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I really hadn't expected so much interest.

The draft Dutch standard for users' documentation is prepared under commission
number 400 09, but will become NEN 5509 "Gebruiksaanwijzingen".

In agreement with the NNI we are not allowed to circulate our own copies,
even though we would have liked to encourage as much interest and comment as
possible. (We had enourmous problems trying to interest manufacturers in
taking part in the commission!)

Since the draft is now being circulated for public comment, I should think
that the NNI will be making it available. Note, though, that it *is* written
in Dutch! However, we have based much of our work on the new (1992) draft of
ISO Guide 37 "Instructions for Use of Products of Consumer Interest". (I
_think_ the draft of this may be in general circulation by now).

If anyone is still interested, I suggest they contact the NNI commission
secretary:

	Ing. A.J. van der Kolk
	Nederlandse Normalisatie Instituut
	PO BOX 5059
	Kalfjeslaan 2
	2600 GB  Delft
	The Netherlands

	Tel +31-(0)15-690390
	Fax +31-(0)15-690190


No plans have yet been made for a specific standard for software, although
this standard does concern the documentation. Our original plan was
to finish this standard and then start straightway with 'sub' standards.
However, things have changed. The Dutch standards organisation (the NNI) has,
in the face of government spending cutbacks, been forced to turn 'commercial'
so that all standards work has to be funded by industry. No money, no
standards.

==========  Translation's like a mistress; beautiful and unfaithful,  ==========
==========                                 or faithful and ugly ....  ==========

 Simon JJ North BA EngTech FISTC                 Quality Group, Software R&D
 north@hgl.signaal.nl                            Hollandse Signaalapparaten BV

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