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What are standards? A standard was defined by the National Standards Policy Advisory Committee as: "A prescribed set of rules, conditions, or requirements concerning definitions of terms; classification of components; specification of materials, performance, or operations; delineation of procedures; or measurement of quantity and quality in describing materials, products, systems, services, or practices." |
Finding Standards |
| IHS/Global Engineering Documents - Search for engineering standards, military standards, military specifications, technical information and regulations, mechanical design specifications, electrical design specifications, and news from the world's leading Standards Developing Organizations. |
| NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards |
| Techstreet - Search for standards and specifications from more than 300 organizations. Order copies of standards in paper format. Download PDF formats when available. |
| US Department of Defense
ASSIST (Acquisition Streamlining & Standardization Information
System) ASSIST QuickSearch (no registration needed) |
| WSSN (World Standards
Services Network) WSSN Member organizations |
Standards Links |
| ABC's Of Standards-Related Activities in the United States (NIST) |
| Sources For Purchasing Standards (NIST) |
| Standards Engineering Society (SES) Includes a very complete list of national and international standards development organizations. |
| Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) -an independent, not-for-profit product safety testing and certification organization. |
| Web Standards Project |
| The What, Why, and How of Standards (Techstreet) |
| World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - issues specifications, guidelines, software, and tools. |