2011 03-03 standards and standardization

Standards and Standardization

by Newell Hampson-Jones, Education Sector Representative, BSI

Monday, April 10, 2023

© The British Standards Institution 2010 www.bsigroup.com

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What are standards?


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Before Standardization

• c. 3000 BC – c. 1500 BC Indus Valley Civilization First to develop uniform weights and measures

• c. 80–70 BC – c. 15 BC Marcus Vitruvius Pollio ‘The first engineer’

• 1215 Magna Carta Clause 35 established consistent measures


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The Birth of Standardization

• Industrial Revolution

• 1841 – Sir Joseph Whitworth

• 1850 onwards – The birth of the railways

• 1895 – Henry Skelton

• 1901 – Sir John Wolfe-BarryImage: Tom Curtis /

FreeDigitalPhotos.net


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History of BSI

1900

2010

1946

Founder member of ISO

1929

Granted Royal Charter

1901

Engineering Standards Committee founded in London

1903

Kitemark introducedFirst StandardsBS 1 published

1931

Renamed BSI

1959

First laboratories opened

1964

Founder Member of CEN & CENELEC


European Committee for Standardization (CEN)

• European standards body

• Differences in process

• Adoption by Weighted vote


International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

• International (global) standards body

• One member, one vote.

• Final Draft International Standard


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Types of Standard

Low High

ControlTim

eInt’l

Standards

(ISO)

European Standards (EN)

Publicly Available Specifications (PAS)

Private Standards

British Standards (BS)

Corporate Technical Specifications


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The Standardization Process

• Proposal for new work• Project acceptance• Drafting• Public Comment• Approval• Publication• Review


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Impact of Standards

UK – standards make annual contribution of

£2.5bn to economy

Germany – economic benefits of

standardization represents 1% of GDP

Canada – 9% of economic growth

attributed to standards, 1981-2004

Australia – Standards in electrical and water industries contribute

AUD 1.9bn to economy

Global – MPEG-2 digital standard

created USD 2.5tr worth of business

Global – international crane maintenance

standards have saved USD 3bn

Sources: DTI/BSI, DIN, SCC/CBC, SA, MPEG Licensing Authority, ISO/TC 96


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How You Can Get Involved

• Become a Committee member

• Become a Consumer & Public Interest representative

• Join BSI

• Join the British Standards Society

• Become a BSI author

• Standards Development & Standards Proposal websites


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http://standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com



http://standardsproposals.bsigroup.com


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How You Can Get Involved

• Become a Committee member

• Become a Consumer & Public Interest representative

• Join BSI

• Join the British Standards Society

• Become a BSI author

• Standards Development & Standards Proposal websites

• Become a user of standards Standards and publications

Self-assessment tools

British Standards Online (BSOL)


British Standards Online…

British Standards Online


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Using Standards

FirstGroup reduced energy consumption by 31%

(ISO 14001)

Amba Research cut information security costs by 33%

(ISO/IEC 27001)

LG Electronics India estimates reduced energy consumption of 22%

(EN 16001)

Shree Cement Ltd (SCL) reduced energy use and cost by nearly 2%

(EN 16001)

MERCEDES GP PETRONAS increased reliability of F1 team using

British Standards Online (BSOL)

Ennstone reduced employee liability insurance premiums by

six-figure sum using Entropy®


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Testing and Certification

Testing

• Snapshot in time

• Susceptible to golden sampling

• “The sample submitted complied with the requirements of EN XXXX”

Certification• More than just a test

• More than just a quality control system

• Many certification and testing bodies in the UK

• UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service)


CE and the Kitemark®

CE Mark

• CE mark demonstrates conformity to essential requirements of all applicable New Approach Directives

• The CE marking is not a quality mark;

• The CE marking is mandatory in the EU;

• BSI cannot give authority to apply the CE marking;

• It is illegal to use the CE marking on a product that is outside the scope of all the New Approach directives.

Kitemark

• Is owned exclusively by BSI• Is issued under Licence• Is a 3rd party voluntary

mark of quality and safety

The Process• Pre-Audit visit • Initial Assessment visit• Type Testing of new

product• Scheme Manager reviews,

‘Type Test’ results and initial assessment report

• Award of Kitemark• Continuing assessment

visits• Audit testing


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Useful Committees to Follow

SS/2 Statistical Interpretation of Data

BS 2846 Guide to statistical interpretation of dataBS ISO 16269 Statistical interpretation of data


Useful Committees to Follow

Committee Key StandardIST/5 Programming languages, their

environments and system software interfaces

BS ISO/IEC 23270:2003 Information technology. C# Language Specification

IST/15 Software and systems engineering

BS ISO/IEC 23026:2006 Software engineering. Recommended practice for the internet. Web site engineering, web site management, and web site life cycle

IST/37 Coding of picture, audio, multimedia and hypermedia information

BS ISO/IEC 21000-7:2004 Information technology. Multimedia framework (MPEG-21). Digital item adaptation

IST/43 Information technology for learning, education and training

BS 8426:2003 A code of practice for e-support in e-learning systems

IST/45 Web Accessibility BS 8878:2010 Web accessibility. Code of practice

PH/9 Applied ergonomicsBS EN ISO 9241-151:2008 Ergonomics of human-system

interaction. Guidance on World Wide Web user interfaces


PAS 124:2008

Defining, implementing and managing website standards: A statement of best practice.

PAS 74:2008

Internet safety. Access control systems for the protection of children online. Specification

Other Useful Web Standards


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Thank you for your attention


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Contact

Name: Newell Hampson-JonesTitle: Education Sector Representative

Address: BSI389 Chiswick High Road

London

W4 4AL

Telephone: 020 8996 7227 / 07767 886 713Email: [email protected] Links: www.bsigroup.com / www.bsieducation.org

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