ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 Principles and rules for the structure and drafting of ISO and IEC documents Directives ISO/IEC, Partie 2 Principes et règles de structure et de rédaction des documents ISO et IEC Eighth edition, 2018 © ISO/IEC 2018 ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, 2018  COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT © ISO/IEC 2018 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO’s member body in the country of the requester. International Organization for Standardization International Electrotechnical Commission CP 401 • Ch. de Blandonnet 8 CP 131 • 3, rue de Varembé CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva CH-1211 Geneva 20 Phone: +41 22 749 01 11 Phone: + 41 22 919 02 11 Fax: +41 22 749 09 47 Fax: + 41 22 919 03 00 Email: copyright@iso.org Email: inmail@iec.org Website: www.iso.org Website: www.iec.org Published in Switzerland ii  © ISO/IEC 2018 – All rights reserved ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, 2018  Contents Page INTRODUCTORY CLAUSES TO THE ISO/IEC DIRECTIVES, PART 2..................................................................................... viii FOREWORD................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ix INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ xi 1 Scope.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 2 3 Normative references....................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Terms and definitions...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 3.1 Document type......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 3.2 Elements of a document................................................................................................................................................................... 4 3.3 Provisions..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 GENERAL PRINCIPLES......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 4 Objective of standardization..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 5 Principles...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 5.1 Planning and preparation............................................................................................................................................................... 7 5.2 Aim-oriented approach.................................................................................................................................................................... 7 5.3 Fitness for implementation as a regional or national standard.................................................................... 8 5.4 Performance principle...........................................................................................................................................