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LinkLine: Summer 2009

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Section Counts By Catalog:

  • A = Arch  --  376
  • S = Structural  --  135
  • C = Civil --  158
  • L = Landscape  --  128
  • M = Mechanical / Electrical  --  278
  • X  = Basics  --  177
  • Short Form  --  16
  • Performance  --  161
  • Design Criteria Catalog  --  109

SpecLink+ Statistics:

  • 548 sections total 
  • 541 non-proprietary secions
  • 7 proprietary sections
  • 4 new non-proprietary sections
  • 0 new proprietary sections
  • 0 sections deleted
  • 138 non-proprietary sections updated
  • 2 proprietary sections updated
  • 26% of all total sections updated
  • 26% of all non-proprietary sections updated
  • 29% of all proprietary sections updated
  • 71 sections with checklists
  • 97,491 paragraphs
  • 116,785 links
  • 27,773 notes to specifier
  • 15,593 notes with live hyperlinks
  • 2,314 external documents referenced
  • 983 ASTM documents referenced
  • 100% of ASTM documents verified within the last 11 months
  • 1,331 other documents and standards referenced
  • 122 documents and standards verified within the last quarter (roughly 9% of the total)
  • 197 standards organizations referenced
  • 383 sections with manufacturers listed
  • 2,573 manufacturers listed
  • 955 unique manufacturers listed
  • 438 manufacturers verified last quarter (roughly 46% of the total)
  • 1 Manufacturer name change

Short Form Statistics:

  • 16 sections corresponding to MasterFormat 1995 divisions
  • 1 section updated
  • 8,308 paragraphs
  • 9,234 internal links (targets and consequences)
  • 1,564 notes to specifier
  • 226 ASTMs referenced, 100% verified within last 11 months
  • 139 other documents referenced, 8% verified in the last quarter
  • 42 standards organizations referenced

PerSpective Performance Statistics:

  • 161 sections, 0 updated
  • 17,394 paragraphs
  • 22,297 internal links (targets and consequences)
  • 4,025 notes to specifier, 926 with live hyperlinks
  • 50 ASTMs referenced (100% verified within the last 11 months)
  • 139 other documents and standards referenced (19 verified within the last quarter)
  • 14% of other documents verified in the last quarter
  • 38 standards organizations referenced

Design Criteria Statistics:

  • 32 sections total
  • 32 new sections
  • 0 sections deleted
  • 32 sections updated
  • 100% updated
  • 32 sections with checklists
  • 13,818 paragraphs
  • 18,987 links
  • 2,572 notes to specifier
  • 521 notes with live hyperlinks
  • 186 external documents referenced
  • 47 ASTMs referenced
  • 100% of ASTMs verified within the last 11 months
  • 139 other documents verified
  • 11% of other documents verified within the last quarter
  • 41 different 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.