Technical Standard
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A Technical Standard is a De-Facto Standard that is a set of established norms requirements, guidelines and/or specification that is usually developed by a standard-developing organization.
- Context:
- It can range from being a Voluntary Consensus Standard, to being a Industry Standard, to being a Government Standard.
- It can range from being a National Technical Standard, to being an International Technical Standard.
- Example(s):
- a Terminology/Vocabulary Standard such as:
- an Industry Standard such as:
- a Standard Specification such as:
- a Standard Guide,
- a Standard Practice such a:
- a Standard Test Method,
- a Standard Unit,
- ...
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Clinical Data Standard, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Standards Organizations, Information Technology, Best Practice.
References
2022
- (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/technical_standard Retrieved:2022-1-3.
- A technical standard is an established norm or requirement for a repeatable technical task which is applied to a common and repeated use of rules, conditions, guidelines or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, and related management systems practices. A technical standard includes definition of terms; classification of components; delineation of procedures; specification of dimensions, materials, performance, designs, or operations; measurement of quality and quantity in describing materials, processes, products, systems, services, or practices; test methods and sampling procedures; or descriptions of fit and measurements of size or strength. It is usually a formal document that establishes uniform engineering or technical criteria, methods, processes, and practices. In contrast, a custom, convention, company product, corporate standard, and so forth that becomes generally accepted and dominant is often called a de facto standard. A technical standard may be developed privately or unilaterally, for example by a corporation, regulatory body, military, etc. Standards can also be developed by groups such as trade unions and trade associations. Standards organizations often have more diverse input and usually develop voluntary standards: these might become mandatory if adopted by a government (i.e., through legislation), business contract, etc. The standardization process may be by edict or may involve the formal consensus [1] of technical experts.
- ↑ Example of TAPPI standards development regulations