MIL-STD-38784A
CONTENTS
FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................................................. ii
1 SCOPE. .......................................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Scope........................................................................................................................................................................1
2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS. ................................................................................................................................1
2.1 General .....................................................................................................................................................................1
2.2 Government documents ..........................................................................................................................................1
2.2.1 Speciications, standards and handbooks ...........................................................................................................1
2.2.2 Other Government documents, drawings, and publications ............................................................................1
2.3 Non-government publications.................................................................................................................................2
2.4 Order of precedence ...............................................................................................................................................2
3 DEFINITIONS............................................................................................................................................................2
3.1 Acronyms used in this standard ...........................................................................................................................2
3.2 Deinitions................................................................................................................................................................4
3.2.1 Apron (blank apron)............................................................................................................................................4
3.2.2 Boxhead title ........................................................................................................................................................4
3.2.3 Callout...................................................................................................................................................................4
3.2.4 Caution ..................................................................................................................................................................4
3.2.5 Change ..................................................................................................................................................................4
3.2.6 Change designator................................................................................................................................................4
3.2.7 Chapter ..................................................................................................................................................................4
3.2.8 Chunk ....................................................................................................................................................................4
3.2.9 Department of the Army Equipment Publication(s) (DAEP) .........................................................................4
3.2.10 Draft Equipment Publication(s) (DEP) ............................................................................................................4
3.2.11 Equipment Publication Manuscript...................................................................................................................5
3.2.12 Final Draft Equipment Publication(s) (FDEP) ...............................................................................................5
3.2.13 Final Reproducible Copy (FRC) ......................................................................................................................5
3.2.14 Foldout page ......................................................................................................................................................5
3.2.15 Icon .....................................................................................................................................................................5
3.2.16 Index numbers/letters.........................................................................................................................................5
3.2.17 Issue indicator ....................................................................................................................................................5
3.2.18 Leader lines ........................................................................................................................................................5
3.2.19 Leading ...............................................................................................................................................................5
3.2.20 Legend.................................................................................................................................................................5
3.2.21 Module ................................................................................................................................................................5
3.2.22 Multivolume manuals ........................................................................................................................................5
3.2.23 Nomenclature callout .........................................................................................................................................6
3.2.24 Note.....................................................................................................................................................................6
3.2.25 Part ......................................................................................................................................................................6
3.2.26 Permanent change package ...............................................................................................................................6
3.2.27 Preliminary Draft Equipment Publication(s) (PDEP).....................................................................................6
3.2.28 Preliminary Technical Manual(s) (PTM) .........................................................................................................6
3.2.29 Review Draft Copy (RDC) ..............................................................................................................................6
3.2.30 Revision ..............................................................................................................................................................6
3.2.31 Scrollable view...................................................................................................................................................7
3.2.32 Section ................................................................................................................................................................7
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