Attachment 7 - AFRL ANSI_NISO Based Guide to Formatting Tech Reports.pdf

This document is a formatting guide for technical reports prepared for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in accordance with ANSI/NISO Z39.18 standards.

The guide establishes comprehensive formatting requirements for AFRL technical reports, including structure, style, and presentation standards. Technical reports must include front matter (cover page, SF 298 Report Documentation Page, table of contents, list of figures, and list of tables), a body section with required headings (summary, introduction, methods/assumptions/procedures, results and discussion, conclusions, and conditional recommendations/references), and back matter (appendices, bibliography, symbols/abbreviations/acronyms list, glossary, index, and distribution list). The cover page must display the AFRL shield, technical report document number, main title (16pt bold), subtitle (14pt bold), author names, contractor/subcontractor information, report date, report type (interim or final), distribution statement, warning statements if applicable, destruction notice, and sponsoring directorate. All reports must use 12-point Times New Roman or Arial font with single spacing, one-inch margins, and centered page numbers. Figure and table captions should appear on the same line as their numbers and use at least 8-point font. References must be listed numerically in order of appearance within the text body rather than at section ends. The guide provides detailed examples of reference formatting for journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, and books, along with specifications for symbols, abbreviations, and acronyms lists. All appendix figures, tables, equations, and references must be prefixed with the appendix letter (e.g., A-1, B-2).