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ISO
Distinguish standards from certification.
ISO does not perform certification. Certification is performed by external certification bodies..

Notes:
  • The cost of publications from ISO might be mitigated by finding costly publication in certain libraries or libraries ofr companies that have already purchased certain publication.  Some publications are free from ISO, and many are for a fee.  The ISO store.     Note: Some ISO national members have purchase points for ISO documents.  For example, ANSI  has http://webstore.ansi.org/
     
  • Note that there are over 100 standards publishers in the world of note; ISO is one of those. See a substantial list here: http://webstore.ansi.org/site_license_availability.aspx#.UMKyI-Q8CSo     
     
  • Here is clip of note about availability of standards at universities: "PLEASE NOTE: International Standards (ISO, IEC, ITU, DIN, etc.) are not collected or purchased by the University of Texas Libraries.  For purchase information go to the individual standards organization web site or Global Engineering Documents  to purchase copies of standards from all national or international organizations and many companies."  
        
  • It can be expensive (relative term!) ... just to find and read standards!    To just read standards is not freely available, it seems. The world of standards seems to be an ever pay-to-read world.    It is sobering to read the following page about IEEE copyright protection: http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.1AR.-2009.pdf
    I accepted their terms and downloaded a free standard of 77 pages about Secure Device Identity   The PDF text was encrypted to block copy-paste for study; agreement includes avoidance of any further distribution of the standard.        ~JpF
     
  • In various standards-developing organization, there is ever need for updating standards and writing new standards. For example, IEEE's current projects: http://standards.ieee.org/develop/project/
     
  • Speculation: Will there be one day be a Kite Energy Systems Standards Organization (KESSO), a non-profit publisher of standards serving industries that involve AWES and tethered aviation?   There is a great multitude of standards organization. How many of those organizations will come into play for some aspect of AWES?
     
  • "To ballot" often requires some kind of "payment" or "dues" relationship in many standards-creation processes.
     
  • Example explanation, IEEE note:
             "The cost of the standard is payment for intellectual property as well as the time and

              resources contributed to the facilitation of the standard's development.
    "
     
  • Some libraries hold some standards from some standards publishers.  "Some" is the core word here. Indefinite.
  • Alternatives with some reach:
  • http://standards.ieee.org/develop/overview.html  What are standards?

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