NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST is a physical sciences laboratory and a non-regulatory agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. NIST was the first organization to adopt a multi-style, round-trippable PubID scheme with four defined rendering styles (full, abbreviated, short, machine-readable). The NIST PubID covers 19,333+ documents dating from 1901.

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NationalSyntax NIST identifiers use publisher abbreviations (NIST, NBS for pre-1988 documents) followed by a type abbreviation and number. NIST PubID defines four rendering styles: Full (Long), Abbreviated, Short, and Machine-Readable (MR). The MR style uses dot-separated fields and serves as the DOI suffix.

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Structured elements that make up a NIST identifier:

Publisher

Enumeration

NIST (post-1988) or NBS (pre-1988)

NISTNBS

NBS for pre-1988 documents.

e.g.NIST

Document Type

Enumeration

SP, FIPS, IR, TN, HB, etc.

SPFIPSIRTNHBCIRCMONORPT +10 more

e.g.SP

Number

String

The document number

1–6 digits. May include dash-separated sub-numbers (e.g., 800-53).

e.g.800-53

Part

String

Part or volume number

Optional. Appended after number with dash.

e.g.3

:part

Revision

String

Revision number (Rev. 5)

Optional. Prefixed with "Rev."

e.g.Rev. 5

:revision

Version

String

Version number

Optional. Prefixed with "v".

e.g.v1.0

:version

Edition

String

Edition number

Optional.

e.g.1

:edition

Stage

Enumeration

Publication stage (draft, final)

draftfinalwithdrawn

Optional. In parentheses.

e.g.Draft

:stage

Supplement

String

Supplement indicator

Optional. Prefixed with "Suppl."

e.g.Suppl. 1

:supplement

Translation

Enumeration

Translation indicator

Optional.

e.g.tr

:translation

Update

Integer

Update number

Optional. Prefixed with "Upd."

e.g.1

:update

Volume

Integer

Volume number

Optional. Prefixed with "Vol."

e.g.3

:volume

Rendering Styles 4

NIST PubIDs can be rendered in multiple styles from a single set of data elements. All styles are fully interchangeable without information loss.

Full (Long)

full

Used in title page and bibliography

National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53A

Abbreviated

abbrev

Used in the Authority section

Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. Spec. Publ. 800-53A

Short

short

Used for inline citations

NIST SP 800-53A

Machine-Readable

Used for DOI suffix and machine interchange

NIST.SP.800-53A

PubID Algebra 4

Relationships between NIST identifiers:

Relation	Description	Syntax	Example
Revision	Revision of an existing document	`NIST SP [Number] Rev. [N]`	`NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5`
Part/Volume	Multi-part or multi-volume document	`NIST [Type] [Number]-[Part] Vol. [N]`	`NIST IR 8011 Vol. 3`
Draft	Draft version of a document	`NIST [Type] [Number] (Draft)`	`NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 (Draft)`
Supplement	Supplement to a base document	`NIST [Type] [Number] Suppl. [N]`	`NIST SP 800-53 Suppl. 1`

Development Stages 4

Lifecycle stages for NIST documents:

Code	Abbr	Name
10.00	WD	Work-in-Progress Draft
30.00	PRD	Preliminary Draft
40.00	PD	Public Draft
60.00	Final	Final Publication

NIST

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Components 12

Publisher

Document Type

Number

Part

Revision

Version

Edition

Stage

Supplement

Translation

Update

Volume

Rendering Styles 4

Full (Long)

Abbreviated

Short

Machine-Readable

PubID Algebra 4

Development Stages 4

Related Publishers

Document Types 19