List of technical standard organizations

This is a list of technical standardization organizations.

International standards organizations

• 3GPP  –3rd Generation Partnership Project
• 3GPP2  –3rd Generation Partnership Project 2
• ABYC  –The American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC is an international organization, despite its name)
• Accellera  –Accellera Organization
• A4L  –Access for Learning Community (formerly known as the Schools Interoperability Framework)
• AES  –Audio Engineering Society
• AHRI  –Air-conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute
• ASAM  –Association for Automation and Measuring Systems
• ASHRAE  –American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE is an international organization, despite its name)
• ASME  –American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• ASTM International  –American Society for Testing and Materials
• ATIS  –Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
• AUTOSAR  –AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture
• BIPM, CGPM, and CIPM  –Bureau International des Poids et Mesures and the related organizations established under the Metre Convention of 1875
• CableLabs  –Cable Television Laboratories
• CCC  –Car Connectivity Consortium
• CCSDS  –Consultative Committee for Space Data Sciences
• CIE  –International Commission on Illumination
• CISPR  –International Special Committee on Radio Interference
• CFA  –Compact flash association
• DCMI  –Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
• DDEX  –Digital Data Exchange
• DMSC  –Digital Metrology Standards Consortium
• DMTF  –Distributed Management Task Force
• Ecma International  –Ecma International (previously called ECMA)
• EKOenergy  –EKOenergy Network managed by environmental NGOs
• FAO  –Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ^[1]
• FAI  –Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
• GS1  –Global supply chain standards (identification numbers, barcodes, electronic commerce transactions, RFID)
• HGI  –Home Gateway Initiative
• HFSB  –Hedge Fund Standards Board
• HROpen  –Human Resource (HR) data exchange standards body
• IABTL  –IAB Tech Lab (Advertising Technology Standards)
• IATA  –International Air Transport Association
• ICAO  –International Civil Aviation Organization
• IEC  –International Electrotechnical Commission
• IEEE  –Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • IEEE-SA  –IEEE Standards Association
• IETF  –Internet Engineering Task Force
• IFOAM  –International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
• IFSWF  –International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds
• IMO  –International Maritime Organization
• IMS –IMS Global Learning Consortium
• ISO  –International Organization for Standardization
• ISSN -International Standard Serial Number centre
• IPTC  –International Press Telecommunications Council
• ITU  –The International Telecommunication Union
  • ITU-R  –ITU Radiocommunications Sector (formerly known as CCIR)
  • ITU-T  –ITU Telecommunications Sector (formerly known as CCITT)
  • ITU-D  –ITU Telecom Development (formerly known as BDT)
• IUPAC  –International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• Khronos Group  –Khronos Group
• Liberty Alliance  –Liberty Alliance
• Media Grid  –Media Grid Standards Organization
• NACE International  –Formerly known as National Association of Corrosion Engineers
• NEMA  –National Electrical Manufacturers Association
• OASIS  –Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
• OCF  –Open Connectivity Foundation
• OGC  –Open Geospatial Consortium
• OHICC  –Organization of Hotel Industry Classification & Certification
• OIF  –Optical Internetworking Forum
• OMA  –Open Mobile Alliance
• OMG  –Object Management Group
• OGF  –Open Grid Forum (merger of Global Grid Forum (GGF) and Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA))
• OpenTravel Alliance  –OpenTravel Alliance (previously known as OTA)
• OSGi  –OSGi Alliance
• PESC –P20 Education Standards Council ^[2]
• RISC-V International — develops and maintains the open RISC-V instruction set architecture ^[3]
• SAE  –SAE International, formerly named the Society of Automotive Engineers
• SAI  –Social Accountability International
• SDA  –Secure Digital Association
• SNIA  –Storage Networking Industry Association
• SMPTE  –Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
• SSDA  –Solid State Drive Alliance
• The Open Group  –The Open Group
• TIA  –Telecommunications Industry Association
• TM Forum  –Telemanagement Forum
• UIC  –International Union of Railways
• UL  –Underwriters Laboratories
• Unicode Consortium  –Unicode Consortium
• UPU  –Universal Postal Union
• WMO  –World Meteorological Organization
• W3C  –World Wide Web Consortium
• WSA  –Website Standards Association^{[ citation needed ]}
• WHO biological standards –Mostly developed by NIBSC ^[4]
• XSF  –The XMPP Standards Foundation

Regional standards organizations

Africa

• ARSO – African Organization for Standardisation
• SADCSTAN – Southern African Development Community (SADC) Cooperation in Standardization
• SON – Standard Organization of Nigeria

Americas

• COPANT  –Pan American Standards Commission
• AMN –MERCOSUR Standardization Association
• CROSQ –CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality
• AAQG – America's Aerospace Quality Group

Asia Pacific

• PASC – Pacific Area Standards Congress
• ACCSQ – ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality

Europe

• CEN  –European Committee for Standardization
• CENELEC  –European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
• ECSS  –European Cooperation for Space Standardization
• EIGA  –European Industrial Gases Association
• ETSI  –European Telecommunications Standards Institute
• EURAMET  –European Association of National Metrology Institutes
• IRMM  –Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (European Union)
• EASC  –Euro-Asian Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification
• RoyalCert International Registrars
• WELMEC  –European Cooperation in Legal Metrology

Middle East

• AIDMO  –Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization
• IAU*  –International Arabic Union

Nationally-based standards organizations

This list is not limited to ISO members.

• Afghanistan  –ANSA – Afghan National Standard Authority
• Algeria  –IANOR –Institut algérien de normalisation
• Argentina  –IRAM –Instituto Argentino de Normalización
• Armenia  –SARM –National Institute of Standards and Quality
• Australia  –SA – Standards Australia
• Austria  –ASI – Austrian Standards International
• Bahrain  –BSMD ^[5]
• Bangladesh  –BSTI –Bangladesh Standards and Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
• Barbados  –BNSI –Barbados National Standards Institution
• Belarus  –BELST –Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of Belarus
• Belgium  –NBN –Bureau voor Normalisatie/Bureau de Normalisation (formerly: IBN/BIN)
• Belgium  – BEC / CEB  –The Belgian Electrotechnical Committee –Belgisch Elektrotechnisch Comité –Comité Electrotechnique Belge
• Bolivia  –IBNORCA –Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad
• Botswana  –BOBS –Botswana Bureau of Standards
• Bosnia and Herzegovina  –BASMP –Institute for Standards, Metrology and Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brazil  – ABNT  – Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas
• Brunei Darussalam  –CPRU –Construction Planning and Research Unit, Ministry of Development
• Bulgaria  –BDS –Bulgarian Institute for Standardization
• Canada
  • SCC – Standards Council of Canada
  • CSA – Canadian Standards Association
  • Centre for Study of Insurance Operations
• Chile  –INN –Instituto Nacional de Normalizacion
• China  –SAC – Standardization Administration of China
• China –CSSN –China Standards Information Center
• Colombia  – ICONTEC  –Instituto Colombiano de Normas Tecnicas y Certificación
• Costa Rica  –INTECO –Instituto de Normas Técnicas de Costa Rica
• Croatia  –DZNM –State Office for Standardization and Metrology
• Cuba  –NC –Oficina Nacional de Normalización
• Czech Republic  –CSNI –Czech Standards Institute
• Denmark  –DS –Dansk Standard
• Ecuador  –INEN –Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización
• Egypt  –EO –Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality Control
• El Salvador  –CONACYT –Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
• Estonia  –EVS –Eesti Standardikeskus
• Ethiopia  –QSAE –Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia
• Finland  –SFS –Finnish Standards Association
• France  –AFNOR –Association française de normalisation
• Germany
  • DIN  –Deutsches Institut für Normung
  • DKE  –Deutsche Kommission für Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik in DIN und VDE
  • Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik
• Georgia  –GEOSTM –Georgian National Agency for Standards, Technical Regulations and Metrology
• Ghana GSA- Ghana Standards Authority
• Greece  –ELOT – Hellenic Organization for Standardization
• Grenada  –GDBS –Grenada Bureau of Standards
• Guatemala  –COGUANOR –Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas
• Guyana  –GNBS –Guyana National Bureau of Standards
• Hong Kong  –ITCHKSAR –Innovation and Technology Commission
• Hungary  –MSZT –Magyar Szabványügyi Testület
• Iceland  –IST –Icelandic Council for Standardization
• India  –BIS – Bureau of Indian Standards
• Indonesia  –BSN –Badan Standardisasi Nasional
• Iran  –INSO – Iran National Standards Organization
• Ireland  –NSAI –National Standards Authority of Ireland
• Israel  –SII –The Standards Institution of Israel
• Italy  –UNI – Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione
• Jamaica  –BSJ –Bureau of Standards, Jamaica
• Japan  –JISC –Japan Industrial Standards Committee
• Jordan  –JISM –Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology
• Kazakhstan  –KAZMEMST –Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification
• Kenya  –KEBS –Kenya Bureau of Standards
• Republic of Korea  –KATS –Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
• Kuwait  –KOWSMD –Public Authority for Industry, Standards and Industrial Services Affairs
• Kyrgyzstan  –KYRGYZST –State Inspection for Standardization and Metrology
• Latvia  –LVS –Latvian Standard
• Lebanon  –LIBNOR –Lebanese Standards Institution
• Lithuania  –LST –Lithuanian Standards Board
• Luxembourg  –SEE –Service de l'Energie de l'Etat, Organisme Luxembourgeois de Normalisation
• Malaysia  –DSM –Department of Standards Malaysia
• Malta  – MSA  – Malta Standards Authority
• Mauritius  –MSB –Mauritius Standards Bureau
• Mexico  –DGN –Dirección General de Normas
• Moldova  –MOLDST –Department of Standardization and Metrology
• Morocco  –SNIMA –Service de Normalisation Industrielle Marocaine
• Nepal  –NBSM— Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology
• Netherlands  –NEN –Nederlandse Norm, maintained by the Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut (NNI)
• New Zealand  –SNZ –Standards New Zealand
• Nicaragua  –DTNM –Dirección de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología
• Nigeria  –SON –Standards Organisation of Nigeria
• Norway  –SN – Standards Norway (Standard Norge)
• Oman  –DGSM –Directorate General for Specifications and Measurements
• Pakistan  –PSQCA – Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority
• Palestine  –PSI –Palestine Standards Institution
• Panama  –COPANIT –Comisión Panameña de Normas Industriales y Técnicas
• Papua New Guinea  –NISIT –National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology
• Paraguay  –INTN –Instituto Nacional de Tecnología, Normalización
• Peru  –INDECOPI – Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intellectual
• Philippines  –BPS –Bureau of Product Standards
• Poland  –PKN –Polish Committee for Standardization
• Portugal  –IPQ –Instituto Português da Qualidade
• Romania  –ASRO –Asociatia de Standardizare din România
• Russian Federation  – Rosstandart  –Federal Technical Regulation and Metrology Agency
• Saint Lucia  –SLBS –Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards
• Saudi Arabia  –SASO & SABER Certificate –Saudi Arabian Standards Organization
• Serbia and Montenegro  –ISSM -Institution for Standardization of Serbia and Montenegro
• Seychelles  –SBS –Seychelles Bureau of Standards
• Singapore  –SPRING SG –Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board
• Slovakia  –SUTN –Slovak Standards Institute
• Slovenia  –SIST –Slovenian Institute for Standardization
• Somalia  –SOBS –Somali Bureau of Standards
• South Africa  –SABS –South African Bureau of Standards
• Spain  –UNE— Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación (AENOR)
• Sri Lanka  –SLSI – Sri Lanka Standards Institution
• Suriname  – SSB  –Suriname Standards Bureau
• Sweden  – SIS  –Swedish Standards Institute
• Switzerland  –SNV – Swiss Association for Standardization
• Syrian Arab Republic  –SASMO –The Syrian Arab Organization for Standardization and Metrology
• Taiwan (Republic of China) –BSMI –The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection
• Tanzania  –TBS –Tanzania Bureau of Standards
• Thailand  –TISI –Thai Industrial Standards Institute
• Trinidad and Tobago  –TTBS –Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards
• Turkey  –TSE –Türk Standardlari Enstitüsü
• Uganda  –UNBS –Uganda National Bureau of Standards
• Ukraine  –DSSU – State Committee for Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy of Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates –ESMA –Emirates Standardization and Metrology Association
• United Kingdom
  • BSI –British Standards Institution aka BSI Group
  • DStan –UK Defence Standardization
• United States of America
  • ANSI  – American National Standards Institute
  • ACI – American Concrete Institute
  • NISO – National Information Standards Organization
  • NIST  – National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Uruguay  –UNIT –Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas
• Venezuela  –FONDONORMA –Fondo para la Normalización y Certificación de la Calidad
• Vietnam  –TCVN –Directorate for Standards and Quality

See also

• List of free and open-source software organizations
• Standards organization
• Technical Standard

References

1. "Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations –Statistics –Standards". FAO . Retrieved 2018-10-29.
2. "PESC home web site". PESC. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
3. "Ratified Specifications". RISC-V International. Retrieved October 19, 2026.
4. "WHO international standards". NIBSC . Retrieved 2018-10-29.
5. Bahrain Standards and Metrology Directorate

External links

• Open Standards Organizations