scope:

This standard applies to the auxiliary equipment used between a shock or vibration transducer and the final indicator, recorder, or signal processor. This document presents a standard format for indicating pertinent characteristics but does not in any respect become a standard on the performance of the equipment.

Since this standard was prepared to cover a wide variety of equipment in considerable detail, not all items will be pertinent to a specific piece of equipment. Also, it is not the intent of this standard to establish an ironclad rule as to which of the characteristics should be included, although in many cases important characteristics are emphasized.