The Standards Engineeer - Glossary

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Term Description
ICES International Cooperation on Education about Standardization
ICS International Classification of Standards.
ICT Information and Communication Technologies.
ICTSB ICT - Standards Board.
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission.
IFAN International Federation of Standards Users
IFAN Guide 3 IFAN Guide 3:2008 – Guidelines to assist members of committees in preparing user-oriented European Standards.
ILNAS National Standardisation Body from Luxembourg: Institut Luxembourgeois de la normalisation, de l'accreditation, de la sécurité et qualité des produits et services
Importer Is the natural or legal person who places a product from a third country on the Community market. .
Indicator Quantified measure that permits to appreciate in a pertinent manner the operated aspects in a certain field.
Industrial Property Rights Focuses the protection of inventions, industrial design and trade marks for innovation, employment, competition and thus economic growth. .
Infrastructure Entities having a low speed of development.
Installed Base Collection of users of a certain standard.
Intellectual property Refers to intangible assets resulting from the creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce. .
Intellectual property rights Intellectual property rights (IPR) are divided into two categories: 1) industrial property, which includes inventions, trademarks, industrial design, and geographical indications of source; and 2) copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, films, musical works, paintings, photographs, and architectural designs. .
Intelligence The ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations.
Interchangeability Ability of one product, process or service to be used in place of another to fulfil the same requirements.
Interface Standard Standard that specifies requirements concerned with the compatibility of products or systems at their points of interconection.
Interference Standard Standard that sets requirements concerning the influence of an entity and others entities.
Internal Market See Single Market.
International Standards Standards developed by international standards organizations. International standards are available for consideration and use, worldwide. .
International Standardization Standardization in which involvement is open to relevant bodies from all countries. .
International Workshop Agreement (IWA) Document developed outside the normal ISO committee system. .
IP Intellectual property (IP) refers to intangible assets resulting from the creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce. .
IPQ National Standardisation Body from Portugal: Instituto Português da Qualidade
IPR Intellectual property rights (IPR) are divided into two categories: 1) industrial property, which includes inventions, trademarks, industrial design, and geographical indications of source; and 2) copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, films, musical works, paintings, photographs, and architectural designs. .
IPRTRUST Patents and Antitrust in Standards
IS See International Standards .
ISO International Organization for Standardization.
ISO Directives Part1 ISO Directives Part 1: Procedures for the technical work (2011) .
ISO Directives Part2 ISO Directives Part 2: Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards (2004) .
ISO Guides List of all ISO Guides .
ISO Guide 2 ISO Guide 2,Standardization and related activities - General vocabulary. .
ISO Guide 76 ISO/IEC Guide 76:2008 - Development of service standards - Recommendations for addressing consumer issues. .
IST National Standardisation Body from Iceland: Icelandic Standards
ITU International Telecommunication Union.
IWA See International Workshop Agreement. .

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