Notice boxesSome of the content has been called out into notice boxes. There are two different kinds of notice boxes used in this documentWhen content in this document has a particular purpose or function, it is called out into one of four types of notice boxes: - Info boxes contain helpful notes or additional information
about the point under discussion (or for the Notes to Readers on the cover page, about the standard as a whole) that may be of special interest to the reader, such as alternate modeling approaches currently in development, or points of interest about specific rows in a sample dataset- about the standard itself, its content, or the processes and decisions behind the advice it contains. An info box might contain the document's metadata, or a more detailed explanation of a column heading whose meaning might be open to misinterpretation, or the reasoning behind a particular modeling decision.
- Tip boxes contain suggestions that the reader may find helpful to do before continuing to read the document further, such as reviewing a relatively new or anticipated standard before reading an example in which it is used.
- Caution boxes contain notices, reminders, and precautionary advice.
- Alert boxes contain information
that it - that it is especially important to note
. In general, anything inside an alert box should be borne in mind - , and remember, while reading and/or implementing the standard.
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