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With respect to products requiring qualification, awards
will be made only for products that are, at the time set for
opening of bids, qualified for inclusion in Qualified Parts List
(QPL No.) whether or not such products have actually been
so listed by that date. The attention of the contractors is
called to these requirements, and manufacturers are urged to
arrange to have the products that they propose to offer tested
for qualification in order that they may be eligible to be
awarded contracts or purchase orders for the products covered
by this specification. The activity responsible for the Qualified
Parts List is (insert name and address of qualifying organization(s))
and information pertaining to qualifications of
parts may be obtained from that activity.
B26. Annexes and Appendixes
B26.1 Additional information may be
included in one or more annexes or appendixes to
the specification.
B26.2 The words “Mandatory Information”
shall be included directly under the title of
annexes and the words “Nonmandatory Information”
shall be included directly under the title of
appendixes.
B26.3 Annexes— Include in annexes any
detailed information such as that on apparatus or
materials that is a mandatory part of the specification
but too lengthy for inclusion in the main
text. Annexes shall precede appendixes.
B26.4 Appendixes— There are times when
it is desirable to include in a specification additional
information for general use and guidance,
but which does not constitute a mandatory part of
the specification. It is appropriate to include such
informational material in appendixes. Examples
of material that has been included in such appendixes
are tables showing approximate relationship
between tensile strength and hardness, list of
preferred thickness of plate, sheet, and strip
reproduced from other documents, tables of standard
mass and standard sizes, information on
typical applications of the material covered, and
information on typical physical properties whose
definite values are not prescribed in the specification.
B27. References
B27.1 Include only references to publications
supporting or providing needed supplementary
information. Historical and acknowledgment
references are not recommended. If there are five
or more references, list them in an unnumbered
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section at the end of the specification in the order
in which they appear in the text. If there are fewer
than five literature references, use footnotes (see
Section G21).
B28. Footnotes
B28.1 General— Footnotes referenced in
the text are intended only for reference and shall
never include any information or instructions
necessary for the proper application of the specification.
Table footnotes are a part of the table.
Use consecutive superior numerals for reference
to footnotes except in connection with tables, in
which case use italic capital letters.
B28.2 Committee Jurisdiction and History—
Footnote 1 shall include in the first paragraph
the committee having jurisdiction and,
where the committee so requests, the subcommittee.
The second paragraph shall include history
information as follows: (1) approval date of latest
revision, (2) month and year of publication, (3)
designation and year of original issue, (4) designation
and year of previous issue, and (5) information
as to the other standards that may have
been replaced by the standard, year of redesignation,
etc.
B28.3 Literature References— Use footnotes
for references if there are fewer than five.
For five or more see Section B27, observing the
limitations noted therein. Also see Section G21.
B28.4 Sources of Apparatus— Where apparatus
may be special or not readily available from
more than one source, the source may be referenced.
(However, see Section F4 for detailed
rules.)
B28.5 Research Reports— Reference in a
footnote the availability of research reports (see
Section B31).
B29. Notes
B29.1 Notes in the text shall not include
mandatory requirements. Notes are intended to
set explanatory material apart from the text itself,
either for emphasis or for offering informative
suggestions not properly part of the standard.
Clarification of the description of required apparatus
or procedure and modifications required or