In 1992 MIL-STD-461D/462D were developed as revisions of MIL-STD-461C (1967 - 1986) and MIL-STD-462 (1967 - 1971). The long period with little or no change caused a lot of problems over the years. Since 1992 a "sunset" type of rule is in place that says a review process (not necessarily a revision) is necessary every five years to prevent obsolescence.
I suggest that the opposite of that rule is necessary in the commercial worlds. No more than one revision every five years. If the thing has to be constantly updated and amended, it doesn't have the stature to be called a standard in the first place. - 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
