A Standards Infrastructure for the Future

Published

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Belinda L. Collins

Abstract

This paper presents several approaches for a global standards infrastructure, from the viewpoint of the United States, and from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in particular. The U.S. system is explained in some detail - in part to describe its complexity and breadth; and in part to extract sound principles that could be incorporated into a global infrastructure. The European approach is described only briefly as it will be familiar to the readers of Enjeux. Finally, the paper concludes that the pressures of the global market, the interconnectedness of suppliers and manufacturers, and the need to protect health, safety and the environment in products supplied to any consumer anywhere in the world are forcing a reexamination of the contributions that the U.S. process could bring to the global standards process of the future.

Citation

Enjeux

Volume

No. 200 (no volume number)

Issue

No. 4

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

ANSI, global market, infrastructure, international, standards, trade

Citation

Collins, B. (2000), A Standards Infrastructure for the Future, Enjeux, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=200049 (Accessed October 15, 2025)