Provide leadership to IEEE Standards Department for terms and definitions used in IEEE standards, in cooperation with sponsors active in standards preparation.

Aid the sponsors to ensure consistency in use of terms and definitions in IEEE standards by review of the definitions clause in draft standards prior to submission to the IEEE Standards Review Committee (RevCom).

Establish guidelines to be submitted for IEEE-SA Standards Board approval, similar to the metric policy. SCC 10 would recommend that prior to ballot, sponsors or working group chairs would assert that they complied with the guidelines by indicating that they conducted a review of all definitions.

Sensitize/educate sponsors/working groups of the process.

Assist IEEE staff in updating IEEE 100.

Resolve conflicts in terms and definitions used in IEEE documents. SCC 10 would assist staff if there are issues that need to be clarified or there is a need to reconcile differences.

Harmonize definitions with IEC vocabulary by providing appropriate references as needed. SCC 10 would promote harmonization of definitions with other electrotechnical definitions by providing appropriate references as needed (IEV, other international dictionaries, IEEE definitions).

Identify deprecated terms (North American vs. European or international terms).

Provide current information to all organizations and sponsors working on IEEE standards. The sponsor, however, is responsible for providing interpretations for definitions. These interpretations would follow the normal interpretation process.

Act as liaison to the IEEE Standards Board in all matters relating to terms and definitions used in IEEE standards.

PURPOSE
The main function of SCC 10 is to create a policy for definitions and outline the role of working groups. This policy would be provided to working groups who submit new PARS.