IS 12 : 2005 Guide for Drafting and Presentation of Indian Standards

ICS 01.120 MSD 5
Reaffirmed 2019

1 Scope

1.1 This standard provides guidance on drafting andpresentation including editorial practice to be followedin the preparation of Indian Standards and SpecialPublications.

1.2 It also provides guidance on adoption of InternationalStandards as Indian Standards.

2 References

The standards listed in Annex A contain provisionswhich, through reference in this text, constituteprovisions of this standard. At the time of publication,the editions indicated were valid. All standards aresubject to revision, and parties to agreements basedon this standard are encouraged to investigate thepossibility of applying the most recent editions of thestandards listed in Annex A.

List of Referred of Indian Standards

  IS No                 Title
IS 2 : 1960 Rules for rounding off numerical
values (revised)
IS 787 : 1956 Guide for inter-conversion of values
from one system of units to another
IS 1275 : 1976 Rules for making alphabetical
indexes (first revision)
IS 1890(Part 0) to (Part 13) Quantities and units
IS 2381 : 1978 Recommendations for biblio-
graphical references: Essential and
IS 7840 : 1983 supplementary elements (first
revision)
IS 7900 : 2001/ Data elements and interchange
ISO 8601 : 2001 formats - Representation of dates
and times (second revision)
10005 : 1994 SI units and recommendations for the
ISO 1000 : 1992 use of their multiples and of certain
other units (second revision)