(ABYC) - develops consensus safety standards for the design, construction, equipage, maintenance, and repair of small craft, also provides martine technician training and certification. Information on membership and publications; contact address.

ASTM International is an open forum for the development of high-quality, market-relevant technical standards for materials, products, systems, and services used around the globe.

Deals with standards & conformance issues, mutual recognition arrangements, Australia-European Community Mutual Recognition Agreement, New Approach Directives, Australia's Conformity Assessment Bodies, TTMRA

Information about standardization and the standardization process, links to commercial activities and online standards shop.

Responsible amongst other things for standards in the country.

Work overview, notice of meetings, news, information on how to join a working party, document register and download library for members.

Canadian Standards Association, with information about CSA, its standards, an online shop and consumer information.

Canadian National Research Council

Information on the standardization process and how to participate, about standards conformity certifiacaion activities, management systems registration and laboratory assessment services.

Standards Council of Canada

Represents the UK further and higher education sector on these international educational technology standards initiatives. Information on activities and contact addresses.

Organization working on telecommunications standards for China.

Ethiopian Computer Standards Association; with contact information, list of officers and information about fields of activity and research projects.

Organizational structure; lists of current Ethiopian standards, drafts and withdrawn standards; information on regulation and product certification activities, and training, metrology and testing services. With news and news archive and links to related sites.

Suomen Standardisoimisliitto - Finnish Standards Association.

Information about standardization activities and training/certification services.

Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies - (Germany) - professional organization of electrical engineers; issues, in collaboration with DIN, standards for the field of electrical engineering. VDE standards are sold by Beuth Verlag (www.beuth.de).

Professional association of engineers - issues VDI standards (about 1500 to date) in all areas of technology - standards are sold by Beuth Verlag (www.beuth.de)

German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE. Information on DKE's mandate, news from the Technical Committees, links to related organizations and contact information.

The German Accounting Standards Committee (German abbreviation: DRSC) develops accounting standards for the German Commercial Code. Information about its standards and meetings.

Hong Kong's established independent, not-for-profit, testing, inspection and certification institute.

Icelandic Council for Standardization. With introduction and catalogue search in English.

Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran.

sandardization organization for the Republic of Ireland

Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione.

Association of Radio Industries and Businesses - works in the fields of radio and telecommunications.

Electronic Industries Association of Japan. Data and statistics on the Japanese electronics industry, a directory of EIAJ members and related information.

DSM is responsible for the standardization and accreditation activities in Malaysia.

Managing the standards development structure in Malaysia inclusive of international standards committees assigned to Malaysia

Nederlands Normalisatie-Instituut - Netherlands Standardization Institute.

the trading arm of the Standards Council, the NZ standards organization.

(Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board), previously PSB (Singapore Productivity and Standards Board).

Information on organization, standardization activities and procedures and contact information.

With a list of national standards, a form for purchasing them, and a comment form for draft standards.

SIS is the central body for standardization in Sweden. SIS is the Swedish member of the international organizations ISO and CEN.

The Council is responsible for policy making, sets the priority of standards to be prepared, recommends qualified persons for the Minister to appoint to technical committees, arbitrates and awards licenses under its certification scheme.

British Standards Institution.

DStan's main purpose is to develop, facilitate and communicate UK MOD standardization policies, standards, procedures and guidance on standardization issues.

publishes Measurement Good Practice Guides on metrological fields.

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. - publishes standards in the areas of HVAC and refrigeration.

Electronic Industries Alliance - a trade organizations alliance of the US electroics industry; with information on the standardization work of EIA and its members.

Publishes fire and buiding safety standards, including the National Electrical Code.

A standards developer for the American National Standards Institute and the national clearinghouse for voluntary standards development in the U.S.

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology is a federal technology agency that works with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards.

National Marine Electronics Association; issues standards for interfacing marine electronics devices.