Useful resources for standards
What is a standard?
A standard is defined by Standards Australia as:
‘Published documents setting out specifications and procedures designed to ensure products, services and systems are safe, reliable and consistently perform the way they were intended to. They establish a common language which defines quality and safety criteria’.
Standards databases
Australian Standards by Techstreet Standards The Techstreet global standards database includes the collection of Australian standards and a small number of selected ISO standards. Number of concurrent users: 4.
IEEE Standards
Industry standards in the fields of power and energy, information technology, telecommunications and related technologies.
National Construction Code 2015
Includes the Building Code of Australia vol. 1 (Class 2 to Class 9 buildings) and vol. 2 (Class 1 and Class 10 buildings); the Plumbing Code of Australia and the NCC Performance Requirements volumes one, two and three.
International standard organisations
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Non-governmental organisation that develops and publishes international standards. Includes links to the websites of national member bodies
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
The IETF mission is make the internet work better by producing high quality, relevant technical documents that influence the way people design, use and manage the internet.
International Telecommunication Union – Telecommunications Group
(ITU-T)
UN agency for information and communication technology issues.
National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
A non-prot association that identifies, develops, maintains and publishes technical standards to manage information.