TINEIA Engineering Standards and Publications are designed to serve the public interest through eliminating
misunderstandings between manufacturers and purchasers, facilitating interchangeability and improvement of
products, and assisting the purchaser in selecting and obtaining with minimum delay the proper product for his
particular need. Existence of such Standards and Publications shall not in any respect preclude any member or
nonmember of TIA/EIA from manufacturing or selling products not conforming to such Standards and
Publications, nor shall the existence of such Standards and Publications preclude their voluntary use by those
other than TIA/EIA members, whether the standard is to be used either domestically or internationally.