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LinkLine: Winter 2008-09

About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates

SpecLink+ Statistics:

  • 537 sections total, 195 updated (36%)
  • 530 non-proprietary sections
  • 2 new sections
  • 7 proprietary sections, 2 new
  • 56 sections with built-in checklists
  • 93,765 paragraphs
  • 109,002 internal links (targets and consequences)
  • 26,920 notes to specifier
  • 15,370 notes with live hyperlinks to Internet web pages
  • 2,226 external documents referenced, with live hyperlinks to order information
  • 974 ASTMs referenced, 100% verified within last 5 months
  • 1,252 other documents referenced, 43% verified in the last 6 months
  • 189 standards organizations referenced
  • 2,492 manufacturer listings, with live hyperlinks to their web sites
  • 943 unique manufacturers listed in 380 sections, 6 updated this quarter

Short Form Statistics:

  • 16 sections corresponding to MasterFormat 1995 divisions
  • 8,308 paragraphs
  • 1,564 notes to specifier, 1,023 with live hyperlinks
  • 9,232 internal links (targets and consequences)
  • 364 external documents referenced
  • 226 ASTMs referenced, 100% verified within last 5
  • 138 other documents referenced, 50% verified in the last 6 months
  • 42 standards organizations referenced

PerSpective Performance Statistics:

  • 161 sections
  • 17,394 paragraphs
  • 22,296 internal links (targets and consequences)
  • 4,025 notes to specifier, 926 with live hyperlinks
  • 190 external documents referenced, with live hyperlinks to order information
  • 50 ASTMs referenced, 100% verified within last 5 months
  • 140 other documents referenced, 42% verified in the last 6 months
  • 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.