standardidists

Standardidists are a theoretical and practical community focused on the creation, adoption, and enforcement of standards across domains such as technology, manufacturing, data exchange, and communication.

They aim to reduce heterogeneity, enable interoperability, and lower transaction costs by promoting formal specifications, conformance testing, and stable governance of standards over time.

Standardidists emphasize collaborative processes that involve diverse stakeholders, fashion formal specification documents, maintain versioned standards, and support independent certification to verify conformity.

Historically, the term emerged in debates on standardization frameworks in information technology and industry policy, and it is associated with bodies and initiatives that pursue open, widely adopted standards.

Critics argue that excessive standardization can impede innovation, create bureaucratic overhead, or favor large incumbents. Proponents counter that careful design preserves flexibility while enabling reliable interoperability.

See also: standardization, interoperability, conformance testing, open standards.