Communications in engineering - ISO Standard

The International Standarization Organization has been, since 1947, setting worldwide standards for fabrication processes, sizes, rules etc. for all sorts of areas such as sofware, electronics, materials, inspections, resource management...

This allows, for example, that A4 paper is the same size everywhere in the world, bolts and nuts' sizes are also standard everywhere. There is even a set of rules of how to properly cite documents or web pages. 

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Nowadays, it is necessary to have these standards, production is worldwide. For example, the Airbus A350 has pieces built in more than 10 different countries and then come toghether in the main factory. Without ISO this would be a lot harder, if not impossible.

On top of this, any place or company or product rated ISO is guaranteed to have certain quality standards.

Here are some interesting ISO for engineers:

- ISO 690: Bibliography citations.
- ISO 3166: Country codes.
- ISO 8601: Date and time formats.
- ISO 9000 - 9004: Quality management systems.
- ISO 9899: C programming language.
- ISO 50001: Energy management systems.