Most chapters have now been written in the format recommended by
the Commission, namely, that previously approved terms and names
are linked with descriptive text. However, a delay in preparing
a complete draft has been caused by the necessity of waiting for
the publication, or at least the final approval, of several new
documents that form the bases of chapters and are still in the review
cycle. In addition, the Commission has chosen to impose a strict
guidance on the presentation of rules in the Guide in that each
definition and rule cited has to be referred to by its number in
the original document. Thus, the chapters will still need to go
through another cycle of revision and approval by the working parties.
This project has been initiated by the former Commission on Macromolecular
Nomenclature (IV.1), and in 2000 the responsibility transferred
to Edward S. Wilks > project reinitiated
as 2005-007-1-400
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