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STANDARDS SITES M - Z

Material Handling Industry of America
"...the leading non-profit trade association of material handling & logistics providers. Active members are material handling and logistics equipment, systems and software manufacturers; consultants; systems integrators and simulators; third party logistics providers and publishers."

Medical Records Institute

Metal Building Manufactures Association
” Our goal at the Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) is to serve you and to promote the design and construction of metal building and metal roofing systems in the low- rise, non-residential building and roofing marketplace.”

MFPA: Multifunction Products Association
”Since August, 1993, the MFPA sponsors and develops open standards for communications between printers, copiers, scanners, fax machines, and computers as well as standards for design and development of products that combine one or more of these functions in one unit (MFP's), or couple single-function equipment to achieve multifunctionality.”

MHEG (Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group)
”Pprovides standards for the coded representation of multimedia hypermedia information objects that are interchanged among applications and services using a variety of media. The objects define the structure of a multimedia hypermedia presentation.”

MHIA Online (Material Handling Industry of America)
“MHIA is the non-profit organization under which domestic and international activities are conducted. Active members are manufacturers of industrial material handling and logistics equipment, systems and software or user-specified components for such equipment.”

MHIA Online Store (Material Handling Industry of America)
Listing of products from the MHIA.

Defense Information Systems Agency
DISA Center for Standards. Use  their search function to find standards.

MilSpecs (Assist-Quickcheck)
“Direct access to Defense and Federal specifications and standards available in the official DoD repository”

MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group)
”MPEG is a working group of ISO/IEC in charge of the development of standards for coded representation of digital audio and video”

NAFED: National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors
” Through this association and the efforts of its members, factual information relating to the dependability and effectiveness of portable fire equipment, pre-engineered systems, and engineered systems will be developed so that this information may be made known to agencies and organizations that are responsible for the formulation and enforcement of the world's fire codes.”

NAFEM Industry Resources (North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers
”To provide responsible leadership in strengthening and expanding the global foodservice equipment and supplies industry.”

National Association of Architectural Metals Manufacturers
” The National Association of Architectural Metal Manufacturers (NAAMM) is the Chicago-based trade association representing manufacturers of a wide range of metal products used chiefly in commercial and industrial building construction.”

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Regulations & Standards
” NHTSA is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes. This is accomplished by setting and enforcing safety performance standards for motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, and through grants to state and local governments to enable them to conduct effective local highway safety programs.”

National Institute of Standards and Technology
” Founded in 1901, NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S.


National Model Railroad Association
”The largest organization devoted to the development, promotion, and enjoyment of the hobby of model railroading.”

National Science Foundation
"To promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; and to secure the national defense."

National Spa and Pool Institute
"...an international trade association of more than 5,300 manufacturers, distributors, retailers, service companies and builders in the pool/spa and hot tub industry. NSPI members adhere to a code of ethics and share a commitment to public health and safety in the installation, maintenance and operation of pools/spas and hot tubs.

National Transportation Program (Packaging Management Council within the Department of Energy)
“The DOE Contractor Packaging Management Council’s mission is to provide a forum for the identification, analysis and resolution of packaging issues to support the programmatic needs of the Department. The Council will promote cooperation and communications; effective resource utilization; consistent application of requirements; and standardization of packaging design, development, and operations.”

National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
”NEMA, created in the fall of 1926 by the merger of the Electric Power Club and the Associated Manufacturers of Electrical Supplies, provides a forum for the standardization of electrical equipment, enabling consumers to select from a range of safe, effective, and compatible electrical products.” Search page for standards. Standards sold by Global Engineering.

Network Computer Reference Profile (SUN site)
”The NC Reference Profile consists of a set of open standards and guidelines which form the basis of an NC.”

NFPA (National Fire Protection Association)
” The mission of the international nonprofit NFPA is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating scientifically-based consensus codes and standards, research, training and education.”

NISO (National Information Standards Organization)
” NISO, the National Information Standards Organization, a non-profit association accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), identifies, develops, maintains, and publishes technical standards to manage information in our changing and ever-more digital environment. NISO standards apply both traditional and new technologies to the full range of information-related needs, including retrieval, re-purposing, storage, metadata, and preservation.”

NSF International Food SafetyWater
”NSF International, The Public Health and Safety Company™, a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization, is the world leader in standards development, product certification, education, and risk-management for public health and safety.”

NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards
The searchable database covers over 600 standards organizations world-wide and over 225,000 approved standards.

OASIS: Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

Object Management Group (OMG)
”The OMG was formed to create a component-based software marketplace by hastening the introduction of standardized object software.”

Office des normes générales du Canada - Canadian General Standards Board

One/TUEV/BV
Inspection and Assistance in the effective application of the ASME Code with the referenced standards such as ASTM, ANSI, SNT TC 1A, PED

Open Document Management API (ODMA)
”The Open Document Management API (ODMA) simplifies integration and interoperability of standard desktop applications with document management systems. Using ODMA, desktop applications access and manipulate documents carried in document management systems as easily as if they are residing in the locally-accessible file system.”

The Open Group
“The Open Group is an international vendor and technology-neutral consortium that is committed to delivering greater business efficiency by bringing together buyers and suppliers of information technology to lower the time, cost and risk associated with integrating new technology across the enterprise.”

OpenGL® API
“Began as an initiative by SGI to create a single, vendor-independent API for the development of 2D and 3D graphics applications.”

Organizations Providing Standards, Specifications, and Codes.
A listing of Web sites compiled by the University of Illinois Grainger Engineering Library staff

OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Adminstration) U.S.A.

Packaging Management Council

Personal Data Interchange (PDI) [Formerely versit consortium]

Physical Reference Data (National Institute of Standards and Technology Physical Reference Data)
Fundamental constants, SI units, atomic and molecular spectroscopic data

Polycom
Our vision is to enable people to connect anytime, anyplace and with any device in a virtual experience as natural as being there."

Polyurethane Foam Association--Joint Industry Foam Standards and Guidelines
”The mission of the Polyurethane Foam Association (PFA) is to educate customers and other groups about flexible polyurethane foam and to promote its use in manufactured and industrial products.”

POSC (Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation)
” POSC's Energy eStandards are open specifications for improving E&P business performance by leveraging Internet technologies in the integration of oil and gas business processes.”

Precast / Prestressed Concrete Institute
”The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute is a unique organization of producers, suppliers and professionals. PCI is dedicated to fostering greater understanding of the design and use of precast and prestressed concrete. It also encourages and recognizes excellence in the manufacture and use of these materials.”

QIC (Quarter-Inch Cartridge Drive Standards, Inc.)
”QIC is an international trade association, incorporated in 1987, to encourage and promote the widespread use of quarter-inch cartridge technology.”

Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA)
"...a private, not-for-profit corporation that develops consensus-based recommendations regarding communications, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system issues. RTCA functions as a Federal Advisory Committee. Its recommendations are used by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the basis for policy, program, and regulatory decisions and by the private sector as the basis for development, investment and other business decisions."

Rand Corporation
"Our job is to help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis."

The Recycled Materials Resource Center
"Promoting the wise use of recycled materials in the highway environment."

Reliability Engineering (Materials and Nuclear Engineering Department, University of Maryland)
” Reliability, Safety and Quality are the key words to success in today's commercial, industrial and public sector environments. Reliability Engineering perform a wide variety of special management and engineering tasks to ensure that system reliability and quality goals are achieved.”

ESNA Home Page (Rehabilitation Engineering And Assistive Technology Society Of North America)
”Our purpose is to improve the potential of people with disabilities to achieve their goals through the use of technology. We serve that purpose by promoting research, development, education, advocacy, and the provision of technology and by supporting the people engaged in these activities.”

RFC HyperText Archive (SunSITE DK)
“Mirrors a lot of open source software to increase the availability of good software.”

SAE International (society of Automotive Engineers
”...your one-stop resource for technical information and expertise used in designing, building, maintaining, and operating self-propelled vehicles for use on land or sea, in air or space.”

The Salutation Consortium
”The Salutation Consortium is a non-profit corporation that promotes and distributes, royalty-free and via open source, the Salutation Architecture, a service discovery and session management protocol developed and sponsored by leading information technology companies.”

Scaffold Industry Association
“The Scaffold Industry Association (SIA) is a non-profit organization which promotes scaffold safety and education through its publications, conventions, tradeshows and training programs.”

SEMI OnLine (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International)

SEMPER (Secure Electronic Marketplace for Europe)

Setting the UL Standards
” UL has developed more than 800 Standards for Safety. Our Standards for Safety are essential to helping insure public safety and confidence, reduce costs, improve quality and market products and services.”

Shaver Engineering Library (University of Kentucky)
Lists of links to all type of standards.

Single Country Standards Web Sites

SMPTE (Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers)

Society of Manufacturing Engineers
"...the world's leading professional society supporting lifelong manufacturing education. Through our member programs, publications, expositions and professional development resources, SME promotes an increased awareness of manufacturing engineering and helps keep manufacturing professionals up to date on leading trends and technologies."

Society of Petroleum Engineers

The Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI)
"...the trade association representing one of the largest manufacturing industries in the United States. SPI's 1,300 members represent the entire plastics industry supply chain, including processors, machinery and equipment manufacturers and raw materials suppliers."

SQL Standards Page

Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)

Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (GPC)

Standards and Specifications Written by Scholarly Societies
Links to engineering scholarly societies maintained by the University of Waterloo Library

Standards Committee T1's World Wide Web Site
”Committee T1 is sponsored by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions and accredited by the American National Standards Institute to create network interconnections and interoperability standards for the United States.”

Standards Engineering Society

Standards, Regulations and Patents
A listing of Web sites compiled by the University of Iowa Engineering Library staff

Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)

Structural Engineers Association of California

Structural Engineers Association International

Technology Administration (TA)
"seeks to maximize technology’s contribution to economic growth, high-wage job creation, and the social well being of the United States”  [Commerce Department]

Techstreet - Industry Standards, Technical Books and Training Materials for Technical Professionals

UB Science & Engineering Library (University of Buffalo)
Standards from the University of Buffalo’s Science and Engineering Library.

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
” Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is an independent, not-for-profit product safety testing and certification organization.”

UN Packaging Specification Catalog (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Transportation & Packaging Management)

UNECE Transport Division Vehicle Regulations

UNECE Transport Division Websites
Provides both international and national transportation standards websites

University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies
"...a graduate studies and research institute, forming part of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto."

USCAR (United States Council for Automotive Research)

VDE - Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies

VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association
“To promote and develop timely, relevant, open display and display interface standards, ensuring interoperability, and encouraging innovation and market growth.”

VITA, the VMEbus International Trade Association
“VITA believes in and champions open system architectures as opposed to proprietary system architectures.”

The WEB3d Repository
”An impartial, comprehensive, community resource for the dissemination of information relating to Web3D and is maintained by the Web3D Consortium.”

Workflow And Reengineering International Association
“Identify and clarify issues that are common to users of workflow, electronic commerce and those who are in the process of reengineering their organizations.”

Workflow Management Coalition
“Iinternational standards-setting organization of workflow vendors, users, analysts and university/research groups. “

World Electronic Messaging Association (WEMA)
”Promotes the use of electronic messaging throughout the world, including but not limited to development and approval of standards for the use of electronic messaging.”

World Standards Services Network
A listing of web sites covering national and international sources. Commercial Suppliers of Standards and Specifications.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.

World-Wide Web Resources – Standards (University of Kentucky)
Standards Web site at the University of Kentucky.

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Chemical Engineering: Standards
“Standards relevant to chemical and process engineering.”

X.Org Foundation
Worldwide consortium empowered with the stewardship and collaborative development of the X Window System technology and standards.

Z39.50 International Standard Maintenance Agency
“Provides links to information about Z39.50 resources and about the development and maintenance of Z39.50 (existing as well as future versions) and the implementation and use of the Z39.50 protocol.”

39.50 Resource Page (NISO)
“Identifies, develops, maintains, and publishes technical standards to manage information in our changing and ever-more digital environment. NISO standards apply both traditional and new technologies to the full range of information-related needs, including retrieval, re-purposing, storage, metadata, and preservation.”