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What is a standard?

A standard is defined by Standards Australia as:

'Published documents setting out specifications and procedures designed to ensure
products, services and systems are safe, reliable and consistently perform the way they
were intended to. They establish a common language which defines quality and safety criteria'.

Standards databases at Swinburne

• Australian Standards
  Full text access to all Australian standards; a limit of four users at a time applies. Please logout when you are finished.
• IEEE Standards
  Industry standards in the fields of power and energy, IT, telecommunications and related technologies.

Other standards available at Swinburne

• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standards
  A complete set of the ASTM standards is available in print from the Hawthorn campus, call number 621 AME-A. To search or browse for a standard online use the above link.
  
• Building Code of Australia (BCA)
  A uniform set of technical provisions for the design and construction of buildings and other structures throughout Australia; produced by the Australian Building Codes Board.
  
  

Individual standards available for loan

• Australian standards for civil engineering students
  Part 2: Structural engineering - HB 2.2-2003
  
• British Standard BS 7799-3: 2006: Information security management systems
  Part 3: guidelines for information security risk management
  
• Information security risk management guidelines
  HB 231:2004
  
• Information technology guidelines for the management of IT security
  AS 13335.1: 2003
• Risk management:
  AS/NZS 4360: 2004
• Risk management: code of practice
  BS 31100:2008
• Risk management guidelines companion to AS/NZS 4360: 2004
  
• Security risk management HB 167: 2006
  
• Telecommunications infrastructure standard for data centers
  ANSI/TIA 942-2005
  

International standard organisations' websites

• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  Non-governmental organisation that develops and publishes international standards.
  Includes links to the websites of national member bodies
  
• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
  The IETF mission is make the internet work better by producing high-quality, relevant technical documents that influence the way people design, use and manage the internet.
  
• International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunications Group (ITU-T)
  UN agency for information and communication technology issues.
  
• National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
  A non-profit association that identifies, develops, maintains and publishes technical standards to manage information in our changing and evermore digital environment.