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Bit of standards history Types of standards Classes of relevant ISO standards ISO 10110 Optical drawing standard Other ISO Optics standards
Standards history
IEC - early international standards organization ISO started after WW2 as part of UN charter
Headquarters in Geneva All national member bodies are governmental except
The US which is private ANSI NIST is not the US member body of ISO
Types of standards
Terms and definitions helps with communication Performance standards how well something works Test methods verify the performance standards Horizontal standards apply to all documents in a field
Terms and definitions are horizontal standards
Build on previous national and ISO standards Use preferred quantities Incorporate default tolerances
ISO TC172 Optics and optical instruments TC is run by DIN German standards org. SCs run by DIN, AFNOR, GOST, Japan WGs have members from US, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, China and Japan
Sub-Committees in TC172
ISO TC172 Optics and photonics
ISO TC172 SC01 ISO TC172 SC03 ISO TC172 SC04 ISO TC172 SC05 ISO TC172 SC06 ISO TC172 SC07 ISO TC172 SC09 Fundamental standards - DIN Optical materials and components - AFNOR Telescopic systems - GOST Microscopes and endoscopes - DIN Surveying instruments - SNV Ophthalmic optics and instruments - DIN Electro-optical systems DIN
ISO 9211 Optical coatings written by SC 3 ISO 10110 Optical drawings written by SC 1
Much more thorough and comprehensive that the US MIL coating specs
Glass properties
ISO 9385 Glass Knoop hardness ISO 9689 Glass Resistance to attack by bases ISO 11455 Determination of birefringence ISO 12123 Specification of raw optical glass