Standards Information on the Web
Industry Organizations and National Standards Associations
- Air-Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration
Institute
http://www.ahrinet.org/Content/StandardsProgram_20.aspx
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) is a voluntary,
nonprofit organization comprised of the manufacturers of air
conditioning, refrigeration, and heating products. The
more than 60 standards now published are mainly performance-rating
standards, although some are application or terminology
standards. Many AHRI standards are accepted as American National Standards.
- American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials
https://bookstore.transportation.org/category_item.aspx
The American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association representing
highway and transportation departments in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. It is the only national public sector association
that represents all five transportation modes: air, highways, public transportation, rail and water.
Its primary goal is to foster the development, operation and maintenance of an integrated national transportation system.
Some of the major AASHTO publications which include standards are Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods
of Sampling and Testing:(Engineering Standards TE200 .A428), Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges:
(Engineering Reference TG310 .A6), and Guide Specifications for Highway Construction, 1998:
(Engineering Reference TE180 .G85 1998).
- American
Concrete Institute
http://www.concrete.org/
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) serves the various components of the
concrete industry. It has about one hundred technical
committees,
and the documents produced by these committees
are arranged into five groups in the six-part Manual of Concrete Practice (MCP) which includes almost all of the Institute's
codes, standards, and committee reports.
They include
research and administration, materials and properties
of concrete, design and construction practices, structural analysis, and
special products and processes.
- American National Standards
Institute Online
http://webstore.ansi.org/
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
is a private, nonprofit organization
that facilitates the development
of voluntary national consensus standards.
- American Society
for
Testing and Materials
http://www.astm.org/
The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) is composed of 132 technical standards
writing committees. They have published approximately 9,100
standard specifications, tests, practices,
guides, and definitions for materials, products, systems, and
services.
ASTM has published standards dealing with metals, flammability,
chemical products, lubricants, fossil fuels,
textiles, paint, plastics, rubber, pipe, forensic sciences,
electronics, energy, medical devices. A
searchable database of standards is available.
- American Society
of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
http://www.ashrae.org/publications/page/1285
ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air-Conditioning Engineers is an international organization of
50,000 persons with chapters throughout the world. The Society is
involved with research, standards writing,
continuing education and publications.
- American Society of
Mechanical Engineers
http://www.asme.org/codes/
ASME International serves the technical interests of its
members, with a goal toward being increasingly professional in its
outlook.
- American Welding
Society
https://www.awspubs.com/index.php?osCsid=877d91614e1035f2ac5208ca15e29930
The American Welding Society (AWS) works to advance the science,
technology, and application of welding and related joining
disciplines. AWS has published more than 140 standards under the
guidelines of the
American National Standards Institute.
- Canadian
General
Standards Board
http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/cgsb/home/index-e.html
The Canadian General
Standards Board web page contains a calendar, electronic catalogs,
products lists,
publication lists, and links to other standard sites.
- Data
Interchange Standards Association, Inc. (DISA)
http://www.disa.org/
DISA supports the activities of the ASC-X12 and UN/EDIFACT
standards-setting bodies, who develop standards for business-to-business data exchange.
- The Department of Defense
Single Stock Point for Military Specifications, Standards
and Related Publications: DODSSP
http://dodssp.daps.dla.mil/
The DODSSP site includes a link to ASSIST (Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System) which is a database system for DOD-wide standardization document information management. The ASSIST database resides at the Department of Defense Single Stock Point for Military Specifications and Standards (DODSSP), located at DAPS, Philadelphia.
- Department of Energy (DOE) Technical Standards
http://www.hss.doe.gov//nuclearsafety/ns/techstds/
As stated, the mission of the DOE Technical Standards Program is to: "...enhance DOE's transition to a standards-based culture by providing information, coordinating activities, and promoting the use of consensus standards, and when needed, the development of DOE technical standards." The website includes a searchable database to efficiently access the most relevant information.
- Document
Center
http://www.document-center.com
Document Center Inc. specializes in paper copy delivery of
specifications and standards. This is technical information used in
trade, engineering, manufacturing, and other aspects of commerce. They
can be government documents, such as regulations, or industry
documents - for example, ANSI standards.
- European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
http://www.etsi.org
European Telecommunications Standards Institute provides a searchable catalog on their
webpage.
- Global
Engineering Documents
http://global.ihs.com
Provides a searchable catalog of over one million documents from over 450 standards organizations.
- IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission)
http://webstore.iec.ch
Includes complete infomation on published standards.
- IEEE Xplore- Standards
IEEE Xplore is the IEEE Electronic Library, which contains IEEE Standards in full-text. UW Restricted.
- IEEE Standards Association
http://standards.ieee.org/
This site includes information on the SPA system, a loosely connected
set of information technologies
intended to streamline the IEEE standards
development process. A searchable catalog of standards is available at
http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/olis/index.html
- ILI Standards Infobase
The ILI standards database covers 400,000 worldwide standards. Coverage extends across the industrialised world. Information given includes the Number, Title, Version, Summary, International Equivalents, Table of Contents and more. Included are the relevant EU Directives listing the standards required to attain the CE Mark. Over 250 Standards issuing authorities are covered including all the major ones around the world. UW Restricted.
- ISO
Online
http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a
non-governmental organization established in 1947. The mission of ISO is
to
promote the development of standardization and related activities in the
world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and
services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual,
scientific, technological and economic activity. ISO maintains a
searchable online
catalogue of international standards. First time users may want to
read the tutorial on how
to use the catalogue. The searchable catalog of standards is available at
http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/Standards_Search.StandardsQueryForm
- International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
http://www.itu.int/publications/sector.aspx?lang=en§or=2
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is an international organizationwhich provides
global telecommunication standards. ITU-T Recommendations (standards), form the foundations of
the information and communications technologies of today. Download over 3000 ITU-T Recommendations for free.
- National Association
of
Corrosion Engineers
http://www.nace.org/content.cfm?parentid=1018¤tID=1018
Develops and disseminates surface preparation standards and other
standards relevant to the Corrosion Industry.
- National Electrical
Manufacturers Association
http://www.nema.org/standards
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association is the trade association
through which the electrical industry
develops and promotes positions on standards and
government regulations.
- National
Fire Protection Association
http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=124&URL=Codes%20&%20Standards
The NFPR advocates scientifically-based consensus codes and standards,
research,
and education for fire and related safety
issues.
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National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
http://www.nist.gov/
NIST's primary mission is to promote U.S. economic growth by working with
industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards.
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National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
http://www.niso.org/standards/
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) develops and promotes technical
standards used in a wide variety of information services. NISO is a nonprofit association
accredited as a standards developer by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI),
the national clearinghouse for voluntary standards development in the U.S.
NISO also offers select standards for free download via Techstreet at:
http://www.techstreet.com/nisogate.html
- National Standards Systems
Network
http://www.nssn.org/default.aspx
"The National Standards Systems Network (NSSN) is an electronic network
that will link the standards systems of the hundreds of organizations
involved in the development, production, distribution, and use of
technical standards and will provide cataloging, indexing,
searching and routing capabilities to the entire range of national,
regional and international standards and standards-related information."
-
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
http://www.osha.gov/
"Regulations and Compliance Links provides a comprehensive and easy to use resource for current OSHA standards and compliance-related information.Not all interpretations which have been issued by OSHA are included on "Regulations and Compliance Links". Ongoing maintenance is designed to provide the most up-to-date OSHA standards and interpretations of employee safety and health issues, while reducing the duplication of information and removing outdated guidance." A searchable database of OSHA Regulations is available at:
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owasrch.search_form?p_doc_type=STANDARDS&p_toc_level=0&p_keyvalue=
- Society of
Automotive Engineers
http://www.sae.org/standardsdev/
SAE publishes many new, revised, and reaffirmed standards each year in
three categories: Ground Vehicle Standards
(J-Reports); Aerospace Standards; and Aerospace Material Specifications
(AMS). Access to this up-to-date information is a
key component of efficient product design, testing and operation. Because
standards are an agreement on form, fit and
function, they enable industries, engineering disciplines, and
countries to talk to each other in a common language.
- Techstreet
http://www.techstreet.com
Techstreet provides engineering and technical documents from over 55 standards
developing nations.
- Underwriters Laboratories
(UL)
http://www.ul.com/info/standard.htm
UL is involved in the U.S. Safety System, developing the UL Mark
symbol of safety. UL's activities involve evaluating
more than 16,500 different types of products for safety hazards,
developing standards to test products, and registering the
quality systems of organizations worldwide to various quality standards,
including ISO 9000 and QS-9000 standards. UL maintains a separate standards website at: http://ulstandardsinfonet.ul.com/.
Other standards resources:
- NIST Virtual Museum
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) offers several online exhibits illustrating the development of standards in different contexts. Exhibits include: Standardization of Women's Clothing, Weights and Measures, NIST Stone Test Wall and Bat Missle.
- ANSI Internet Resources
http://web.ansi.org/internet_resources/overview/overview.aspx?menuid=12
This page contains links to other resources on the Internet providing
information on
standards, the standards development process
and standards organizations. Updated frequently by ANSI.
-
Computer & Communications Standards
http://www.cmpcmm.com/cc/standards.html
Scores of links to standard bodies, including but not limited to,
Internet standards.
- World Standards Services Network (WSSN)
http://www.wssn.net/WSSN/index.html
The World Standards Services Network (WSSN), is a network of publicly accessible World Wide Web servers of standards organizations
around the world. Through the web sites of its members, WSSN provides information on international, regional and national standardization
and related activities and services.
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