Guidelines, either formal or informal, which indicate the types of technology available for purchase that will be supported by the county.

Guidelines and regulations for the manufacturing of electrical equipment.

A standard is "Thou shall" while a guideline is a recommendation, more like "You should if your situation warrants." Data warehouse standards examples include: meta data, terminology, data stewardship, and privacy.

A set of guidelines to follow to interchange data with other companies. The guidelines are a set of instruction on how electronic business transactions should be structured and what pieces of information should be included in the transactions.

Academic guidelines for what all students should know and be able to do in a variety of subjects such as math, science, or language arts.

set of guidelines used as a framework for installing wire and cable for voice and data transmission at Harvard.

Bible-based guidelines developed by a denomination regarding behavior and interaction.

Documented technical specifications sponsored by a Standards Development Organization (SDO) to be used consistently as rules, guidelines, or definitions of characteristics for the interchange of data. A broad array of ITS standards is currently under development that will specifically define the interfaces identified in the National ITS Architecture. Select "Standards" from the main menu. View the standards page.