Concept

PubID Algebra

PubIDs are not isolated — they have relationships with other identifiers. PubID algebra describes these relationships, allowing machines to understand how documents relate to each other.

Amendment

An amendment modifies a base standard by adding, changing, or deleting specified elements.

Publisher	Syntax	Example
ISO	`[Base]/Amd [N]:[Year]`	`ISO 9001:2015/Amd 1:2024`
IEC	`[Base]/AMD[N]:[Year]`	`IEC 61131-3:2013/AMD1:2019`
CEN	`[Base]+A[N]:[Year]`	`EN 196-3:2005+A1:2008`
BSI	`[Base]+A[N]:[Year]`	`BS 476-22:1987+A1:2019`
IDF	`[Base]/AMD [N]:[Year]`	`IDF 146:2003/AMD 1:2023`

Corrigendum

A corrigendum corrects technical or editorial errors without adding new content.

Publisher	Syntax	Example
ISO	`[Base]/Cor [N]:[Year]`	`ISO 9001:2015/Cor 1:2016`
IEC	`[Base]/COR[N]:[Year]`	`CISPR 16-1-3:2004/COR1:2006`
CIE	`[Base]/Cor[N]:[Year]`	`CIE 232:2019/Cor1:2020`
IDF	`[Base]/COR [N]:[Year]`	`IDF 148-1:2008/COR 1:2009`
CCSDS	`[Base] Cor. [N]`	`CCSDS 121.0-B-1-S Cor. 1`
ETSI	`[Base]/C[N] ed.[N]`	`ETSI ETR 053/C1 ed.2`

Addendum

An addendum is a legacy supplement type (primarily used in older ISO and ASHRAE documents).

Publisher	Syntax	Example
ISO	`[Base]/Add [N]:[Year]`	`ISO 2789:2006/Add 1:2008`
ASHRAE	`Addendum [Letter] to [Base]`	`ASHRAE Addendum a to Guideline 1.4-2019`

Value-Added Publication

A value-added publication wraps a base identifier with a delivery format or compilation suffix. These are not separate document types but represent different product forms of the same document.

IEC — VAP Identifiers

IEC offers consolidated, redline, and serial versions of its standards using a suffix pattern.

Suffix	Meaning	Example
`CSV`	Consolidated version (with all supplements incorporated)	`IEC 60950-1:2005+AMD1:2009+AMD2:2013 CSV`
`CMV`	Compiled Maintenance Version	`IEC 61666:2010+AMD1:2021 CMV`
`RLV`	Redline Version (shows changes from previous edition)	`IEC 61131-3:2013 RLV`
`SER`	Serial version	`IEC 61850-6:2009+AMD1:2018 SER`

The VAP suffix follows the base identifier (including any supplements) with a space.

IEEE — Redline

IEEE offers redline versions that show additions and deletions between editions with markup.

Syntax	Example
`[Base] (Revision of [Old]) - Redline`	`IEEE Std 1018-2013 (Revision of IEEE Std 1018-2004) - Redline`
`[Base] - Redline`	`IEEE Std 802.3-2018 - Redline`

BSI — Value-Added Formats

BSI wraps identifiers with delivery format suffixes.

Suffix	Meaning	Example
`PDF`	PDF format	`PD 5500:2018+A3:2020 PDF`
`TC`	Tracked Changes	`PAS 96:2017 - TC`
`BOOK`	Printed book	`PP 7722:2006 BOOK`

Part Relationship

Standards often span multiple parts.

Publisher	Syntax	Example
ISO/IEC	`[Number]-[Part]:[Year]`	`ISO/IEC 17031-1:2020`
NIST	`[Number]-[Part]`	`NIST SP 800-53`
IEEE	`[Number].[Subpart]-[Year]`	`IEEE Std 802.3-2018`
JIS	`[Class] [Number]-[Part]:[Year]`	`JIS B 0205-2:2019`
OIML	`[Type] [Number]-[Part]:[Year]`	`OIML R 76-1:2006`

Series / All Parts

A reference to all parts of a multi-part standard.

Syntax	Example
`[Number] (all parts)`	`ISO 9001 (all parts)`
`[Number] SERIES`	`CSA N285.6 SERIES:23`

Document Bundle

Multiple documents bundled together.

Publisher	Syntax	Example
BSI	`[ID] + [ID]`	`BS A 242-A 245:1974+A1:2017`
CSA	`[ID] + A[N]:[Year]`	`CAN/CSA-C22.2 NO. 60601-1-6:11 + A1:15 + A2:21`
CIE	`[ID],[ID],...`	`CIE 198-SP1.1:2011,198-SP1.2:2011`

Consolidated Version

A base standard with all amendments incorporated. IEC uses the CSV suffix to mark these (see Value-Added Publication).

Publisher	Syntax	Example
IEC	`[Base]+AMD1:[Year]+AMD2:[Year] CSV`	`IEC 60950-1:2005+AMD1:2009+AMD2:2013 CSV`
CEN	`[Base]+A[N]:[Year]`	`EN 196-3:2005+A1:2008`
BSI	`[Base]+A[N]:[Year]`	`BS 476-22:1987+A1:2019`

Adoption

An adoption of another publisher’s standard.

Publisher	Syntax	Example
BSI	`BS [Source] [ID]`	`BS ISO 9001:2015`, `BS EN 1090-2:2018`
CSA	`CAN/CSA-[Source] [ID]`	`CAN/CSA-ISO 9001:2016`
CEN	`EN [Source] [ID]`	`EN ISO 13485:2016`

Draft

A document in draft stage of development.

Publisher	Syntax	Example
ISO	`[Stage] [Type] [Number]`	`ISO/DIS 45001`, `ISO/CD 26000`
IEC	`[Stage] [Number]`	`IEC 2/2102/CDV`
IEEE	`P[Number]/D[Version]`	`IEEE P802.3bf/D3.0`
NIST	`[Type] [Number] (Draft)`	`NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 (Draft)`

Internal Documents

Working documents for internal committee use.

Publisher	Syntax	Example
ISO	`ISO/TC [N] [DocNumber]`	`ISO/TC 176 N 1000`
BSI	`[Number] DC`	`14/30300822 DC`