- [Narrator] The next stage is approval.
During this stage a vote on a draft standard
by the committee members occurs.
While anyone can contribute and suggest comments,
the only votes that count toward approval
are those of the eligible members of the balloting group.
The voting time varies for each organization.
For example, the ISO organization
usually takes eight weeks vote.
For IEEE, it usually takes 30 to 60 days.
According to IEEE a standard will pass
if at least 75% of the ballots from the balloting group
are returned, and if 75% of these are yes votes.
After approval, the standard is given a final review
by the members of the working group
before it gets published.
An editorial check is also needed.
The role of an editor is to ensure that the standard
is grammatically and syntactically correct.
The final stage is the publication.
Here, after the approval stage,
a standard is made available for all users.
At the publication stage,
only editorial corrections are made.
No changes are made to the content
or to the technical meaning of the standard.
According to IEEE, a standard is valid for 10 years
from its approval date.
During the 10 years period, after the standard is approved,
a working group
can develop revisions or extensions to the standard.
And each revision or extension
must go through the same approval process
as the standard itself.
10 years after the standard was approved,
it's either revised or withdrawn.
After publication,
the development standards process is complete.