Engineering Rules
by JoAnne Yates, Craig N. Murphy · first published 2019
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Meta: If anyone wants to know the history of ISO, its predecessors, and the history of writing public standards, see Engineering Rules: Global Standard Setting Since 1880 by Craig Murphy and JoAnne Yates (ISBN 9781421440033): > Private, voluntary standards shape almost everything we use, from screw threads to shipping containers to…
on “ISO should make all standards Publicly Available” ↗…communications (and though I'm writing tongue in cheek, I really do find the work fascinating), and has been working on a book on standards and their evolution. I've not read it but it may be of interest. Engineering rules : global standard setting since 1880 https://www.worldcat.org/title/engineering-rules-global-stan... Simon Winchester has a book on machining and measurement, also not read, though based on his previous…
on “Hey Ho, GIFs Must Go (1999)” ↗…their job. Just because the benefit is non-financial does no mean there is not benefit. People have recognized that having common standards is a general benefit to society. For a history of this see Engineering Rules: Global Standard Setting Since 1880 by Craig Murphy and JoAnne Yates (ISBN 9781421440033): * https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/engineering-rules ISO has bills and overhead to cover, just like anyone…
on “ISO should make all standards Publicly Available” ↗…their job. Just because the benefit is non-financial does not mean there is no benefit. People have recognized that having common standards is a general benefit to society. For a history of this see Engineering Rules: Global Standard Setting Since 1880 by Craig Murphy and JoAnne Yates (ISBN 9781421440033): * https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/engineering-rules ISO has bills and overhead to cover, just like anyone…
on “ISO should make all standards Publicly Available” ↗