The primary types of technical standards are:
• A standard specification is an explicit set of requirements for an item, material, component, system … See more

Technical standards are defined as:
• Voluntary consensus standards, which are standards developed or adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies, domestic (national), … See more

When a geographically defined community must solve a community-wide coordination problem, it can adopt an existing standard or produce a new one. The main geographic levels are:
• National standard: by National standards organizations See more

• De facto standard
• Harmonization (standards)
• International Standard See more

Technical standards may exist as:
• Public documents on the internet, public library, etc. (Some technical standards may be found at a … See more

The existence of a published standard does not imply that it is always useful or correct. For example, if an item complies with a certain standard, there is not necessarily … See more

Private standards are developed by private entities such as companies, non-governmental organizations or private sector multi … See more