Ickestandardiserade

Ickestandardiserade is a Swedish term describing data, processes or products that do not conform to established standards. The form combines icke- meaning not with standardiserade, indicating non-standardization. It is used in discussions of interoperability, quality control, and system integration to denote elements that diverge from agreed specifications.

In practice, ickestandardiserade elements exhibit inconsistent formats, units, naming conventions, or interfaces. Examples include datasets with mixed date formats, product catalogs with varying SKU schemes, or software APIs with non-uniform parameter naming. Non-standardized items complicate data integration, validation, and automation, and they increase costs for maintenance and governance.

Remediation typically involves standardization efforts such as defining common schemas, units, and interfaces; performing data cleansing and normalization; mapping non-standard formats to standard models; and implementing governance, metadata catalogs, validators, and change control to prevent drift.

In some contexts, non-standardization may reflect legacy systems or industry-specific practices, but the goal in most organizations is to minimize ickestandardiserade elements to improve interoperability and data quality.

See also: standardization, interoperability, data governance, data quality.