What Are Standards?
Here is one definition by the world's biggest standards
organization:
ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996, definition 3.2 defines a standard
as:
'A document established
by consensus and approved by a recognized body that
provides for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines
or characteristics for activities or their results,
aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree of order
in a given context'.
Standards are what makes technology and commerce possible. Standards
define physical parameters like weight or time, and at a higher level,
products and systems like optical fiber or the Internet. More about standards.
FOA has been a participant in standards activity since day 1, and that
participation means FOA understand standards. Besides participating in
developing standards, FOA documents standards and even writes its own
standards.
FOA standards are usually interpretations of other industry standards
which can be hard to understand since most were written by manufacturers
for other manufacturers, not the tech trying to use them. One FOA
standard, the FOA Standard For Installing Fiber Optic Cable Plants, was created because there was a demand for an installation standard that covered all aspects of fiber optic installation.
Below you will find links to help you understand standards.
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