# Core Rules and Guidelines for Standards

The following contain both requirements and guidelines for producing Standards documents.

## Terms

- Standards review group (*SRG*): assigned group which reviews and approves changes to the Standards.

## Requirements

- The SRG MUST review outstanding change requests (PRs) every two weeks (14 days).
- PRs MUST remain open for comment no less than 5 business days (or one week).
  - PRs MAY remain open for more than 2 weeks if the discussion is active and ongoing.
- The SRG MUST publish Standards no more frequently than once per week, nor less frequently than once every three months.

Docuents MUST:

- Follow [RFC-2119](rfc2119.txt).
- Be as specific as possible (e.g., no colloquial langauge).
- Be concise and use [active voice](https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/style/ccs_activevoice/).
- Capitalize all words in headings.
- Use American English spellings and conventions.

## Guidelines

All Standards documents:

- SHOULD follow the [Google Style Guide](https://developers.google.com/style/lists#capitalization-and-end-punctuation) for punctuation and capitalization.