Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI)

Version History

Example of how to reference SP 811 (2008 edition) of this online document:
Ambler Thompson and Barry N. Taylor (2008), Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI) NIST Special Publication 811, 2008 Edition (version 3.0). [Online] Available: http://physics.nist.gov/SP811 [2008, September 16]. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.

Optional addition:
Originally published as Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI), NIST Special Publication 811, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (2008 Edition).

Citation Form:
Author/editor (Year), Title (edition). [Type of medium] Available: URL [Access date].

Web Version 3.2
July 2008
HTML (2008 edition) online
Web Version 3.1
June 2008
SP811 (1995 edition) taken offline
Web Version 3.0
May 2008
PDF (2008 edition) online.
Published Version
March 2008
Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI), NIST Special Publication 811, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (2008 Edition, 1st printing - supersedes 1995 Version)
Version 2.3
May 2007
Greek letters were converted from images to HTML code in the text. Equations remain displayed as images.
Version 2.2
March 2004
Footnote 28 was added for "acceleration of free fall, standard" in Sec. B.8 and Sec. B.9. The layout of the footnotes page was modified.
Version 2.1
April 2001
Added navagation to Appendix B8 and Appendix B9.
Version 2.0
July 2000
HTML version online.
Version 1.1
October 1996
Update of PDF version.
Version 1.0
May 1996
PDF version online.
Published Version
April 1995
Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI), NIST Special Publication 811, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1995 Edition, 2nd printing - supersedes September 1991 Version)

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