Standardiset

Standardiset is a proposed global framework for harmonizing standards across industries to improve interoperability, reduce duplication, and streamline compliance. It envisions a modular, layered architecture that distinguishes a universal core of metadata, terminology, and assessment methods from domain-specific extensions.

Core components include a central standard registry, a meta-ontology for describing normative documents, and a formal process for proposing, revising, and withdrawing standards. Domain registries organize sector-specific norms, while an interoperability layer maps equivalences and dependencies between documents from different jurisdictions.

Governance is organized around open participation, public comment periods, and consensus-based decision making among participating standard bodies, with alignment to existing institutions such as national standard organizations and international bodies.

Applications span product development, data exchange, and regulatory compliance. Potential benefits include easier cross-border procurement, faster product cycles, and clearer conformity assessments; challenges include ensuring equitable participation, managing revision cycles, and avoiding bloat through overstandardization.

Standardiset remains a subject of academic debate and has not achieved universal adoption. Proponents argue it could lower transaction costs; critics warn of centralization risks and the persistence of national sovereignty in standards. See also: standardization, interoperability, ISO, IEC.