| Abstrakt: |
As industry becomes increasingly global the importance of international standards increases, as well. How can U.S. companies, government agencies, and other organizations ensure that their voices are heard and their interests are protected. The U.S. Technical Advisory Group (U.S. TAG) is the only avenue for U.S. stakeholders to provide input to technical committees in the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission. The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) administers nine of these U.S. TAGs. This paper presents an overview of the process by which international standards are developed and explains how U.S. stakeholders, working through the American National Standards Institute and the ASA, can participate in the development of standards on acoustics; bioacoustics; electroacoustics; noise; mechanical vibration, shock and conditioning monitoring; and most recently, underwater acoustics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
