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BS 0 A standard for standards specifies Development, Structure and Drafting of British Standards themselves. BS 1 Lists of Rolled Sections for Structural Purposes; BS 2 Specification and Sections of Tramway Rails and Fishplates; BS 3 Report on Influence of Gauge Length and Section of Test Bar on the Percentage of Elongation
The standards produced are titled British Standard XXXX[-P]:YYYY where XXXX is the number of the standard, P is the number of the part of the standard (where the standard is split into multiple parts) and YYYY is the year in which the standard came into effect.
This category is British Standards, designated by the British Standards Institution. For other standards used in Britain, see Category:British standards . Pages in category "British Standards"
BSI Group headquarters building in Gunnersbury, West London, featuring the BSI Group logo. BSI was founded as the Engineering Standards Committee in London in 1901. [5] [2] It subsequently extended its standardization work and became the British Engineering Standards Association in 1918, adopting the name British Standards Institution in 1931 after receiving a Royal Charter in 1929. [2]
The informal public imperial measurement standards erected at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, in the 19th century: 1 British yard, 2 feet, 1 foot, 6 inches, and 3 inches. The inexact monument was designed to permit rods of the correct measure to fit snugly into its pins at an ambient temperature of 62 °F (16 2 ⁄ 3 °C ).
British Standard 8878 (BS 8878) [1] is a Web Accessibility Code of Practice which was published by the BSI Group (also known as the British Standards Institution or BSI). The standard was officially launched on 7 December 2010. BS 8878 defines a process for creating and embedding a web accessibility strategy within an organisation.
The British Standards Institution announced the development of the PAS 2060 Standard for Carbon Neutrality in October 2009 [2] with the objective of increasing transparency of carbon neutrality claims by providing a common definition and recognized method of achieving carbon neutral status.
The standard was first introduced in 1980 as a fracture and fatigue assessment procedure, when it was known as PD 6493. [2] Its name was changed to BS 7910 following a revision in 1999. [ 3 ] The standard has undergone numerous subsequent revisions, the most recent being in December 2019.