In message <p06240812c7e2648316cb@[192.168.1.80]>, dated Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Nick Williams <nick.willi...@conformance.co.uk> writes:
>One the problems with which being that there are clearly many >committees which do not understand the difference between 'normative' >and 'informative'. This does not tend to be a problem with CENELEC >standards but it's clear from many of the CEN standards I have seen >that the authors did not understand that the normative references >section should not simply be a bibliography of other 'useful' documents. It IS a problem. The buck stops with the Technical Committee Secretary, and even some of them clearly don't understand that a Normative reference must be: a) actually referred to in the text of the standard; and b) referenced *normatively*, not in a Note or as an informative side remark, like 'See also....'. The remedy, if you participate in standards work, even if only by downloading FREE Drafts for Public Comment from BSI's web site, is to include comments on incorrect normative references in your responses. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK I should be disillusioned, but it's not worth the effort. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ 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 <emcp...@socal.rr.com> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
