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The Scheme language is standardized in the official [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE]] standard<ref name="ieee1178">1178-1990 (Reaff 2008) IEEE Standard for the Scheme Programming Language. IEEE part number STDPD14209, [http://standards.ieee.org/board/rev/308minutes.html unanimously reaffirmed] at a meeting of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Standards Review Committee (RevCom), March 26, 2008 (item 6.3 on minutes), reaffirmation minutes accessed October 2009. NOTE: this document is only available for purchase from IEEE and is not available online at the time of writing (2009).</ref> <!--

-->and a ''de facto'' standard called the ''Revised{{padlsup|n}} Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme'' (R''n''RS). A widely implemented standard is R5RS (1998).<ref name="r5rs">{{cite journal |author=Richard Kelsey |date=August 1998 |title=Revised⁵ Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme |url=http://www.schemers.org/Documents/Standards/R5RS/ |journal=Higher-Order and Symbolic Computation |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=7–105 |doi=10.1023/A:1010051815785 |access-date=2012-08-09 |author2=William Clinger |author3=Jonathan Rees |display-authors=3 |last4=Rozas |first4=G.J. |last5=Adams Iv |first5=N.I. |last6=Friedman |first6=D.P. |last7=Kohlbecker |first7=E. |last8=Steele Jr. |first8=G.L. |last9=Bartley |first9=D.H.|s2cid=14069423 }}</ref> <!--

-->The most recently ratified standardsstandard of Scheme<!--

--> are now referred to asis "R7RS-small" (R7RS, 2013)<ref name="r7rs">{{cite web |date=2013-07-06 |title=R7RS final available |url=http://trac.sacrideo.us/wg/raw-attachment/wiki/WikiStart/r7rs.pdf |title=R7RS final available |date=2013-07-06}}</ref>). The more expansive and "large"modular (R6RS, ratified in 2007<ref name="r6rs">{{cite web |last1=Sperber |first1=Michael |last2=Dybvig |first2=R. Kent |last3=Flatt |first3=Matthew |last4=Van Straaten |first4=Anton |display-authors=etal |date=August 2007 |title=Revised⁶ Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme (R6RS) |url=http://www.r6rs.org |access-date=2011-09-13 |publisher=Scheme Steering Committee}}</ref>). Both trace their descent from R5RS; the timeline below reflects the chronological order of ratification.<!--

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