What is a standard?
Jump to section: What’s a Standard? Criteria Standards Definition Standards Industrial Standards International Standards Mandatory Standards Military and Federal Standards Non-U.S. National Standards Performance Specification Standards Superseded Standards Voluntary Standards What is a Standard There is no single accepted definition for standards, but Charles Sullivan describes them as: “… a category of documents whose function is to control some aspect of human endeavor.” We think that is a workable definition. But not to leave well enough alone, we will elaborate for our own purposes. Standards, for our discussion, include standards, specifications, regulations, and guidelines. They help clarify, guide and control processes and activities crucial to our everyday functioning and lives. In particular, they specify definitions, performance, and design criteria.
A standard is an abstract aesthetic ideal. The realization of a good standard would result in a work of art or, at the very least, an object possessing artistic unity. Artistic unity requires that individual parts be in harmony with one another; that they possess balance and proportion; that together they enhance each other and strengthen the whole. A good work of art has its own inner logic. There is a feeling of inevitability and rightness about each detail. With a standard we aim at some satisfying visual shape that possesses a certain style. Style, too, implies an inner harmony and consistency between the parts. In the realm of aesthetics, the whole is really greater than the sum of its parts, but each enhances or detracts from the whole. Its realization should possess aesthetic and artistic validity. Nothing grotesque or distorted or ugly is implicit in the standard. Why then do some winning cats look ugly or distorted? Because they violate in some way the basic concept. A cat can
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