Standards Related Links
 

These links may come in handy for those who want to learn a little more about standards, standardisation, and the various issues that surround them.

Please note that this list is under permanent construction.
 

Standards Setting Organisations

International

• ISO - International Organization for Standardization
• IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission
• ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1
• ITU - International Telecommunication Union
• IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force
• IEEE Standards Asscociation Home Page

European

• CEN - Comité Européen de Normalisation
• CEN/ISSS - Information Society Standardization System
• CENELEC - Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
• ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute

A comprehensive list of formal standards setting bodies (international, regional, national), see the
World Standards Services Network

For a comprehensive list of standards-related Fora and Consortia click here

You will find a whole lot of information on (standards) consortia here.

Other Standards-related Organisations

• ANEC - European Association for the Co-ordination of Consumer Representation in Standardisation
• CSR - Communications Standards Review
• EURAS - The European Academy for Standardization
• IFAN - International Federation of Standards Users
• INTUG - International Telecommunication Users Group
• SES - Standards Engineering Society
• UN/ECE - UN Economic Commission for Europe
• WTO - World Trade Organization
   

EU Initiatives

Standards policy
The New Approach to technical harmonisation and standardisation - Harmonised Standards
COPRAS is a project co-sponsored by the European Commission under the 'Information Society Technologies' programme. It aims to improve the interface between research and standards and is being run by the three officially recognised European Standards Organisations, CEN, CENELEC & ETSI, together with the Open Group and the World Wide Web Consortium.

Journals, Conferences etc.

1st IEEE Conference on Standardisation and Innovation in Information Technology (SIIT '99)
2nd IEEE Conference on Standardisation and Innovation in Information Technology (SIIT '01) (Currently not online)
3rd IEEE Conference on Stndardisation and Innovation in Information Technology (SIIT '03)
4th Int. Conference on Stndardisation and Innovation in Information Technology (SIIT '05)

Computer Standards & Interfaces (Elsevier) 
The International Journal of  IT Standards & Standardization Research (JITSR)