CEN - The European Committee for Standardization

CENELEC - European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission. The IEC is the standards organization for all areas of electrotechnology.

ISO - International Organization for Standardization

ITU-T - Telecommunication Standardization Sector (former name CCITT) is the telecoms standards department of the International Telecommunication Union. Its most widely known standards are those of the X. series, e.g. X.25 and X.500

CORM - Council for Optical Radiation Measurements; develops requirements for standards, calibration services and collaboration programs.

ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute.

ISO members worldwide - lists national standards bodies by country.

COPANT - Comisión Panamericana de Normas Técnicas/Pan American Standards Commission - site English + Spanish - objective: to promote the development of technical standardization and related activities in its member countries.

CIE - Commission Internationale de l'Éclairage/International Commission on Illumination

WSSN - World Standards Services Network - Network of public WWW servers of standards organizations around the world.

International Atomic Energy Agency - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) serves as the world's central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the nuclear field, and as the international inspectorate

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic EngineersJoint Steering Group on Spatial Standardization and Related Interoperability - (JSG) - with charter, membership and action item information.

Electronic Industries AllianceInterNational Electrical Testing Association - NETA - publishes standards and specifications. List of publications; online order form.

ICUMSA - International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis.

International Accounting Standards Committee - (IASC) - sets accounting principles for business financial statements. Based in London. Sponsored by accounting organisations in nearly 100 countries.

UK Geographic Information Committee IST/36 - Work overview, notice of meetings, news, information on how to join a working party, document register and download library for members.