The Standards Engineeer - Glossary

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Term Description
Factual Standard Standard determined by circumstances.
FDIS See Final Draft International Standard.
Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) This is the final form of a proposed standard before it is adopted as an International Standard.
First Agent First actor to set a standard for a certain topic.
FLES Future Landscape of European Standardisation.
Formal Standardization Standardization carried out in FSO committees.
Formal Standardization Organization FSO: ISO, IEC their national members +regional SDOs related to these national members + ETSI + ITU
Forwards Compatibility Situation in which a standard has been constructed in such a way that its future sucessors are expected to be backwards compatible to it.
FP7 Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development.
Free Rider User of a standard who did not contribute to its development and market introduction, and the costs related to that.
FSO Formal Standardization Organization.

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