Free access for article citation/reference purposes? 

If the standards are all locked away within a payment system that only a manufacturer would have the deep pockets to afford purchasing, how is a free encyclopedia supposed to be able to reference these same standards if editors don't have the funds to each buy a copy of the standards for themselves?

If citations in an article are created that link to standards as a source, how is someone reading the list of references supposed to be able to access the standard for more information?