THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO)

is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 130 countries, one from each country. ISO is a non-governmental organization established in 1947. Its mission is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity. Among well known ISO standards are: The ISO film speed code, among many other photographic equipment standards, has been adopted worldwide. The ISO 9000 business standards that provide a framework for quality management and quality assurance.