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LinkLine: Summer 2007

About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates

SpecLink+ Statistics:

  • 528 sections total, 132 updated or new (25%)
  • 524 non-proprietary sections
  • 4 proprietary sections
  • 54 sections with built-in checklists
  • 91,063 paragraphs
  • 100,917 internal links (targets and consequences)
  • 25,901 notes to specifier
  • 14,847 notes with live hyperlinks to Internet web pages
  • 2,123 external documents referenced, with live hyperlinks to order information
  • 958 ASTMs referenced, 100% within the last 9 months
  • 1,165 other documents referenced, 77% verified this quarter*
  • 183 standards organizations referenced
  • 2,410 manufacturer listings, with live hyperlinks to their web sites.
  • 940 unique manufacturers listed in 371 non-proprietary sections

PerSpective Short Form Statistics:

  • 16 sections corresponding to MasterFormat 1995 divisions
  • 1 sections updated (6%)
  • 8,307 paragraphs
  • 9,096 internal links (targets and consequences)
  • 1,563 notes to specifier, 1,022 with live hyperlinks
  • 365 external documents referenced
  • 224 ASTMs referenced, 100% verified within the last 9 months
  • 141 other documents referenced, 74% verified this quarter
  • 43 standards organizations referenced

PerSpective Performance Statistics:

  • 161 sections, 5 updated (3%)
  • 17,392 paragraphs
  • 21,992 internal links (targets and consequences)
  • 4,024 notes to specifier, 926 with live hyperlinks
  • 191 external documents referenced, with live hyperlinks to order information
  • 50 ASTMs referenced, 100% verified within the last 9 months
  • 143 other documents referenced, 76% verified this quarter*
  • 39 standards organizations referenced

*Documents issued more than two years ago are verified quarterly, as are annual and semi-annual publications. The documents not verified this quarter were updated within the past two years.

Section Titles That Have Changed

MF95:
01363 - LEED Prohibited Content Installer Certification
07152 - Lead Sheet Waterproofing

MF04:
00 43 27 - Separate Prices Form †
00 43 28 - Tax Rebate Form †
01 31 14 - Facility Services Coordination †
07 15 13 - Lead Sheet Waterproofing †

† for coordination with ongoing MasterFormat 2004 updates
Note: Some additional corrections have been made to the Table of Contents sections.