Organizations

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) - The standards organization for all areas of electrotechnology.
http://www.iec.ch

Codex Alimentarius Commission - Part of FAO and WHO food and veterinary standards activities. With information about procedure, forthcoming activities, members and participating organizations. All Codex Alimentarius standards document available for download in English, French and Spanish.
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/

Space Frequency Coordination Group (SFCG) - A forum for solving frequency management problems encountered by member space agencies. Publishes a handbook, resolutions and recommendations which are available for download as Word and PDF documents.
http://sfcgonline.org

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) - With information on standardization activities and procedures and the advantages of participating in standardization work.
http://standards.ieee.org/

IEEE Industry Standard and Technology Organization (ISTO) - A global, not-for-profit corporation designed to accelerate and extend traditional standards development and adoption activities for technology industry consortia.
http://www.ieee-isto.org

Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) - An organization of Space Agencies and produces recommendations and standards mainly for ground systems and their interface to space systems. The organization's work is detailed, and includes extensive repositories of the standards produced.
http://www.ccsds.org/

International Commission on Illumination (CIE) - Includes background information, membership details, and publications.
http://www.cie.co.at/

World Standards Services Network (WSSN) - Network of public WWW servers of standards organizations around the world.
http://www.wssn.net/WSSN/

InterNational Electrical Testing Association (NETA) - Publishes standards and specifications. Includes a list of publications and an online order form.
http://www.netaworld.org/

Pan American Standards Commission (COPANT) - Seeks to promote the development of technical standardization and related activities in its member countries. [English and Spanish]
http://www.copant.org/

Council for Optical Radiation Measurements (CORM) - Develops requirements for standards, calibration services and collaboration programs.
http://www.corm.org/

Joint Steering Group on Spatial Standardization and Related Interoperability (JSG) - Includes charter, membership and action item information.
http://www.jsgspatial.org/

International Telecommunications Union - Radiocommunications (ITU-R) - Formerly CCIR. Deals with the standardization of wireless communication.
http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/

International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association (IDEMA) - Trade association for the data storage industry. Publishes standards and reference documents, most of which are available for download in PDF format.
http://www.idema.org/

International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) - Sets accounting principles for business financial statements. Based in London. Sponsored by accounting organisations in nearly 100 countries.
http://www.iasb.org/

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - Serves as the world's central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the nuclear field, and as the international inspectorate
http://www.iaea.or.at/

International Telecommunications Union - Telecommunication Standardization (ITU-T) - Formerly CCITT. Produces global telecommunication standards, and defines tariff and accounting principles. Most widely known standards are those of the X. series (e.g. X.25 and X.500).
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/