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The BSI Group produces British Standards under the authority of the Charter, which lays down as one of the BSI's objectives to: Set up standards of quality for goods and services, and prepare and promote the general adoption of British Standards and schedules in connection therewith and from time to time to revise, alter and amend such ...
British Standards (BS) are the standards produced by the BSI Group which is incorporated under a royal charter and which is formally designated as the national standards body (NSB) for the UK. [1] The BSI Group produces British Standards under the authority of the charter, which lays down as one of the BSI's objectives to: [ 2 ]
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]
BSI – British Standards Institution aka BSI Group; DStan – UK Defence Standardization; United States of America. ANSI – American National Standards Institute; ACI – American Concrete Institute; NISO – National Information Standards Organization; NIST – National Institute of Standards and Technology
BS 7988 is a standard originally published by the British Standards Institution (BSI) in 2002. It is a code of practice for the use of information technology (IT) in the delivery of assessments, and gives guidance and good practice in using computers to deliver assessments.
BSI Group pioneered the PAS format. Under the BSI model, any organization, association or group who wish to document standardized best practice on a specific subject can commission a PAS, subject to the BSI acceptance process. A British Standard and a PAS must reach full consensus between all stakeholders on technical content. The timescale for ...
In 2012 Steedman joined BSI Group. He is Director-General, Standards and an executive director. He was a vice president of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) from 2012 – 2016 and vice president for policy of the International Organization for Standardization(ISO) from 2017 – 2021.
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.