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Toolkit for ANS Standards Development and Maintenance

Section and Contents

  1. ANS Standards Committee Procedures Manual for Consensus Committees
  2. Policy Manual for the ANS Standards Committee
  3. Standards Committee Rules and Procedures
  4. ANS Standards Style Manual—1st Edition (for trial use)
  5. Incorporating Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Approaches/Attributes in ANS Standards (for trial use)
  6. Standards Development Checklist
  7. ANS Standards Development Process Overview
  8. Standards Development Flow Chart
  9. Review of Draft Approval Process for Working Group Chairs
  10. Policy for Specifying Requirements, Recommendations, and Permission in a Standard
  11. 2022 ANS Standards Committee Glossary of Definitions and Terminology (Reformatted 2024)
    (This glossary is an archive of definitions and terms in ANS standards.)
    -2024 Glossary Report
  12. Template for an ANS Standard
  13. Recent Problem Areas Identified During Recent Ballots of New Standards
  14. Approaches to Staffing Working Groups

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Resources

  1. ANSI 2025 Essential Requirements
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