The EDR website will also be your source for Standard Update back issues and a mechanism for reader comments. This probably doesn't happen very often, thanks, in part, to standards for weights and measurements. When standards are in place, we don't notice them. We buy the milk confident that it is the amount indicated on the label. A standard can be defined as something agreed upon as a model, example, or rule for the measure of quantity, weight, extent, value, or quality.
Standards affect almost every facet of our lives.
Without standards, processes would become unreliable, commerce would stall, products would not work together, and consumer interests would go unprotected. Historically, standards have been used for many years. The use of standards was documented in the Civil War, when ammunition sizes had to be standardized so that soldiers on the battlefield could share ammunition between muskets. And, at one time, the diversity of screw threads for the same application caused maintenance problems and posed a significant barrier to international trade. Standardized data is essentially more meaningful, more powerful, and easier to store.