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LinkLine: Fall 2009

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Section Counts By Catalog:

  • A = Arch  --  382
  • S = Structural  --  135
  • C = Civil --  159
  • L = Landscape  --  129
  • M = Mechanical / Electrical  --  279
  • X  = Basics  --  177
  • Short Form  --  16
  • Performance  --  161

SpecLink+ Statistics:

  • 553 sections total 
  • 548 non-proprietary secions
  • 5 proprietary sections
  • 4 new non-proprietary sections
  • 0 new proprietary sections
  • 2 sections deleted
  • 252 non-proprietary sections updated
  • 2 proprietary sections updated
  • 46% of all total sections updated
  • 46% of all non-proprietary sections updated
  • 40% of all proprietary sections updated
  • 72 sections with checklists
  • 98,387 paragraphs
  • 118,410 links
  • 27,243 notes to specifier
  • 15,000 notes with live hyperlinks
  • 1,688 external documents referenced
  • 675 ASTM documents referenced
  • 124 ASTM documents updated (18% of the total)
  • 100% of ASTM documents verified within the last 3 months
  • 1,013 other documents and standards referenced
  • 38 documents and standards verified within the last quarter (roughly 4% of the total)
  • 165 standards organizations referenced
  • 390 sections with manufacturers listed
  • 2,581 manufacturers listed
  • 964 unique manufacturers listed
  • 438 manufacturers verified last quarter (roughly 46% of the total)
  • No Manufacturer name change

Short Form Statistics:

  • 16 sections corresponding to MasterFormat 1995 divisions
  • 1 section updated
  • 8,308 paragraphs
  • 9,296 internal links (targets and consequences)
  • 1,564 notes to specifier
  • 225 ASTMs referenced, 100% verified within last 3 months
  • 29 ASTM documents updated (13% of the total)
  • 139 other documents referenced, 4% verified in the last quarter
  • 42 standards organizations referenced

PerSpective Performance Statistics:

  • 161 sections, 10 updated
  • 17,395 paragraphs
  • 22,373 internal links (targets and consequences)
  • 4,026 notes to specifier, 926 with live hyperlinks
  • 50 ASTMs referenced (100% verified within the last 3 months)
  • 7 ASTM documents updated (14% of the total)
  • 141 other documents and standards referenced (10 verified within the last quarter)
  • 7% of other documents verified in the last quarter
  • 38 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.