International standards have become very important for
global consumers who want to be sure that they can enjoy a product
meeting basic functionalities. Those standards are also crucial for
technological products comprising networking technologies to
communicate either with each other or with remote servers.
While Wifi Internet connection, 4G mobile networking and MP3
music files may be easily recognized as existing standards, there
are hundreds of thousands of lesser-known standards in force
affecting a wide variety of industries. For example, ASTM International promulgates dozens of
electronics standards just for products like compound
semiconductors and printed electronics. ASTM also sets rules for
about 100 other sectors, including 3D imaging, pharmaceutical
applications, medical devices and much more.
