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Austrian Standards International (formerly german: Österreichisches Normungsinstitut), abbreviated ASI, is a
standards organization
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and the
ISO
ISO is the most common abbreviation for the International Organization for Standardization.
ISO or Iso may also refer to: Business and finance
* Iso (supermarket), a chain of Danish supermarkets incorporated into the SuperBest chain in 2007
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member body for
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
.
History
Its predecessor organization, the ''Österreichischer Normenausschuss für Industrie und Gewerbe'' (Austrian Standards Committee for Industry and Trade), was founded in the
First Republic of Austria
The First Austrian Republic (german: Erste Österreichische Republik), officially the Republic of Austria, was created after the signing of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 10 September 1919—the settlement after the end of World War I w ...
on 23 September 1920, with 13 committees developing
technical standard
A technical standard is an established norm or requirement for a repeatable technical task which is applied to a common and repeated use of rules, conditions, guidelines or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, ...
s primarily for
mechanical
Mechanical may refer to:
Machine
* Machine (mechanical), a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement
* Mechanical calculator, a device used to perform the basic operations of ...
and
electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...
. The first standard was published in 1921 on metric
screw thread
A screw thread, often shortened to thread, is a helical structure used to convert between rotational and linear movement or force. A screw thread is a ridge wrapped around a cylinder or cone in the form of a helix, with the former being called a ...
s. In 1932, the committee's name was shortened to the ''Österreichischer Normenausschuss'' (Austrian Standards Committee). With the Austrian ''
Anschluss
The (, or , ), also known as the (, en, Annexation of Austria), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 13 March 1938.
The idea of an (a united Austria and Germany that would form a " Greater Germany ...
'' to
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
in 1938, it became a branch office of the German ''
Deutsches Institut für Normung
' (DIN; in English, the German Institute for Standardisation Registered Association) is the German national organization for standardization and is the German ISO member body. DIN is a German Registered Association ('' e.V.'') headquartered in ...
'' (DIN) standards organization, but resumed operations in its own right after
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, and was a founding ISO member in 1946.
The 1954 Federal Act on Standardization recognized the activities of the committee, and the Act, as amended, serves as its legal basis. The Austrian Standards Committee's name was changed to ''ON Österreichisches Normungsinstitut'' in 1969.
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On 1 March 2006, the Institute published ON rule ONR 168000, used to calculate the monetary value of a brand
A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller's good or service from those of other sellers. Brands are used in business, marketing, and advertising for recognition and, importantly, to create an ...
.
In 2018, the name was changed to Austrian Standards International.
The Institute is located at Heinestrasse 38, 1020 Vienna
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Austrian standards
The acronym ÖNORM designates a national standard published by the Austrian Standards International and applicable to Austria alone. Austrian national standards have the acronym "ÖNORM" followed by one letter and a unique number. By way of illustration:
* ÖNORM S 4223: dimensions, safety requirements, testing, conformity marking of snorkels
* ÖNORM S 4224: dimensions, safety requirements, testing, conformity marking of swimming fins
* ÖNORM S 4225: safety requirements, testing, conformity marking of diving mask
Diving most often refers to:
* Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water
* Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes
Diving or Dive may also refer to:
Sports
* Dive (American football), a ...
s
In the examples above, the letter "S" following "ÖNORM" indicates that these standards address topics not covered elsewhere (''Sonstige Normengebiete'' in German).
References
External links
Information from iso.org
Austrian Standards International
(in English)
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Electrical safety standards organizations
ISO member bodies
Standards Institute