How controlled documents, such as specifications, plans, procedures, datasheets and customer documents, are created, reviewed, approved, versioned, distributed, changed and retired. Readers must always be able to tell which version is current and approved, and obsolete versions must not be used by mistake.
A document is drafted, reviewed, approved and released with a version, distributed to its readers, and later revised or retired.
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