The world, with the exception of the USA, will celebrate World Standards Day on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. As usual, the event is organized by the world’s leading developers of international standards: the IEC [the International Electrotechnical Commission], ISO [the International Organization for Standardization] and the ITU [the International Telecommunication Union]. The USA will celebrate […]
Most years, World Standards Day occurs in the USA on a different day than it does in other countries. This year, 2020, that tradition continues. Rather than celebrate 2020’s World Standards Day on the same day (October 14) as other countries, the USA will celebrate World Standards day on five (5) different days, none of […]
This year, 2016, World Standards Day was on Friday, October 14. One of the competing official announcements says: Each year on 14 October, the members of the IEC, ISO and ITU celebrate World Standards Day, which is a means of paying tribute to the collaborative efforts of the thousands of experts worldwide who develop the […]
A core definition of Britishness, the official six-page specification for how to make a cup of tea, is officially “under review”. But don’t panic. It is standard procedure for the British Standards Institution (BSI) to do a “systematic periodic review” of each of its many specifications which, piecemeal, define nearly everything British. Belying stereotypes of […]