In this chat, Kieran Cox takes the spotlight, talking about the role of Ireland’s National Standards agency, the NSAI.

Q: First question Kierán, should we spell standarisation with an "s" (CEN/CENELEC) or a "z" (ISO)?

Q: With all the institutional involvement would you say that Standards processes are legal, or political, or scientific?

Q: What is standarisation good for?

Note: An example of old-style thinking which uses a standard to limit access to a market.

Q: What does the NSAI do and who are the other standards organisations?

Q: What are standards?

Q: How many standards are there?

Q: What types of things to standards cover?

Q: Why do markets for goods and services actually require standards to operate?

Q: How are international standards named?

Q: Is it easy to learn the ‘insider language’ and terminology? Is it a barrier to getting people involved? 

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CLOSING

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Thank you very much Kierán for giving us this overview of standards for organisations and businesses in Ireland, Europe and Internationally. But more importantly, highlighting the role of everyday people, for professionals, in contributing to the ongoing development of standards.

Acknowledgements

Music 

Title: Jumper.mp3

Artist: Jason Shaw

Source: https://audionautix.com

License: CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

Cover Art 

Title: The Cubotahedron from NSAI with Talking Standards

Artist: Allen Higgins

Source: Various: NSAI logo with permission; Modern Love Grunge font used.

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