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Architecture: Standards

What is a standard?

A standard is an approved set of criteria defining the performance or design of a product or defining the process of constructing a product.

A standard is usually represented by the acronym of the issuing organization followed by a number and the date of issuance.

Infographic: Title: Standards in Everyday life. 1. Image of one socket and lots of different plug types. Text: The importance of standards can be more noticeable in their absense. 2. Image Laptop with usb port and external hardrive with usb port and USB key with arrrows leading from it to the 2 ports. Text: With increasing development and use of new technologies we rely more on 'interoperability' than ever before 3. Examples of Standards. 1. Image of toy robot. Text: I.S. EN IEC 62115 (Electric toys - safety) 2. Image of 2 pots of jam. Text: I.S. 344 (Hygiene for domestic-scale food production). 3. Swimmer icon. Text: I.S. EN 15514 (Chemicals used for treatment of swimming pool water - hydrochloric acid) 4. Image of 2 firefighters. Text. I.S. EN 16689 (Protective clothing for firefighters - performance requirements for protective clothing for Technical Rescue)

Access over 52,000 full text Irish (IS), European (EN) and International (ISO) standards across multiple categories by clicking on the link above or access through the Databases page on the library website.

Watch the video below for more information on searching for standards and filtering your results on the i2i database.

You can also access the User Guide, available in the top right hand corner when you are logged into the database.

   

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Access over 600 British Standards across construction, engineering and architecture by clicking on the link above or access through the Databases page on the library website.

Use the Advanced Search feature in CIS to narrow down your search using the filters available:

Browse and search for technical standards published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) through the IEEE Xplore database.

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Standards can be used to:
  • help businesses to comply with legal obligations
  • help to define and promote state of the art & best practices
  • increase the safety of products, processes and services
  • protect  consumer health
  • protect the environment
  • promote the interoperability of products and services
  • Capture, promote and spread new technologies and knowledge throughout the marketplace
Relationship between the different Standards Bodies
  • Ireland (through NSAI) is obliged to adopt all European Standards (ENs) as National Standards.
     (i.e. Standards published by CEN, CENELEC and ETSI).
  • Ireland adopts a lot but not all International Standards published by ISO, IEC and ITU.
    How Ireland decides which ones to adopt is down to different issues. It will adopt a standard if it feels it is beneficial to the national interest.