IEVref:901-01-01ID: 901-01-01
Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: standardization
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Definition: activity of establishing, with regard to actual or potential problems, provisions for common and repeated use, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree of order in a given context

Note 1 to entry: In particular, the activity consists of the processes of formulating, issuing and implementing standards.

Note 2 to entry: Important benefits of standardization are improvement of the suitability of products, processes and services for their intended purposes, prevention of barriers to trade and facilitation of technological cooperation.


Publication date:2013-11
SourceISO/IEC Guide 2:2004, 1.1
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Domain1:Standardization
Domain2:Principles and aims of standardization
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