List of technical standard organizations explained

This is a list of technical standardization organizations.

International standards organizations

• 3GPP – 3rd Generation Partnership Project
• 3GPP2 – 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2
• ABYC – The American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC is an international organization, despite its name)
• Accellera – Accellera Organization
• A4L – Access for Learning Community (formerly known as the Schools Interoperability Framework)
• AES – Audio Engineering Society
• AHRI - Air-conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute
• ASAM – Association for Automation and Measuring Systems
• ASHRAE – American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE is an international organization, despite its name)
• ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• ASTM International - American Society for Testing and Materials
• ATIS – Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
• AUTOSAR – AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture
• BIPM, CGPM, and CIPM – Bureau International des Poids et Mesures and the related organizations established under the Metre Convention of 1875.
• CableLabs – Cable Television Laboratories
• CCC – Car Connectivity Consortium
• CCSDS – Consultative Committee for Space Data Sciences
• CIE – International Commission on Illumination
• CISPR – International Special Committee on Radio Interference
• CFA – Compact flash association
• DCMI - Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
• DDEX – Digital Data Exchange
• DMSC - Digital Metrology Standards Consortium
• DMTF – Distributed Management Task Force
• Ecma International – Ecma International (previously called ECMA)
• EKOenergy – EKOenergy Network managed by environmental NGOs
• FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations^[1]
• FAI – Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
• GS1 – Global supply chain standards (identification numbers, barcodes, electronic commerce transactions, RFID)
• HGI – Home Gateway Initiative
• HFSB – Hedge Fund Standards Board
• HROpen – Human Resource (HR) data exchange standards body
• IABTL – IAB Tech Lab (Advertising Technology Standards)
• IAQG – International Aerospace Quality Group (Aerospace Quality Standards)
• IATA – International Air Transport Association
• ICAO – International Civil Aviation Organization
• IEC – International Electrotechnical Commission
• IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • IEEE-SA – IEEE Standards Association
• IETF – Internet Engineering Task Force
• IFOAM – International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
• IFSWF – International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds
• IMO – International Maritime Organization
• IMS – IMS Global Learning Consortium
• ISO – International Organization for Standardization
• ISSN -International Standard Serial Number centre
• IPTC – International Press Telecommunications Council
• ITU – The International Telecommunication Union
  • ITU-R – ITU Radiocommunications Sector (formerly known as CCIR)
  • ITU-T – ITU Telecommunications Sector (formerly known as CCITT)
  • ITU-D – ITU Telecom Development (formerly known as BDT)
• IUPAC – International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• Khronos Group - Khronos Group
• Liberty Alliance – Liberty Alliance
• Media Grid – Media Grid Standards Organization
• NACE International – Formerly known as National Association of Corrosion Engineers
• NEMA – National Electrical Manufacturers Association
• OASIS – Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
• OCF – Open Connectivity Foundation
• OGC – Open Geospatial Consortium
• OHICC – Organization of Hotel Industry Classification & Certification
• OIF – Optical Internetworking Forum
• OMA – Open Mobile Alliance
• OMG – Object Management Group
• OGF – Open Grid Forum (merger of Global Grid Forum (GGF) and Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA))
• OpenTravel Alliance – OpenTravel Alliance (previously known as OTA
• OSGi – OSGi Alliance
• PESC – P20 Education Standards Council^[2]
• SAE – SAE International, formerly named the Society of Automotive Engineers
• SAI – Social Accountability International
• SDA – Secure Digital Association
• SNIA – Storage Networking Industry Association
• SMPTE – Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
• SSDA – Solid State Drive Alliance
• The Open Group – The Open Group
• TIA – Telecommunications Industry Association
• TM Forum – Telemanagement Forum
• UIC – International Union of Railways
• UL – Underwriters Laboratories
• Unicode Consortium - Unicode Consortium
• UPU – Universal Postal Union
• WMO – World Meteorological Organization
• W3C – World Wide Web Consortium
• WSA – Website Standards Association
• WHO biological standards – Mostly developed by NIBSC^[3]
• XSF – The XMPP Standards Foundation

Regional standards organizations

Africa

• ARSO – African Organization for Standardization
• SADCSTAN – Southern African Development Community (SADC) Cooperation in Standardization
• SON – Standard Organization of Nigeria

Americas

• COPANT – Pan American Standards Commission
• AMN – MERCOSUR Standardization Association
• CROSQ – CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality
• AAQG – America's Aerospace Quality Group

Asia Pacific

• PASC – Pacific Area Standards Congress
• ACCSQ – ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality

Europe

• CEN – European Committee for Standardization
• CENELEC – European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
• ECSS – European Cooperation for Space Standardization
• EIGA – European Industrial Gases Association
• ETSI – European Telecommunications Standards Institute
• EURAMET – European Association of National Metrology Institutes
• IRMM – Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (European Union)
• EASC – Euro-Asian Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification
• RoyalCert International Registrars
• WELMEC – European Cooperation in Legal Metrology

Middle East

• AIDMO – Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization
• IAU* – International Arabic Union

Nationally-based standards organizations

This list is not limited to ISO members.

• Afghanistan – ANSA – Afghan National Standard Authority
• Algeria – IANOR – French: Institut algérien de normalisation
• Argentina – IRAM – Spanish; Castilian: Instituto Argentino de Normalización
• Armenia – SARM – National Institute of Standards and Quality
• Australia – SA – Standards Australia
• Austria – ASI – Austrian Standards International
• Bahrain – BSMD^[4]
• Bangladesh – BSTI – Bangladesh Standards and Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
• Barbados – BNSI – Barbados National Standards Institution
• Belarus – BELST – Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of Belarus
• Belgium – NBN – Dutch; Flemish: Bureau voor Normalisatie/French: Bureau de Normalisation (formerly: IBN/BIN)
• Belgium – BEC / CEB – The Belgian Electrotechnical Committee – Belgisch Elektrotechnisch Comité – Comité Electrotechnique Belge
• Bolivia – IBNORCA – Spanish; Castilian: Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad
• Botswana – BOBS – Botswana Bureau of Standards
• Bosnia and Herzegovina – BASMP – Institute for Standards, Metrology and Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brazil – ABNT – Portuguese: [[Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas]]
• Brunei Darussalam – CPRU – Construction Planning and Research Unit, Ministry of Development
• Bulgaria – BDS – Bulgarian Institute for Standardization
• Canada
  • SCC – Standards Council of Canada
  • CSA – Canadian Standards Association
  • Centre for Study of Insurance Operations
• Chile – INN – Spanish; Castilian: Instituto Nacional de Normalizacion
• China – SAC – Standardization Administration of China
• China – CSSN – China Standards Information Center
• Colombia – ICONTEC – Instituto Colombiano de Normas Tecnicas y Certificación
• Costa Rica – INTECO – Spanish; Castilian: Instituto de Normas Técnicas de Costa Rica
• Croatia – DZNM – State Office for Standardization and Metrology
• Cuba – NC – Spanish; Castilian: Oficina Nacional de Normalización
• Czech Republic – CSNI – Czech Standards Institute
• Denmark – DS – Dansk Standard
• Ecuador – INEN – Spanish; Castilian: Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización
• Egypt – EO – Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality Control
• El Salvador – CONACYT – Spanish; Castilian: Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
• Estonia – EVS – Eesti Standardikeskus
• Ethiopia – QSAE – Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia
• Finland – SFS – Finnish Standards Association
• France – AFNOR – Association française de normalisation
  • • Germany DIN – German: Deutsches Institut für Normung
  • DKE – German: Deutsche Kommission für Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik in DIN und VDE
  • German: [[Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik]]
• Georgia – GEOSTM – Georgian National Agency for Standards, Technical Regulations and Metrology
• Ghana GSA- Ghana Standards Authority
• Greece – ELOT – Hellenic Organization for Standardization
• Grenada – GDBS – Grenada Bureau of Standards
• Guatemala – COGUANOR – Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas
• Guyana – GNBS – Guyana National Bureau of Standards
• Hong Kong – ITCHKSAR – Innovation and Technology Commission
• Hungary – MSZT – Magyar Szabványügyi Testület
• Iceland – IST – Icelandic Council for Standardization
• India – BIS – Bureau of Indian Standards
• Indonesia – BSN – Badan Standardisasi Nasional
• Iran – ISIRI – Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran
• Ireland – NSAI – National Standards Authority of Ireland
• Israel – SII – The Standards Institution of Israel
• Italy – UNI – Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione
• Jamaica – BSJ – Bureau of Standards, Jamaica
• Japan – JISC – Japan Industrial Standards Committee
• Jordan – JISM – Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology
• Kazakhstan – KAZMEMST – Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification
• Kenya – KEBS – Kenya Bureau of Standards
• Republic of Korea – KATS – Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
• Kuwait – KOWSMD – Public Authority for Industry, Standards and Industrial Services Affairs
• Kyrgyzstan – KYRGYZST – State Inspection for Standardization and Metrology
• Latvia – LVS – Latvian Standard
• Lebanon – LIBNOR – Lebanese Standards Institution
• Lithuania – LST – Lithuanian Standards Board
• Luxembourg – SEE – French: Service de l'Energie de l'Etat, Organisme Luxembourgeois de Normalisation
• Malaysia – DSM – Department of Standards Malaysia
• Malta – MSA – Malta Standards Authority
• Mauritius – MSB – Mauritius Standards Bureau
• Mexico – DGN – Spanish; Castilian: Dirección General de Normas
• Moldova – MOLDST – Department of Standardization and Metrology
• Morocco – SNIMA – French: Service de Normalisation Industrielle Marocaine
• Nepal – NBSM— Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology
• Netherlands – NEN – Nederlandse Norm, maintained by the Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut (NNI)
• New Zealand – SNZ – Standards New Zealand
• Nicaragua – DTNM – Spanish; Castilian: Dirección de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología
• Nigeria – SON – Standards Organisation of Nigeria
• Norway – SN – Standards Norway (Standard Norge)
• Oman – DGSM – Directorate General for Specifications and Measurements
• Pakistan – PSQCA – Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority
• Palestine – PSI – Palestine Standards Institution
• Panama – COPANIT – Spanish; Castilian: Comisión Panameña de Normas Industriales y Técnicas
• Papua New Guinea – NISIT – National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology
• Peru – INDECOPI – Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual
• Philippines – BPS – Bureau of Product Standards
• Poland – PKN – Polish Committee for Standardization
• Portugal – IPQ – Portuguese: Instituto Português da Qualidade
• Romania – ASRO – Asociatia de Standardizare din România
• Russian Federation – Rosstandart – Federal Technical Regulation and Metrology Agency
• Saint Lucia – SLBS – Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards
• Saudi Arabia – SASO – Saudi Arabian Standards Organization
• Serbia and Montenegro – ISSM -Institution for Standardization of Serbia and Montenegro
• Seychelles – SBS – Seychelles Bureau of Standards
• Singapore – SPRING SG – Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board
• Slovakia – SUTN – Slovak Standards Institute
• Slovenia – SIST – Slovenian Institute for Standardization
• Somalia – SOBS – Somali Bureau of Standards
• South Africa – SABS – South African Bureau of Standards
• Spain – UNE— Spanish; Castilian: [[Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación]] (AENOR)
• Sri Lanka – SLSI – Sri Lanka Standards Institution
• Suriname – SSB – Suriname Standards Bureau
• Sweden – SIS – Swedish Standards Institute
• Switzerland – SNV – Swiss Association for Standardization
• Syrian Arab Republic – SASMO – The Syrian Arab Organization for Standardization and Metrology
• Taiwan (Republic of China) – BSMI – The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection
• Tanzania – TBS – Tanzania Bureau of Standards
• Thailand – TISI – Thai Industrial Standards Institute
• Trinidad and Tobago – TTBS – Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards
• Turkey – TSE – Türk Standardlari Enstitüsü
• Uganda – UNBS – Uganda National Bureau of Standards
• Ukraine – DSSU – State Committee for Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy of Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates – ESMA – Emirates Standardization and Metrology Association
  • • United Kingdom BSI – British Standards Institution aka BSI Group
  • DStan – UK Defence Standardization
• United States of America
  • ANSI – American National Standards Institute
  • ACI – American Concrete Institute
    • • NISO – National Information Standards Organization NIST – National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Uruguay – UNIT – Spanish; Castilian: Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas
• Venezuela – FONDONORMA – Spanish; Castilian: Fondo para la Normalización y Certificación de la Calidad
• Vietnam – TCVN – Directorate for Standards and Quality

See also

• Standards organization
• Technical Standard

External links

• Open Standards Organizations

Notes and References

1. Web site: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – Statistics – Standards . . 2018-10-29.
2. Web site: PESC home web site . PESC . May 13, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314183248/http://www.pesc.org/interior.php?page_id=156 . March 14, 2016 . dead .
3. Web site: WHO international standards . . 2018-10-29.
4. http://www.moic.gov.bh/En/Commerce/Domestic%20Trade/StandardsMetrologyDirectorate/Pages/index.aspx Bahrain Standards and Metrology Directorate