Applicability

This Standard specifies administration systems for commercial telecommunications infrastructure. This infrastructure may range in size from a building requiring a single telecommunications space (TS) and associated elements, to many TSs and associated elements in multiple campus locations. This Standard applies to administration of telecommunications infrastructure in existing, renovated, and new buildings.

This Standard addresses the administration of commercial telecommunications infrastructure by:

a) assigning identifiers to components of the infrastructure

b) specifying elements of information which make up records for each identifier

c) specifying relationships between these records to access the information they contain

d) specifying reports presenting information on groups of records

e) specifying graphical and symbolic requirements

This Standard does not replace any code, either partially or wholly. The reader shall consult the Authority Having Jurisdiction concerning applicable codes that may impact the use of this Standard.