ISO brochure clarifies distinctions between International Standards and private ones

Sidney Vianna

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http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1301

Any organization may claim to have developed a "standard", but "not all standards are created equal", states ISO in a new brochure clarifying the distinctions between International Standards of the type developed by the ISO system, using well described and accepted principles and disciplines, and "private" standards developed by industry consortia and potentially other groupings.
The context for the brochure, International Standards and "private standards", is the concern over the potential of increasing numbers of "private standards" for creating technical barriers to trade and confusion in the market-place as to which standards should be used.
ISO warns that the existence of a growing multitude of private standards in such fields as information and communication technologies, agri-food, and on social and environmental issues, may ultimately confuse users and consumers, thereby diminishing their important market, safety, social or environmental effect.
"In addition," states ISO, "claims of conformance, using potentially inconsistent methodologies for their assessment, may also undermine the intended impacts of such private standards."
ISO is a nongovernmental organization and its membership comprises the national standards institutes of 159 countries who, in turn have strong links with stakeholders from industry, government and consumers. Such a broad range of stakeholders, along with the robust processes ISO uses for developing standards, provides the basis for consensus across sectors and countries on its International Standards.
ISO points out in the brochure that its International Standards are developed according to principles stipulated by the World Trade Organization's Technical Barriers to Trade Committee (WTO/TBT):
  • Transparency
  • Openness
  • Impartiality and consensus
  • Effectiveness and relevance
  • Coherence
  • Addressing the concerns of developing countries.
Other standards developed to meet the needs of specific sectors, or segments of the population, may be perfectly valid and relevant for their purpose, but should not be considered as equivalent to ISO standards because they do not adhere to the above criteria, nor do they share all of the other attributes of formal international standards.
However, because ISO's voluntary standards do meet these criteria, as do those of its partner organization the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), their standards can, for example, be used by governments as technical support for public policy and regulations, particularly in such fields as health, safety and the environment.
"Coherence, harmonization and a closer level of cooperation between the developers of private standards and the formal International Standards system needs to occur," ISO states in the brochure, concluding, "Ultimately, the goal of one International Standard, one test and one certificate should be pursued in these domains in order to achieve global acceptance, as well as their intended impacts."
International Standards and "private standards", eight pages, A4 format,is published in English (ISBN 978-92-67-10518-5) and French editions (ISBN 978-92-67-20518-2). It is available free of charge (fee for postage and handling of bulk orders) from the ISO Central Secretariat through the ISO Store or by contacting the Marketing, Communication & Information department (see right-hand column). It can also be obtained from ISO national member institutes (see the complete list with contact details). The brochure can also be downloaded as PDF file free of charge from the ISO Website.
 

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Of course, some of the inherently evil industry and practitioner groups that deviously attempt to subvert the exalted and selfless international standards process are motivated by greed and/or their desire to harm the world.

Others, though, might be motivated by the glacially-slow and cumbersome development and approval process that results from the rules for international standards development, and a marketplace need to react fast to end-user requirements.

Or the lack of global harmonization, and a perceived need among specialized technology developers and users for a highly focused standard even though the powers-that-be can't be brought together to formulate such a single statement.

Or, the unfortunate fact that the standardized process of formulating standards does not guarantee balanced participation by all relevant stakeholders, particularly when geographic location and participant finances are considerations. Therefore, the process may generate results that are not indicative of global best practices because there are regional differences in clinical practice, or when the process has active participation by representatives of a company offering a particular technology and desiring a competitive advantage, and that company's competitors and the alternate technologies are not represented. (I.e. EN 13795.)

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Yep, it looks like ISO is trying to cast doubt about the value derived from multiplicity of standard developers.

The reality is that the whole concept of standardization only works if the number of standards is limited, but the press release and brochure come across as self serving and biased....:notme:
 
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