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A Dictionary of Units: Summary of units of measurement used worldwide, including ISO and IOC country codes. There is also a discussion of the relationship between metrication in the UK and USA. An index of tables and scales includes cotton bale weights, fujita scales (for measuring U.S. tornados), paper sheet sizes, shot pellet sizes and much more.
Author: Rowlett, Russ.
Subjects: international standards, national standards, physics education
DeweyClass: 530.81
Resource type: dictionary
Data Interchange Standards Association: A not-for-profit organisation that supports the development and use of EDI standards in electronic commerce. DISA's primary services are providing operational support for the X12 and UN/EDIFACT standards development process; maintaining and publishing EDI standards; and providing educational seminars, conferences, and related informational services.
Author: DISA
Subjects: electronic commerce, electronic data interchange, international standards
DeweyClass: 389.6
Resource type: institution
Development of ANSI/NISO Z39.50: A Case Study in Standards Evolution: Full text (PDF) of a dissertation which explored and described factors involved in the development of information technology standards, through a case study of Z39.50. The study demonstrates that complex standards development efforts can be investigated sytematically.
Author: Moen, William E.
Subjects: international standards, z39.50
DeweyClass: 389.6
Resource type: thesis
ILI: Standards: ILI specialise in worldwide standards and specifications from distribution centres in Europe and the US. ILI also publish a range of engineering, technical, and regulatory databases. Free trial access is available to their Standards Infodisk, Metals Infodisk, Eurolaw, EU Infodisk, and Technology Infodisk. Registration is required.
Author: ILI
Subjects: international standards
DeweyClass: 389.63
Resource type: reference documents
Information and Documentation: Presentation, Identification and Description of Documents: Information on ISO standard ISO/TC 46/SC 9 and its standardization activities. Includes a list of terms and definitions in ISO standards for the presentation, identification and description of documents, meeting and member information, and selected excerpts from a draft ISO standard (DIS 690-2) on bibliographic references to electronic documents.
Author: International Standards Organisation
Subjects: international standards
DeweyClass: 389.6
Resource type: reference document
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics: The aims of the Union are to stimulate and promote international cooperation in physics, to sponsor suitable international meetings and to assist organising committees, to foster the preparation and the publication of abstracts of papers and tables of physical constants, to promote international agreements on other use of symbols, units, nomenclature and standards, to foster free circulation of scientists, and to encourage research and education.
Author: International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
Subjects: international standards, physical data, physics societies
DeweyClass: 530
Resource type: institution
ISO: International Standards Organization: The ISO's mission is to promote the development of standardisation and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity. ISO's work results in international agreements which are published as International Standards. Available in English and French.
Author: International Standards Organisation
Subjects: international standards
DeweyClass: 389.6
Resource type: documents
ITU: International Telecommunication Union: An international organisation based in Geneva, within which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services. The ITU is the leading publisher of telecommunication technology, regulatory and standards information. Information is available in English, French and Spanish.
Author: ITU
Subjects: communications engineering, electronics, international standards, telecommunications
DeweyClass: 621.3
Resource type: institution
NSSN: National Resource for Global Standards: Free online access to bibliographic information for more than 225,000 approved international and national standards, allowing users to search for title words or document numbers to find out if the standard exists, and if so, where to find it.
Author: ANSI: American National Standards Institute
Subjects: international standards, national standards
DeweyClass: 389.6
Resource type: bibliography
Privacy Exchange: Resources including a news service and a legal library offering information on national data protection laws, regulations, standards and practices for businesses around the world concerned about handling trans-border communication. Features an exchange forum for international dialogue on consumer services and privacy protection.
Author: Center for Social and Legal Research
Subjects: data privacy, international standards
DeweyClass: 005.8
Resource type: documents
Termino Trads: Conversions: Set of links to resourcess converting and caclulating weights and measures, the date and time in various parts of the world and exchange rates.
Author: McKeon, Roger
Subjects: international standards, national standards, units of measurement
DeweyClass: 530.81
Resource type: index