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The Kraken
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Deutsches Institut fur Normung.
It's the German Standards Institut, similar to our NIST, National Institute for Standards and Technology.
the K
It's the German Standards Institut, similar to our NIST, National Institute for Standards and Technology.
the K
Marek K
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First time I came across DIN was about 20 or 30 years ago, when they started standardizing ski boots soles so they'd be compatible with all brands of bindings. Yes, there was a time when there was no standard shape for ski boot soles...
Far beyond Germany now, there's a DIN standard for just about everything in Europe...
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Now, what's the difference/relationship between DIN and ISO? :huh:
Far beyond Germany now, there's a DIN standard for just about everything in Europe...
And welcome to ScubaBoard!
Now, what's the difference/relationship between DIN and ISO? :huh:
m3830431
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Leave it to the German's
Marek K
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Yeah, but in these cases Ordnung is a good thing...m3830431:
evil_xander
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Marek K:
ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization, whereas DIN 'should' be limited to Germany.
Basically they overlap.
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The DIN system pretty much gave birth to the ISO (International Standards Organization) system of things. I'm sure you've see companies that state that they are "ISO 900?" compliant, and so forth . . .
the K
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DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung was founded in 1917 as NADI (Normenausschuss der deutschen Industrie),. They not only cover(ed) industrial standards but consumer standards as well. in 1926 they were renamed Deutscher Normenausschuss (DNA) and in 1951 they became one of the first members of the Organization for Standardization (ISO) as the only competent German member. In 1975 they finally became what we now know as DIN.
It is an organization with two distinct parts: the standardization part and a business part. The income from the business is used to finance the standadization/research part.
The income at the business side comes primarily from selling their standards and services (for example on how to impliment these standards).
It is one of those typical European organizations with a strong sense of it's stake holders. They straddle both the private sector as well as the public sector, not unlike some of the other European organizations, where the line between public/private is not so clear.
in 2005 there were 29,583 (!!) DIN standards with 5,600 new ones in the pipeline for 2006. There were 76 comittees with 3,170 subcomittees, advised by 26,278 external experts. Their budget was 57mm Euros with a total staff (including direct subsidiaries) of about 570.
It is an organization with two distinct parts: the standardization part and a business part. The income from the business is used to finance the standadization/research part.
The income at the business side comes primarily from selling their standards and services (for example on how to impliment these standards).
It is one of those typical European organizations with a strong sense of it's stake holders. They straddle both the private sector as well as the public sector, not unlike some of the other European organizations, where the line between public/private is not so clear.
in 2005 there were 29,583 (!!) DIN standards with 5,600 new ones in the pipeline for 2006. There were 76 comittees with 3,170 subcomittees, advised by 26,278 external experts. Their budget was 57mm Euros with a total staff (including direct subsidiaries) of about 570.
Marek K
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Wow. and that would explain why I first heard of them at about that time, in connection with ski boot soles.WeekendDiver:
You happen to know which DIN standard that was? Like, DIN-0000002?
the most recent one is DIN ISO 11088, Publication date:2007-01
Assembly, adjustment and inspection of an alpine ski/binding/boot (S-B-B) system (ISO 11088:2006)
Assembly, adjustment and inspection of an alpine ski/binding/boot (S-B-B) system (ISO 11088:2006)
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