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International Legal Metrology Organizational Primer

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Author(s)

S. W. Stiefel

Abstract

The world's metrology and legal metrology infrastructure abounds with organizations that play differing roles such as measurement research, standards, and accreditation. Associated with these organizations is a bewildering assortment of acronyms. This article presents the role and responsibilities of these organizations, how they relate to and contrast with each other, and provides a glossary of acronyms with associated internet links.
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NIST Weights and Measures Division
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http://www.nist.gov/owm
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Keywords

accreditation, acronyms, legal metrology, metrology, standardization
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Citation

Stiefel, S. (2007), International Legal Metrology Organizational Primer, NIST Weights and Measures Division, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=904068, http://www.nist.gov/owm (Accessed October 12, 2025)

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Created December 31, 2007, Updated February 19, 2017
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