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BS 4940-2:1994

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Technical information on construction products and services Guide to content and arrangement
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-15-1994

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
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)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
35
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
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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