Types of standards
- Standard on data to be provided
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Standard that contains a list of characteristics for which values or other data are to be stated for specifying the product, process or service
NOTE: Some standards, typically, provide for data to be stated by suppliers, others by purchasers.
- Interface standard
- Standard that specifies requirements concerned with the compatibility of products or systems at their points of interconnection
- Service standard
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Standard that specifies requirements to be fulfilled by a service, to establish its fitness for purpose
NOTE: Service standards may be prepared in fields such as laundering, hotel-keeping, transport, car-servicing, telecommunications, insurance, banking, trading.
- Process standard
- Standard that specifies requirements to be fulfilled by a process, to establish its fitness for purpose
- Product standard
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Standard that specifies requirements to be fulfilled by a product or a group of products, to establish its fitness for purpose
NOTE 1: A product standard may include in addition to the fitness for purpose requirements, directly or by reference, aspects such as terminology, sampling, testing, packaging and labelling and, sometimes, processing requirements.
NOTE 2: A product standard can be either complete or not, according to whether it specifies all or only a part of the necessary requirements. In this respect, one may differentiate between standards such as dimensional, material, and technical delivery standards.
- Testing standard
- Standard that is concerned with test methods, sometimes supplemented with other provisions related to testing such as sampling, use of statistical methods, sequence of tests
- Terminology standard
- Standard that is concerned with terms, usually accompanied by their definitions, and sometimes by explanatory notes, illustrations, examples, etc.
- Basic standard
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Standard that has a wide-ranging coverage or contains general provisions for one particular field
NOTE: A basic standard may function as a standard for direct application or as a basis for other standards.
