Education Program about Standard Documents as a Basis in Standardization Education at a University

Standard documents which are results of standardization activity have some specific features and attributes that no other documents have. Without studying the features, it is almost impossible to read standard contents as well as to develop standards. It is, therefore, recommended to include the basic program for reading and understanding standard documents into standardization education at a university. The basic program is discussed and proposed to consist of guidelines regarding (1) the structure of standard documents, (2) how to read standard documents, (3) agreement process for developing standard documents, and (4) establishment of a project for standardization. The proposed program was included into the lecture “Strategy for International Standardization” carried out by the author. It was confirmed that students began to have more interest in standardization by reading some existing standard documents actually.