International Standard Organizations

Standards Organizations are constituted at different levels:

• National standards organizations (e.g. DIN - Deutsches Institut für Normung)
• Transnational standards organizations (e.g. the European Committee for Standardization)
• International standards organizations (e.g. the International Telecommunication Union)

Some International Standards Organizations:

Organization	Acronym	Description
IEC	IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE	IEEE	Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers
IETF	IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force
ISO	ISO	International Organization for Standardization
ITU	ITU	The International Telecommunication Union
ITU-R	ITU-R	ITU Radiocommunications Sector (CCIR)
ITU-T	ITU-T	ITU Telecommunications Sector (CCITT)
IUPAC	IUPAC	International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
OASIS	OASIS	Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
SI	SI	Systéme International d'Unit's (International System of Units)
W3C	W3C	World Wide Web Consortium
Accellera	Accellera	Accellera Organization