Standards & Patents: Definitions

 "A standard is a published document which sets out specifications and procedures designed to ensure that a material, product, method or service is fit for its purpose and consistently performs in the way it was intended." (Standards Australia).

Standards documents include:

• Australian Standards

• International Standards and Joint Standards

• Codes

• Specifications

• Handbooks

• Guidelines

Access from the Databases page (look under Standards Australia), or link directly to Australian Standards

• Download or print current / draft Australian Standards & Handbooks free of charge
• Downloaded standards will expire after 48 hours
• Superseded standards are not always available
• International Standards abstracts only can also be searched in this database

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