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To refer to the suite of 12812 publications as standards, or even "technical standards" is inaccurate. Only part 1 is formally an international standard, as parts 2 thru 5 could not gain sufficient support to be accepted as full standards, but instead were pushed through to publication as Technical Specifications which is a classificationthat addresses work still undertechnical development, or where it is believed that there will be a future, but not immediate, possibility of agreement on an International Standard.