Dear Amund, Did someone around here say the US system is easy to figure out?
There are differences between ANSI and NIST. To put it as simply as possible, NIST traditionally controls weights and measures, while ANSI deals primarily with product standards. There is overlap, but the core activities are different. NIST runs programs for voluntary laboratory accreditation (such as NVLAP for EMC and telecom labs), and it also maintains the calibration standards for measurement of time, weight, distance, etc. ANSI adopts national standards but does not write them. It reviews generic and product-related standards submitted by independent and private standards organizations, then uses a consensus voting procedure to determine whether to adopt those standards as US National Standards. US National Standards are generally voluntary standards that can be used to comply with various US legal codes and regulations. ANSI also sponsors and participates in committees for international standardization and harmonization. Hope this helps. Greg Galluccio www.productapprovals.com ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
