LibGuides: Computer Science and IT : Standards

Standards

"A standard is a document that provides rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results. Most standards aim to achieve an optimum degree of order in a given context. Standards are guidelines that establish accepted practices, technical requirements, and terminologies for diverse field." Standards Council of Canada
Organizations that develop standards are called standards developing organizations (SDOs) or standards setting organizations (SSOs). This includes committees, companies, government, organizations, trade associations and other groups.

Standard Databases

CSA OnDemand
(Canadian Standards Association) Access to all Canadian Standards Association standards and codes across a number of industries, including CSA-adopted ISO documents and ICS Codes.

- Click "My Library" to see the content to which we have access.
- In this academic licence, printing of documents is not allowed, and "Download PDF" access is only available on-campus on the SenecaNET network, opening the file in Adobe Reader, and only for some of the documents (i.e., many major codes are excluded).

Self-registering for your own CSA account is optional, necessary only if you want to add notes or highlights within documents, choose a preferred language, copy-and-paste content, etc. However printing is still not available.
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IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL)
(IEEE/IET) Provides access to technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Included are over 390 journals, magazines, and transactions from the two organizations, proceedings from over 6,000 IEEE conferences, and over 5,300 IEEE standards in key technology fields.

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