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TR 21.900 v20.0.0 · How standards actually get made

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Foreword Foreword 128 words Introduction Introduction 165 words · taught in Why anybody writes a standard down 1 Scope 113 words · taught in Who writes them — two organisations, two habits 1A References 178 words 2 Definitions and abbreviations 493 words · taught in Who writes them — two organisations, two habits, One idea, from proposal to published text
3 General responsibilities of the Support Team 167 words · 2 of 3 clauses taught
4 Handling of Specifications 6,998 words · 16 of 40 clauses taught
5 Availability and distribution of specifications 264 words · 1 of 3 clauses taught
5A File naming conventions 763 words · taught in Looking it up yourself, and what the record will not tell you 5B Availability and distribution of OpenAPI specification files 481 words 5C Normative availability and distribution of stage 3 specification files 187 words
6 Work Items 4,595 words · 2 of 22 clauses taught
7 Management documents and tools 229 words · 0 of 9 clauses taught
8 Email decisions 529 words · 0 of 8 clauses taught
9 Meeting contribution document types and status values 1,371 words · 0 of 3 clauses taught
Annex A Change history 904 words · taught in Looking it up yourself, and what the record will not tell you