Joint Draft Standards
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DR AS/NZS ISO 3746:2019 (Committee EV-010)
Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure - Survey method using an enveloping measurement surface over a reflecting plane
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to specify methods for determining the sound power level or sound energy level of a noise source from sound pressure levels measured on a surface enveloping a noise source (machinery or equipment) in a test environment for which requirements are given. The sound power level (or, in the case of noise bursts or transient noise emission, the sound energy level) produced by the noise source with frequency A-weighting applied is calculated using those measurements. This standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from, ISO 3746:2010 Acoustics — Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure — Survey method using an enveloping measurement surface over a reflecting plane.
Closing date for comments 26/03/2019
DR AS/NZS 60079.13:2019v2 (Committee EL-014)
Explosive atmospheres - Part 13: Equipment protection by pressurized room "p" and artificially ventilated room "v"
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to provide requirements for the design, construction, assessment, verification and marking of rooms used to protect internal equipment by pressurization or artificial ventilation or both as applicable when located in an explosive gas atmosphere or combustible dust atmosphere hazardous area with or without an internal source of a flammable gas or vapour, as a means of protection for installations associated with explosive atmospheres. This standard also includes requirements related to safety devices and controls necessary to ensure that artificial ventilation, purging and pressurization is established and maintained. This standard does not specify the methods that may be required to ensure adequate air quality for personnel with regard to toxicity and temperature within the room. National or other regulations and requirements may exist to ensure the safety of personnel in this regard. Protection of rooms by using an inert gas or a flammable gas is outside of the scope of this standard. It is recognized that such applications are special cases, which in part may be addressed using the principles from AS/NZS 60079.2, but in all probability will also be the subject of additional, stringent engineering standards, procedures and practices. Pressurized enclosures for equipment that are not intended to facilitate the entry of personnel are addressed in AS/NZS 60079.2, and are not in the scope of this standard. This standard is an adoption with national modifications, and has been reproduced from, IEC 60079-13:2017 (ED. 2.0), Explosive atmospheres — Part 13: Equipment protection by pressurized room ‘p’ and artificially ventilated room ‘v’. The modifications are additional requirements and are set out in Appendix ZZ which has been added at the end of the source text.
Closing date for comments 16/04/2019
DR AS/NZS ISO 3747:2019 (Committee EV-010)
Acoustics —Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure — Engineering/survey methods for use in situ in a reverberant environment
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to specify a method for determining the sound power level or sound energy level of a noise source by comparing measured sound pressure levels emitted by a noise source (machinery or equipment) mounted in situ in a reverberant environment, with those from a calibrated reference sound source. The sound power level (or, in the case of noise bursts or transient noise emission, the sound energy level) produced by the noise source, in frequency bands of width one octave, is calculated using those measurements. The sound power level or sound energy level with frequency A-weighting applied is calculated using the octave-band levels. This standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from, ISO 3747:2010, Acoustics — Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure — Engineering/survey methods for use in situ in a reverberant environment.
Closing date for comments 27/03/2019
DR2 AS/NZS 5139:2019 (Committee EL-042)
Electrical installations — Safety of battery systems for use with power conversion equipment
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to provide manufacturers, system integrators, designers and installers of battery energy storage systems with the requirements for the safety and installation of battery systems connected to power conversion equipment for the supply of a.c. and/or d.c. power. The installation of grid-connected energy storage systems, which include batteries, is a relatively new and growing market, and one in which there is a lack of definitive standards. Existing standards for the design and installation of stationary battery systems were prepared for use with traditional lead-acid and nickel cadmium battery technology, and do not address recent production and application innovations and developments. These innovations include the following: (a) Newer battery technologies, including battery chemistry types other than lead-acid, such as lithium technologies (e.g. lithium ion, lithium iron phosphate), flow technologies (e.g. zinc bromine, vanadium redox flow), and hybrid ion technologies (e.g. aqueous). At this stage, this Standard does not cover high temperature batteries, such as NaNiCl batteries or sodium sulfur batteries. (b) New developments in interconnection equipment (e.g. multiple-mode inverters), which can result in batteries being continually connected to the grid, and also include photovoltaic (PV) or other energy sources as an integrated system. (c) Cheaper cost structures resulting in battery systems being utilized more widely and in many more applications, such as becoming more prevalent in domestic and residential electrical installations. This standard necessarily deals with existing types of energy storage, but is not intended to discourage innovation or to exclude materials, equipment and methods that may be developed in the future.
Closing date for comments 03/04/2019
DR AS/NZS ISO 3743.2:2019 (Committee EV-010)
Acoustics — Determination of sound power levels of noise sources using sound pressure — Engineering methods for small, movable sources in reverberant fields — Part 2: Methods for special reverberation test rooms
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to specify a relatively simple engineering method for determining the sound power levels of small, movable noise sources. The methods specified in this document are suitable for measurements of all types of noise within a specified frequency range, except impulsive noise consisting of isolated bursts of sound energy which are covered by AS/NZS ISO 3744 and AS/NZS ISO 3745. This standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from, ISO 3743‑2:2018, Acoustics — Determination of sound power levels of noise sources using sound pressure — Engineering methods for small, movable sources in reverberant fields — Part 2: Methods for special reverberation test rooms.
Closing date for comments 27/03/2019
DR AS/NZS ISO 19115.2:2019 (Committee IT-004)
Geographic information — Metadata — Part 2: Extensions for acquisition and processing
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to define the schema required for describing geographic information and services by means of metadata. It provides information about the identification, extent, quality, spatial and temporal aspects, content, spatial reference, portrayal, distribution, and other properties of digital geographic data and services. This part of AS/NZS ISO 19115 is applicable to: (a) the cataloguing of all types of resources, clearinghouse activities, and the full description of data sets and services; and (b) geographic services, geographic data sets, data set series, and individual geographic features and feature properties. This part of AS/NZS ISO 19115 defines: (i) mandatory and conditional metadata sections, metadata entities, and metadata elements; (ii) the minimum set of metadata required to serve most metadata applications (data discovery, determining data fitness for use, data access, data transfer, and use of digital data and services); (iii) optional metadata elements to allow for a more extensive standard description of resources, if required; and (iv) a method for extending metadata to fit specialized needs. Though this part of AS/NZS ISO 19115 is applicable to digital data and services, its principles can be extended to many other types of resources, such as maps, charts, and textual documents as well as non-geographic data. Certain conditional metadata elements might not apply to these other forms of data. This standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from, ISO 19115‑2:2019 Geographic information — Metadata — Part 2: Extensions for acquisition and processing.
The public comment period for this draft is about to expire. Closing date for comments 04/03/2019.
DR AS/NZS ISO 19146:2019 (Committee IT-004)
Geographic information — Cross-domain vocabularies
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to establish a methodology for cross-mapping vocabularies. It also specifies an implementation of AS ISO 19135.1:2018 for the purpose of registering cross-mapped vocabulary entries. Methodologies for the development of ontologies and taxonomies that relate to geographic information and geomatics are not within the scope of this document. This standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from, ISO 19146:2018, Geographic information — Cross-domain vocabularies.
The public comment period for this draft is about to expire. Closing date for comments 04/03/2019.
DR AS/NZS ISO 19165.1:2019 (Committee IT-004)
Geographic information — Preservation of digital data and metadata — Part 1: Fundamentals
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to define a preservation metadata extension of AS/ NZS ISO 19115.1. It defines the requirements for the long-term preservation of digital geospatial data. These data also include metadata, representation information, provenance, context and any other content items that capture the knowledge that are necessary to fully understand and reuse the archived data. This standard also refers to characteristics of data formats that are useful for the purpose of archiving. Geospatial data are preserved as a geospatial information package (IP). This standard defines the requirements of the geospatial archival IP and details of the geospatial submission and the dissemination IPs. A geospatial archival IP is fully self-describing and allows a future reconstruction of the data set without external documentation. The functional requirements for a preservation archive are defined in Annex D. This standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from, ISO 19165-1:2018 Geographic information — Preservation of digital data and metadata — Part 1: Fundamentals.
The public comment period for this draft is about to expire. Closing date for comments 04/03/2019.
DR AS/NZS ISO 19101.2:2019 (Committee IT-004)
Geographic information — Reference model — Part 2: Imagery
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to define a reference model for standardisation in the field of geographic imagery processing. This reference model identifies the scope of the standardization activity being undertaken and the context in which it takes place. The reference model includes gridded data with an emphasis on imagery. Although structured in the context of information technology and information technology standards, this document is independent of any application development method or technology implementation approach. This standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from, ISO 19101-2:2018 Geographic information — Reference model — Part 2: Imagery.
The public comment period for this draft is about to expire. Closing date for comments 04/03/2019.
DR AS/NZS ISO 19123.2:2019 (Committee IT-004)
Geographic information — Schema for coverage geometry and functions — Part 2: Coverage implementation schema
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to specify a concrete, implementable, conformance-testable coverage structure based on the abstract schema for coverages defined in the AS/NZS ISO 19123 schema for coverage geometry. This Standard defines a structure that is suitable for encoding in many encoding formats. This standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from, ISO 19123-2:2018 Geographic information — Schema for coverage geometry and functions — Part 2: Coverage implementation schema.
The public comment period for this draft is about to expire. Closing date for comments 04/03/2019.