The process of creating a standard is only one piece of a larger life cycle that spans from prestandardization investigation and planning through post-publication activities, including testing, ...

This year marks the 100-year anniversary of API publishing its first standard. Since its founding more than a century ago, the American Petroleum Institute (API) has led standards development ...

This is the second in a three-part series exploring the American Petroleum Institute’s (API's) standards development process. World Oil (WO) recently spoke with Paula Watkins (PW), API Senior Director ...

There are many views on the value and utility of industry standards, many of which include concerns and criticism about the processes used for their development. Perhaps the most common criticism is ...

Standards are indispensable to innovation, providing shared platforms for industry participants to work together to bring new technological solutions to the marketplace. Securing the integrity of fair ...

According to this article, standards development frequently involves significant R&D and related investments by technology contributors. These contributions benefit the standard setting process and ...

Coding standards ensure understandable, updated code that contains minimal errors. They also strengthen collaboration and reduce technical debt. Teams can opt to develop their own closed standards or ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a Request for Information on People’s Republic of China (PRC) policies and influence in the ...