0122 - Talking Standards with Kierán Cox

In this chat, Kieran Cox takes the spotlight, talking about the role of Ireland’s National Standards agency, the NSAI.Q: First question Kierán, should we spell standarisation with an "s" (CEN/CENELEC) or a "z" (ISO)?Q: With all the institutional involvement would you say that Standards processes are legal, or political, or scientific?Q: What is standarisation good for?Note: An example of old-style thinking which uses a standard to limit access to a market.Q: What does the NSAI do and who are the other standards organisations?Q: What are standards?Q: How many standards are there?Q: What types of things to standards cover?Q: Why do markets for goods and services actually require standards to operate?Q: How are international standards named?Q: Is it easy to learn the ‘insider language’ and terminology? Is it a barrier to getting people involved? -----CLOSING-----Thank you very much Kierán for giving us this overview of standards for organisations and businesses in Ireland, Europe and Internationally. But more importantly, highlighting the role of everyday people, for professionals, in contributing to the ongoing development of standards.AcknowledgementsMusic Title: Jumper.mp3Artist: Jason ShawSource: https://audionautix.comLicense: CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.comCover Art Title: The Cubotahedron from NSAI with Talking StandardsArtist: Allen HigginsSource: Various: NSAI logo with permission; Modern Love Grunge font used.License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Design Talk (dot IE) is released under the “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike version 4.0 creative commons license aka CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 This license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.