Industry Publications

Codes
Communications Alliance creates Industry Codes that define good industry practice. In many cases these Codes are enforceable by the Australian government regulators
Guidelines
Guidelines are documents with which compliance is voluntary (although they may be enforceable through reference to the Guideline in a contract or through adoption by a regulator). They cover a range of industry topics including consumer, operational and technical matters.
Standards
Standards cover a range of technical topics. Most of them define the technical parameters of "Customer Equipment" e.g. phones, modems, PBXs.
Specifications
Specifications are usually voluntary documents that are technical in nature. They are mainly used for the connecting together of telecommunications networks.
Industry Guidance Notes
Industry Guidance Notes are documents created by Communications Alliance (sometimes with involvement of other relevant stakeholders) to address a need for further guidance and/or clarification for a specific topic that has caused confusion among industry participants in the past or has the potential to do so.