The appendix contains unwieldy text parts that complement and document the statements in the main text.

The main text must be understandable without the appendix.

The appendix is titled “Appendix”, does not receive an order number, and has its own page numbering. If several independent texts are attached, they are sorted according to the order of mention in the text and listed in a separate table of contents, which appears at the beginning of the appendix.

The appendix is an optional part of the structure of a scientific paper.

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Often, the appendix contains extensive collections of data, text, and/or images, e.g.:

• Measurement protocols
• Manufacturing documents (e.g. drawings)
• Data sheets of used components
• Information on intellectual property rights
• Requests to companies and corresponding replies, or similar

An exception is material that only makes sense in digital form (e.g. program code, videos) or would make the paper excessively large (extremely large tables, reference images etc.).

These should then be stored on the digital storage medium (CD/DVD) and referenced in the appendix. Example: Appendix 4 Program Code – only on DVD.

The appendix is a mandatory part of the structure of a scientific paper when originals or extensive parts need to be included.

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