(ISO: Geneva) -- A brochure recently published by ISO and IEC gives an overview of joint guides that provide advice for standards writers, consumer representatives, designers, product manufacturers, service providers, retail chains, testing laboratories, regulators, and others.

“How ISO/IEC Guides Add Value to International Standards” covers publications of general interest. Primarily developed to help standards writers take into account the needs of stakeholders, such as consumers, the guides also contain useful information for people not involved in standards work, such as the groups identified above (it doesn’t include information on guides addressing more specialized subjects).

The new brochure (in English and French) lists with concise descriptions the ISO/IEC Guides on the following topics:

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