It may involve making a careful personal observation or conducting a highly technical measurement.

A standard test method describes a definitive procedure that produces a test result.

For example, there may be a specification for a turbine blade for a jet engine that defines the exact material and performance requirements. It is often used to formalize the technical aspects of a procurement agreement or contract.

A standard specification is an explicit set of requirements for an item, material, component, system or service.

The primary types of technical standards are: The standardization process may be by edict or may involve the formal consensus of technical experts.

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. Standards can also be developed by groups such as trade unions and trade associations. 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.Ī technical standard may be developed privately or unilaterally, for example by a corporation, regulatory body, military, etc. It is usually a formal document that establishes uniform engineering or technical criteria, methods, processes, and 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. For other uses, see Standard.Ī 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. This article is about technical standards.

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