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EMC Standards Activity:
A Standards Process Refresher
Don Heirman, Associate Editor
At the time this column was written, the standards
committees of the EMC Society were busily
preparing for all their meetings at the Fort
Lauderdale EMC Symposium. The Standards Development
Committee (SDCom), the Standards Advisory and
Coordination Committee (SACCom) and the Standards
Education and Training Committee (SETCom) will
meet at their usual time on Monday morning at the
start of the symposium week. A review of the activities
of these committees will be reported in this column
The IEEE EMC Standards Development Process includes
following seven procedures: Formation of Working
Groups; PAR – Project Authorization Request; Working
Group Management; Distribution of Working Group
Drafts & Copyrights; Balloting Draft Standards; Appeals; and
Following the Publication of a Standard. It is very important to
understand and follow all these procedures to make a new standard.
The on-line details of this process are found on:
http://standards.ieee.org/resources/development/index.html
This article will explain them briefly.
First of all, a Working Group (WG) has to be formed. The
WG is set up under the auspices of the EMC Society Standards
Development Committee (SDCom). While it is highly desirable,
but not mandatory, group members should consist of an
adequate balance of producers/manufacturers, users, and general
interest individuals (P/U/G). A Working Group is open to
any person with a material interest in the efforts of the Working
Group; participants need not be EMC Society members.
The Working Group Chair should seek out members who have
knowledge and experience in the field of interest, and willingness
and ability to contribute to the working group’s products.
The WG Chair is required to submit P/U/G classification lists
of all WG members annually to the EMC Society Standards
Development Committee (SDCom). The WG may define active
membership requirements and the required distribution for
such items as minutes, meeting notices, consensus ballots, etc.
Active WG membership may include such items as a record
of a commitment to attend a required percentage of meetings,
return of all consensus ballots within a specified time, and the
timely completion of action items.
After the WG is formed, a PAR – Project Authorization Request
– is submitted to initiate an EMC Society standard by the
when the next EMC Newsletter is published, following
the symposium.
There continues to be interest in our standards and what
is involved in doing the technical work and how to get to
publication. We have asked the Chairman of the SETCom –
Qiubo Ye of the Canadian Research Center – to provide a
refresher on the process which we now highlight. Additions
to the information were provided by Bill Ash of the IEEE
Standards Association (SA staff liaison to the EMC Society)
and Don Heirman, Associate Editor of the EMC Newsletter.
IEEE EMC Standards Development Process
by Qiubo Ye, Chair for IEEE Standards Education & Training
Committee (SETCom), qiubo.ye@crc.gc.ca
proposed WG Chair to the EMC Society SDCom for approval.
After review and simple majority approval by the SDCom, the
PAR is sent to New Standards Committee (NESCOM). Note
that these forms are available on line and can be found using the
URL stated above. Updates to the WG roster should be provided
to SDCom/NESCOM to reflect changes in membership
profile or status over time. SDCom/NESCOM may request for
additional information and coordination from producers, users,
and materially interested organizations.
The WG is managed by a Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary.
The Vice-Chair acts as a backup for the Chair in case of absence
or inability. The Secretary’s duty is to keep detailed minutes
of all meetings, process all draft standards, etc. The WG may
have a coordinator assigned by the EMC Society SDCom who
will act as liaison between SDCom and the WG. The WG may
have its own written policies and procedures approved by the
SDCom. The WG Chair can be reimbursed for reasonable administrative
expenses (reproduction of drafts, teleconferences,
etc.) associated with standards development efforts. The expenses
should be pre-approved, including the amount, justification,
and benefit to the standards development process. The
WG Chair or his/her designee is strongly encouraged to attend
a specific number of SDCom meetings per year in order
to present the status of the PAR to the Committee. When that
is not possible, the WG is expected to submit a report to the
Secretary of the EMC Society SDCom prior to each scheduled
meeting of the SDCom.
Distribution of WG Drafts is restricted generally to WG
members, members of standards organizations identified as coordinating
groups, and members of the EMC Society SDCom.
Standards drafts being developed by WGs are IEEE proprietary
and are copyrighted by the IEEE.