Foundational Standards
Fundamental standards providing codes, formats, and conventions used globally including country codes, currencies, languages, dates, and character encoding.
Overview
Foundational standards provide essential codes, formats, and conventions that enable global interoperability and communication. These standards are fundamental to international commerce, IT systems, and data exchange.
Examples include ISO 3166 for country codes, ISO 4217 for currency codes, ISO 639 for language codes, ISO 8601 for date and time formats, and ISO 8859 for character encoding.
Benefits
- Global interoperability
- Consistent data exchange
- Reduced errors
- Simplified international operations
- IT system compatibility
- Universal recognition
- Foundation for other standards