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ISO Standards

About International Organization for Standardization

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was established in 1947 in London, United Kingdom and has its current headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. It is an independent, non-government, non-profit organisation that collaboratively creates and publishes various technical and nontechnical international standards. It aims to promote safe, reliable, high-quality products and services. The standards pertain to many industries including technology, healthcare, agriculture, food safety and product manufacturing. The International Organization for Standardization does not cover the electronic engineering and electrical fields (known collectively as electrotechnology), as the standards for these are covered by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).


The international standards are developed as consensus-based voluntary guidelines that create cohesive solutions across many fields. Some are industry-specific, and others, such as occupational health and safety, relate to many different fields. The standards are applicable worldwide as a universal language, helping to support innovation in the global marketplace. International standards are essential reference points for developing and maintaining Australian Standards across various sectors.


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Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems - Requirements with Guidance for use
Quality Management Systems - Requirements
Risk Management - Guidelines
Environmental Management Systems - Requirements with Guidance for use
ISO Security and resilience - Business continuity management systems - Requirements
Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection — Information security management systems — Requirements
Cosmetics — Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) — Guidelines on Good Manufacturing Practices
Guidelines for auditing management systems
General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
Medical devices Quality management systems Requirements for regulatory purposes
Safety of machinery — Safety-related parts of control systems — Part 1: General principles for design
Medical devices Application of risk management to medical devices
Medical devices Guidance on the application of ISO 14971
Packaging for terminally sterilized medical devices Guidance on the application of ISO 11607-1 and ISO 11607-2
Greenhouse gases — Quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions arising from transport chain operations
Small craft — Stability and buoyancy assessment and categorization — Part 1: Non-sailing boats of hull length greater than or equal to 6 m
Clinical investigation of medical devices for human subjects — Good clinical practice
Security and resilience Business continuity management systems Requirements
Natural gas Correlation between water content and water dew point
Occupational health and safety management — General guidelines for safe working during the COVID-19 pandemic
Inflatable boats — Part 3: Boats with a length of the hull less than 8 m with a motor power rating of 15 kW and greater
Implants for surgery — Metallic materials — Part 4: Cobalt-chromium-molybdenum casting alloy
Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection — Hardware monitoring technology for hardware security assessment
Event sustainability management systems — Requirements with guidance for use
Packaging — Drop test — Part 1: Paper sacks
Corrosion of metals and alloys — Exposure test results in the Asian Monsoon region
Jewellery and precious metals — Determination of silver — Potentiometry using potassium bromide
Water quality — Detection and quantification of Legionella spp. and/or Legionella pneumophila
Springs — Measurement and test parameters — Part 3
Road vehicles — Diagnostic communication over Controller Area Network (DoCAN) — Part 2
Analysis of natural gas — Halogen content of biomethane — Part 1
Inflatable boats — Part 3: Boats with a length of the hull less than 8 m with a motor power rating of 15 kW and greater
Event sustainability management systems
Packaging — Drop test — Part 1: Paper sacks
Document management — Portable Document Format
Implants for surgery — Metallic materials — Part 1: Wrought stainless steel
Gas cylinders — Cylinder valves — Specification and type testing
Ships and marine technology — Submersibles — Vocabulary
Water quality — Sampling — Part 3: Preservation and handling of water samples
Oil and gas industries including lower carbon energy
Photography — Lenticular print for changing images — Measurements of image quality
Measurement of density of water-sediment mixture using radiation transmission method
Tissue paper and tissue products — Part 16: Determination of optical properties — Diffuse reflectance method for opacity (paper backing)
Solder wire, solid and flux-cored — Specification and test methods — Part 1: Classification and performance requirements
Measurement of density of water-sediment mixture using radiation transmission method
Life cycle management of concrete structures — Part 2: Structural planning and design stage
Library objects for architecture, engineering, construction and use
Non-destructive testing — Characterization and verification of ultrasonic phased array equipment — Part 3: Complete systems
Fine ceramics (advanced ceramics, advanced technical ceramics) — Test method for GaN crystal surface defects
Smart water management — Part 2: Data management guidelines
Rubber hoses, textile-reinforced, for compressed air — Specification
Health and safety in welding and allied processes
Filler metal for brazing - Designation
Coal and coke — Proximate analysis
Rubber compounding ingredients — Abbreviated terms
Audit data collection — Customs and indirect tax extension
Innovation management — Tools and methods for innovation operation measurements — Guidance
Soil quality — Sampling of soil invertebrates — Part 2: Sampling and extraction of micro-arthropods (Collembola and Acarina)
Cards and security devices for personal identification

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Frequently Asked Questions

Below is a series of some of the most common questions related to the International Organization for Standardization.  

ISO, which stands for the International Organization for Standardization*, is a non-governmental international organisation consisting of a network of national standards bodies. ISO members share their expertise and collaborate to develop international standards that set consistent benchmarks. This benefits businesses and consumers through simplifying choices and making processes more accessible, dependable and safer for everybody. It is also a way of promoting high-quality products and services. ISO is the principal standards body guiding Australian Standards.


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Given that the International Organization for Standardization is officially published in English, French and Russian, each of which would have different acronyms when abbreviated, it was decided that the acronym ISO be used across the board, whatever the country or language. This derives from the Greek ‘isos’ or ‘equal’, in the sense of friendship among equals.

 

The International Organization for Standardization is a fully independent, non-profit international organisation. Currently, it consists of 169 member bodies (members) that vote in ISO policy and technical meetings.

The three member categories are:

  •         Full members (including Australia) sell and adopt ISO international standards country-wide.
  •         Correspondent members attend ISO meetings as observers rather than participants. They sell and adopt ISO international standards in their country.
  •         Subscriber members observe ISO as non-participants and cannot sell the international standards in their country.

Through its 169 members, the International Organization for Standardization organises a series of technical and policy meetings in which expert members collaboratively develop international standards. These are done by more than 800 technical committees and subcommittees. To date, the ISO has published over 24,000 international standards pertaining to product development and services across many industries, such as agriculture and healthcare. These have a significant bearing on the safety, quality and efficiency of many industries around the world.

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