Author's editing standards and specifications

Author: Department of Science and Technology Development, General Administration of Press and Publication; Department of Book Publishing Management, General Administration of Press and Publication
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Publishing Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This compilation is the revised edition of the 1997 version of "Common Standards and Norms for Authors and Editors." Compared to the 1997 edition, it includes additional important normative documents such as "Basic Procedures for Book Editing" and "List for Standardizing Non-standard Homophones." In addition, it incorporates 9 newly formulated national standards, 10 newly revised national standards since 1999, and 5 newly added industry standards. This compilation includes a total of 54 national standards, 5 industry standards, and 14 normative documents related to language and characters. It covers topics such as numbers, text, transliteration rules, quantities and units, the layout of books, journals, and papers, lexicographical compilation, language types and related codes, book and journal numbering, paper sizes, and external identifiers.