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Just as an FYI. If you want to obtain ISO standards legally but for a price significantly lower than ISO, the answer is simple. Buy them from EVS, the Estonia

Just as an FYI. If you want to obtain ISO standards legally but for a price significantly lower than ISO, the answer is simple. Buy them from EVS, the Estonian Centre for Standardisation and Accreditation[1]. They have a nice English website, and you don't have to have any ties whatsoever to Eestonia, or Europe. The customer service people speak perfect English too if you have any questions. [1] https://www.evs.ee/en/ https://www.evs.ee/en/

andrewmcwatters 5y ago
Wow, that’s big information. Thank you for sharing.
- traceroute66 5y ago
  Its been a little while since I shopped there, IIRC their search engine is generally good, but if you see high prices come up, just make sure you're looking at the price for the EN version and not the ISO version. EN just means the regionally adopted version of the standard. For all intensive purposes EN and ISO are typically identical[1][2]. EN is ISO with additional Z Annexes as applicable. [1]https://northridgequality.com/difference-en-iso-14971-part1/ https://northridgequality.com/difference-en-iso-14971-part1/ [2]https://www.wearwell.co.uk/whats-the-difference-between-an-iso-en-iso-and-bs-en-iso-standard/ https://www.wearwell.co.uk/whats-the-difference-between-an-i...
  - lstamour 5y ago
    Also if the standard you’re looking for only has a high price in their catalog, it’s possible it’s freely available online. Not every standard is published as a regional version, generally only those that would cost more to obtain or are popular enough to require translation.
  - Tomte 5y ago
    But be careful with the prefixes. DIN EN 13850 was "Postal service - Quality of service - Measurement of the transit time of end-to-end services for single piece priority mail and first class mail", but it has been rescinded. DIN EN ISO 13850 is "Safety of machinery - Emergency stop function - Principles for design"
  - pwdisswordfish8 5y ago
    > intensive purposes "intents and purposes"?
slashdot2008 5y ago
wow they have IEC standards for 22 euro instead of 300!
Tomte 5y ago
ANSI used to sell many ISO standards for 18 dollars. C and C++ were available at that price. Unfortunately I didn't buy it then and now they have adjusted their prices.

andrewmcwatters 5y ago

Wow, that’s big information. Thank you for sharing.

traceroute66 5y ago
Its been a little while since I shopped there, IIRC their search engine is generally good, but if you see high prices come up, just make sure you're looking at the price for the EN version and not the ISO version. EN just means the regionally adopted version of the standard. For all intensive purposes EN and ISO are typically identical[1][2]. EN is ISO with additional Z Annexes as applicable. [1]https://northridgequality.com/difference-en-iso-14971-part1/ https://northridgequality.com/difference-en-iso-14971-part1/ [2]https://www.wearwell.co.uk/whats-the-difference-between-an-iso-en-iso-and-bs-en-iso-standard/ https://www.wearwell.co.uk/whats-the-difference-between-an-i...
- lstamour 5y ago
  Also if the standard you’re looking for only has a high price in their catalog, it’s possible it’s freely available online. Not every standard is published as a regional version, generally only those that would cost more to obtain or are popular enough to require translation.
- Tomte 5y ago
  But be careful with the prefixes. DIN EN 13850 was "Postal service - Quality of service - Measurement of the transit time of end-to-end services for single piece priority mail and first class mail", but it has been rescinded. DIN EN ISO 13850 is "Safety of machinery - Emergency stop function - Principles for design"
- pwdisswordfish8 5y ago
  > intensive purposes "intents and purposes"?

slashdot2008 5y ago

wow they have IEC standards for 22 euro instead of 300!

Tomte 5y ago

ANSI used to sell many ISO standards for 18 dollars. C and C++ were available at that price. Unfortunately I didn't buy it then and now they have adjusted their prices.