b) Bits of information and examples that may be of use but are not > actually part of the standard and its test requirements. > > e.g. Annex E (informative) of EN 55022: 1998 which talks about LCL in > the design of telecoms ports. Is this just nice to know or is it > something that should be measured and assessed as part of a test to EN > 55022. > > Thanks for your thoughts. > > Best regards > > John > John Harrington > EMC Technical Manager > F-Squared Laboratories > Tel: 440 834 8926 x 203 > Fax: 440 834 8914 > Cell: 440 832 0558 > > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society > emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > > To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] > > Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html > > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > Scott Douglas [email protected] > Mike Cantwell [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > David Heald: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > > - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
