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A standard is a document that prescribes or recommends performance, product characteristics, designs or management objectives. If you want more details you may want to read Standards Systems: A Guide for Regulators from the Standards Council of Canada.
Standards are the reason that:
Standards might also be called Recommended Practices, Guidelines, or Military Specifications (aka Mil Specs).
Standards for buildings & construction are often called codes. However, other standards might be called codes, such as the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel code.
Most standards follow a similar number format. They will look something like this ABC D123.56-07, where
ABC is the organization that developed the standard
D is a broad subject category (not always present)
123.56 is a document/standard number
07 indicates the standard was approved in 2007
For example,