OVERVIEW OF ISO

ISO is the International Organization for Standardization. It was
set up in 1947 and is located in Geneva, Switzerland. Its purpose
is to facilitate and support international trade by developing standards
that people everywhere would recognize and respect. ISO achieves this
purpose through the participation and support of its members. These
members come from 161 national standards bodies.

ISO standards are developed by technical committees. The people who
serve on these technical committees come from many national standards
organizations. Consequently, ISO standards have worldwide support.

The International Organization for Standardization chose the
acronym ISO (and not IOS) because the word ISO also means
“equal” or “equivalent” in Greek, and because ISO works better
when translated into other languages.

Currently, ISO has 193 technical committees, 540 subcommittees,
and 2244 working groups. Since 1947, ISO has developed
over 17,500 international standards! Quite an achievement.

Check out our Plain English ISO Standards Library.

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