Technical Standard

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:
    • Clinical Terminology Standard,
  • an Industry Standard such as:
    • a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Standard,
    • a MIDI Standard,
  • a Standard Specification such as:
    • a Data Interchange Standard,
    • a Clinical Data Standard,
  • a Standard Guide,
  • a Standard Practice such a:
    • Best-Practice Standard,
  • a Standard Test Method,
  • a Standard Unit,
  • ...
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Gold Standard,
  • Social Norm,
  • Standard Deviation,
  • Structured Vocabulary.
• See: Clinical Data Standard, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Standards Organizations, Information Technology, Best Practice.

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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 of technical experts.

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