BS 4940-2:1994
Withdrawn
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Technical information on construction products and services Guide to content and arrangement
Hardcopy , PDF
06-08-2024
English
15-01-1994
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Committees responsible
Foreword
Guide
1 Scope
2 References
2.1 Normative references
2.2 Informative references
3 Content, structure and presentation
4 Choice of document
5 Content of document
5.1 General information
5.2 Technical information
5.3 Sequence of information and headings
5.4 Decimal markers
5.5 Quantities, units and symbols
5.6 Cross-references
5.7 Footnotes and marginal notes
5.8 Abbreviations
6 Structure of document
6.1 Volumes, parts and sections
6.2 Document identification
6.3 Headings
6.4 Numbering
7 Copyright
8 Editing, checking and proof reading
9 Foreign languages
Annexes
A (informative) Use of approved quality and safety
marks
A.1 General principles
A.2 Types of mark
A.3 Quality management systems
A.4 Product conformity schemes
A.5 Product approval schemes
A.6 Test certificates
A.7 Safety mark schemes
A.8 National accreditation
A.9 European conformity marking
A.10 Logotypes
B Checklist for headings
List of references
Index
Tables
1 Types of document
2 Headings for arrangement of technical information
3 Information for front cover, back cover and spine
4 Example of heading hierarchy
Figures
1 Example of part of a contents page for volume 1 of
a set of volumes
2 Example of part of an index with references to
section and clause numbers, tables, diagrams and
appendices
3 Hierarchy of subdivisions
Details types of technical documents and gives recommendation on content and structure on each document.
| Committee |
B/555
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| DevelopmentNote |
Together with BS 4940-1(1994) and BS 4940-3(1994), supersedes BS 4940(1973) Supersedes 91/16249 DC (07/2002) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, October 2008. (09/2008)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
35
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Withdrawn
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| Supersedes |
| BS 7000-4:1996 | Design management systems Guide to managing design in construction |
| BS 4940-1:1994 | Technical information on construction products and services Guide for management |
| BS 4940-3:1994 | Technical information on construction products and services Guide to presentation |
| BS 5555:1993 | Specification for SI units and recommendations for the use of their multiples and of certain other units |
| BS 5641:1982 | Recommendations for loose-leaf publications |
| BS 5775-3:1993 | Specification for quantities, units and symbols Mechanics |
| BS 1192-1:1984 | Construction drawing practice Recommendations for general principles |
| BS 5750-2:1987 | Quality systems Specification for production and installation |
| BS 4940-3:1994 | Technical information on construction products and services Guide to presentation |
| BS 1000[624]:1981 | Universal Decimal Classification. English full edition Civil and structural engineering in general |
| BS 3669:1963 | Recommendations for the selection, formation and definition of technical terms |
| BS 4940-1:1994 | Technical information on construction products and services Guide for management |
| BS 5750-1:1987 | Quality systems Specification for design/development, production, installation and servicing |
| BS 5848:1980 | Specification for numbering of divisions and subdivisions in written documents (point-numbering) |
| BS 5775-10:1993 | Specification for quantities, units and symbols Nuclear reactions and ionizing radiations |
| BS 5775-12:1993 | Specification for quantities, units and symbols Characteristic numbers |
| BS 5775-1:1993 | Specification for quantities, units and symbols Space and time |
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