A PAS can be seen as a step in the process of standardization. It includes useful and practical information that can be made available quickly to suit the market need of the developers and users of a product, process or service.
A full standard requires several more stages of development before full consensus is achieved. A growing number of standards will appear as a PAS before they become standards.
The rationale for publishing a PAS is that while it may not have the full breadth of agreement of a standard, the speed of delivery and the high-calibre quality of the content enables users of the PAS to reap significant benefit.
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