Use of the term “Pre-Standardization” is context specific and includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Creating and maintaining standardization roadmaps by convening industry, government, academia, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Purposeful convening to produce seed documents that lay the foundation for standardization, e.g., by convening stakeholders from industry, government, and other entities to structure proposed standards which are then submitted to voluntary standards consensus bodies for development as formal standards.
- Facilitating broad representation in standards development by convening underrepresented groups to understand their needs, including but not limited to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), end-users and consumers, civil society organizations, and academia.
- Information sharing, e.g., via briefing documents or web-based resources describing current standardization activities.
- Assessing the standardization landscape to identify gaps and needs that will inform research efforts.
- Engaging industry and other relevant stakeholders to identify and prioritize standardization and related measurement needs, such as by convening stakeholder workshops or developing white papers to inform standardization as well as the foundational metrology needed to realize standards.
- Directing research to meet or anticipate a specific standardization goal, such as supporting measurement and test methods, performance metrics, validated datasets and tools, frameworks, or other research deliverables to align with the needs of a standard or conformity assessment scheme.
