What are the differences between Specification,Code and Standard? 3

[pipeng90]

What are the differences between Specification,Code and Standard?

 

[EmmanuelTop]

This is what comes back from online search:

Specifications clearly and accurately describe the technical requirements of any given product or process and are used heavily by purchasing departments for controlling the quality of incoming materials.

A Standard can be defined as a set of technical definitions and guidelines that function as instructions for designers, manufacturers, operators, or users of equipment.

A standard becomes a Code when it has been adopted by one or more governmental bodies and is enforceable by law, or when it has been incorporated into a business contract.

Also see

http://www.specsandcodes.com/Articles/The Code Corner No. 3 - Codes vs Standards.pdf

 

[zdas04]

Nothing to add to that except a purple star.

David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist

 

[LittleInch]

pipeeng 90 - please don't double post again - see my response in the ASME forum....

Remember - More details = better answers
Also: If you get a response it's polite to respond to it.

 

[hokie66]

What EmmanuelTop wrote. In addition, a Code is the law. Some Standards are incorrectly called Codes.