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NISO
National Information Standards Organization
NISO is a non-profit association accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
NISO identifies, develops, maintains, and publishes technical standards and recommended practices to manage information.
NISO standards apply to both traditional and new technologies.
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A prescribed set of rules, conditions, or requirements concerning definitions of terms; classification of components; specification of materials, performance, or operations; delineation of procedures; or measurement of quantity and quality in describing materials, products, systems, services, or practices.
STANDARDS TYPES
(from ISO/IEC Guide 2:2004(en) Standardization and related activities — General vocabulary)
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