         IEEE's Standards Process Automation System (SPAsystem)

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The SPAsystem has several goals:

to serve as a communications and information hub for standards
development and use

to save time and resources for participants in the IEEE Standards
Program

to allow flexible electronic data interchange among the IEEE and other
organizations

to provide an up-to-the-minute, comprehensive view of the development,
history, and status of any Standards project

to facilitate the creation of Standards in an electronic format that
matches the electronic format ultimately to be distributed to users

to deliver Standards in flexible forms, according to user needs

to advance the internationalization of IEEE Standards by enabling
worldwide access to computer-aided standards development
