The development process for British Standards and other standardization products is governed by several key governance and policy documents. The governance documents set out the principles for the development of each type of standard and the principal features of the process by which they are developed. The governance documents and links to the policy documents are given below.
BSI governance documents
Governance documents
BS 0:2021 A standard for standards – Principles of standardization
PAS 0:2022 Principles of PAS standardization
BSI Flex 0 v2.0:2022-08 Principles of BSI Flex standardization
Developing a PAS (https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/our-services/developing-new-standards/Develop-a-PAS/)
Developing a BSI Flex (https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/our-services/standards-services/flex/)
Our Royal Charter (https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/about-bsi/governance/the-royal-charter/)
Memorandum of Understanding (https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/about-bsi/uk-national-standards-body/what-is-the-national-standards-body/memorandum-of-understanding/)
Policy documents
British Standards standardization policies can be found on the Useful Resources page (https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/about-bsi/uk-national-standards-body/how-to-get-involved-with-standards/Useful-Resources/)
Information on the Consumer and Public Interest Network (CPIN) can be found at (https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/about-bsi/uk-national-standards-body/what-is-the-national-standards-body/consumers-and-standards/CPIN/)
Other resources
Drafting rules
Rules for the structure and drafting of UK standards
Style guide for British Standards
Style guide for BSI Flex standards
Glossary of standardization terms supplementary to BS 0
Glossary of standardization terms
International and European standardization documents
ISO/IEC Directives (https://www.iso.org/directives-and-policies.html)
CEN/CENELEC Regulations (https://boss.cen.eu/reference-material/refdocs/pages/)
Guides for standards developers
There are a number of free guidance documents published by the international and European standards bodies to help standards developers take account of particular topics in their work, some of which are cited in BS 0.
The full range of free Guides available on topics as diverse as sustainability and child safety can be downloaded here and CEN Guides are available here
Guidance on the development of British Standards of UK origin
Drafting a British Standard – Working with your editorial project manager