NEMA NS 1-2005

Foreword
Section 1 - GENERAL
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 References
       1.2.1 Normative references
       1.2.2 Other references
  1.3 Definitions
  1.4 Abbreviations and Acronyms
       1.4.1 Non-standard Abbreviations
Section 2 - NEMA STANDARDIZATION
  2.1 Section or group Responsibility
  2.2 Promotion
  2.3 Metrication
  2.4 Revisions
  2.5 Identification of Standardization Material
       2.5.1 General
       2.5.2 Exceptions
  2.6 Standards Classes
       2.6.1 NEMA Standard
       2.6.2 Suggested Standard for Future Design
       2.6.3 Authorized Engineering Information
       2.6.4 Adoptive Standards
  2.7 Standard Types
       2.7.1 General
       2.7.2 Rating
       2.7.3 Manufacturing
       2.7.4 Performance
       2.7.5 Testing
       2.7.6 Marking
       2.7.7 Application
  2.8 Reaffirmation
       2.8.1 General
       2.8.2 Extension
  2.9 Copyright
       2.9.1 NEMA Standards Publications
       2.9.2 Standards and Publications of Other
              Organizations
Section 3 - STANDARDS SPECIFICATIONS
  3.1 Form of Publication
  3.2 Publication Designation
       3.2.1 SP Sponsored by One Section
       3.2.2 SP Sponsored by Two or More Sections
       3.2.3 Superceding Edition
       3.2.4 Adoptive Standards
  3.3 Titles
  3.4 Dates
       3.4.1 Original Issue
       3.4.2 Reaffirmation without Revision
       3.4.3 Reaffirmation with Revision
       3.4.4 Revision Only
  3.5 Parts of a NEMA Standards Publication
       3.5.1 Cover
       3.5.2 Title Page
       3.5.3 Notice and Disclaimer
       3.5.4 List of Effective Pages
       3.5.5 Table of Contents
       3.5.6 Foreword
       3.5.7 Member Company List
       3.5.8 History
       3.5.9 Other Front Matter
       3.5.10 General Section
  3.6 Annexes
       3.6.1 Normative Annexes
       3.6.2 Informative Annexes
  3.7 Index
  3.8 Blank Pages
       3.8.1 Do not insert Blank Pages
       3.8.2 Statement on Blank Pages
Section 4 - TREATMENT OF DATA
  4.1 Numbering System
  4.2 Type Faces
  4.3 Levels of Heads
  4.4 Figures and Tables
       4.4.1 Numbering
       4.4.2 Figures
       4.4.3 Tables
  4.5 Footnotes
       4.5.1 Footnotes in Text
       4.5.2 Footnotes in Tables
       4.5.3 Footnotes in Figures
       4.5.4 Footnote Symbols
  4.6 Notes
  4.7 Cautionary Statements
  4.8 Equations
  4.9 Distinctive Treatment of Text
       4.9.1 Italics
       4.9.2 Boldface
       4.9.3 Parentheses
       4.9.4 Lists
  4.10 Symbols
Section 5 - STYLE GUIDANCE
  5.1 Grammar, Punctuation, and Style
  5.2 Numbers
  5.3 Punctuation
       5.3.1 Period
       5.3.2 Spaces
       5.3.3 Hyphens
       5.3.4 Em-dashes
       5.3.5 Dates
       5.3.6 Bullets
       5.3.7 Commas
       5.3.8 Semicolons
       5.3.9 Hyphens
       5.3.10 End of Standards Publication
  5.4 Word Usage
       5.4.1 Vague, Indefinite, or Interpretive Terms
       5.4.2 Distinctive Usage
  5.5 Parallelism
  5.6 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols
       5.6.1 Abbreviations
       5.6.2 Acronyms
       5.6.3 Symbols
  5.7 Revising Text
Annexes
Annex A FORMAT SPECIFICATIONS
Annex B DEVELOPING GRAPHICS FOR USE IN NEMA STANDARDS
        PUBLICATIONS

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