Standards and the USIGS

ANSI is the American National Standards Institute, the US national coordinating institute for voluntary standards. Typically, you will see ANSI in a standard's name followed by some letters and numbers such as X3.181-1980. These characters represent the ...

During the last two years, many Bulletin readers have asked me how they can obtain copies of the draft ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (International Electrotechnical Committee) standards I've mentioned in this column. I've ...

This month's column focuses on the current status of various drafts of international standards, rather than on the progress of individual committees. There are two reasons for this shift in emphasis. First, in many cases, an International Organization ...