The International Organization for Standardization (IS0): Global governance through voluntary consensus

The International Organization for Standardization (IS0): Global governance through voluntary consensus

JoAnne Yates, and Craig N. Murphy

2/03/2009
(Original Publish Date: 11/15/2008)

This book is about the International Organization for Standardization (usually called "ISO," which is often treated as a word, not an acronym1)and related organizations including its international predecessors and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC,founded in 1906 and considered an autonomous part of ISO since its founding in 1946)as well as a the larger principal of voluntary consensus standard setting" which all of them embody.