Reference
Standards Index
A curated catalog of the standards that govern measurement — what each one covers, its status, and where the official text lives. Protected content is never reproduced here.
AIAG MSA-4:2010
Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA) Reference Manual, Fourth Edition
AIAG
Current
ANSI/NCSL Z540.3-2006 (R2013)
Requirements for the Calibration of Measuring and Test Equipment
ANSI/NCSLI
Current
ASME B89.7.3.1-2001
Guidelines for Decision Rules: Considering Measurement Uncertainty in Determining Conformance to Specifications
ASME
Current
ASTM E1137/E1137M-08(2020)
Standard Specification for Industrial Platinum Resistance Thermometers
ASTM
Current
ASTM E617-23
Standard Specification for Laboratory Weights and Precision Mass Standards
ASTM
Current
ASTM E74-18e1
Standard Practices for Calibration and Verification for Force-Measuring Instruments
ASTM
Current
BIPM SI Brochure, 9th edition (2019)
The International System of Units (SI)
JCGM/BIPM
Current
DKD-R 6-1 (Rev. 3, 2020)
Calibration of Pressure Gauges
DKD
Current
EA-4/02 M:2022
Evaluation of the Uncertainty of Measurement in Calibration
EA
Current
EURAMET cg-15 v3.0 (2015)
Guidelines on the Calibration of Digital Multimeters
EURAMET
Current
EURAMET cg-17 v4.1 (2022)
Guidelines on the Calibration of Electromechanical and Mechanical Manometers
EURAMET
Current
EURAMET cg-18 v4.0 (2015)
Guidelines on the Calibration of Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments
EURAMET
Current
EURAMET cg-8 v3.1 (2020)
Guidelines on the Calibration of Thermocouples
EURAMET
Current
Eurachem/CITAC QUAM:2012
Quantifying Uncertainty in Analytical Measurement (Guide CG 4, 3rd edition)
EURACHEM/CITAC
Current
IEC 60584-1:2013
Thermocouples — Part 1: EMF specifications and tolerances
ISO/IEC
Current
IEC 60751:2022
Industrial platinum resistance thermometers and platinum temperature sensors
ISO/IEC
Current
ILAC-G24:2022
Guidelines for the determination of recalibration intervals of measuring equipment
ILAC
Current
ILAC-G8:09/2019
Guidelines on Decision Rules and Statements of Conformity
ILAC
Current
ILAC-P10:07/2020
ILAC Policy on Metrological Traceability of Measurement Results
ILAC
Current
ILAC-P14:09/2020
ILAC Policy for Measurement Uncertainty in Calibration
ILAC
Current
ISO 10012:2003
Measurement management systems — Requirements for measurement processes and measuring equipment
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 10360-1:2000
GPS — Acceptance and reverification tests for coordinate measuring machines (CMM) — Part 1: Vocabulary
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 10360-2:2009
GPS — Acceptance and reverification tests for coordinate measuring machines (CMM) — Part 2: CMMs used for measuring linear dimensions
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 13528:2022
Statistical methods for use in proficiency testing by interlaboratory comparison
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 14253-1:2017
GPS — Inspection by measurement of workpieces and measuring equipment — Part 1: Decision rules for verifying conformity or nonconformity with specifications
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 15530-3:2011
GPS — CMM technique for determining the uncertainty of measurement — Part 3: Use of calibrated workpieces or measurement standards
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 16063-21:2003
Methods for the calibration of vibration and shock transducers — Part 21: Vibration calibration by comparison to a reference transducer
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 17034:2016
General requirements for the competence of reference material producers
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 1:2022
Geometrical product specifications (GPS) — Standard reference temperature for the specification of geometrical and dimensional properties
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 21748:2017
Guidance for the use of repeatability, reproducibility and trueness estimates in measurement uncertainty evaluation
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 3650:1998
Geometrical Product Specifications (GPS) — Length standards — Gauge blocks
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 376:2011
Metallic materials — Calibration of force-proving instruments used for the verification of uniaxial testing machines
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 4787:2021
Laboratory glass and plastic ware — Volumetric instruments — Methods for testing of capacity and for use
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 5167-1:2022
Measurement of fluid flow by means of pressure differential devices — Part 1: General principles and requirements
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 5725-1:2023
Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results — Part 1: General principles and definitions
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 5725-2:2025
Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results — Part 2: Basic method for the determination of repeatability and reproducibility
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 6508-2:2023
Metallic materials — Rockwell hardness test — Part 2: Verification and calibration of testing machines and indenters
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 6789-1:2017
Assembly tools for screws and nuts — Hand torque tools — Part 1: Requirements and methods for design conformance testing and quality conformance testing
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 6789-2:2017
Assembly tools for screws and nuts — Hand torque tools — Part 2: Requirements for calibration and determination of measurement uncertainty
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 7500-1:2018
Metallic materials — Calibration and verification of static uniaxial testing machines — Part 1: Tension/compression testing machines
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 80000-1:2022
Quantities and units — Part 1: General
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 8655-1:2022
Piston-operated volumetric apparatus — Part 1: Terminology, general requirements and user recommendations
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 8655-6:2022
Piston-operated volumetric apparatus — Part 6: Gravimetric reference measurement procedure for the determination of volume
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO 9001:2015
Quality management systems — Requirements
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO/IEC 17011:2017
Conformity assessment — Requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO/IEC 17025:2017
General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
ISO/IEC
Current
ISO/IEC 17043:2023
Conformity assessment — General requirements for the competence of proficiency testing providers
ISO/IEC
Current
ITS-90 (1990)
The International Temperature Scale of 1990
JCGM/BIPM
Current
JCGM 100:2008 (GUM)
Evaluation of measurement data — Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement
JCGM/BIPM
Current
JCGM 101:2008
Evaluation of measurement data — Supplement 1 to the GUM — Propagation of distributions using a Monte Carlo method
JCGM/BIPM
Current
JCGM 102:2011
Evaluation of measurement data — Supplement 2 to the GUM — Extension to any number of output quantities
JCGM/BIPM
Current
JCGM 106:2012
Evaluation of measurement data — The role of measurement uncertainty in conformity assessment
JCGM/BIPM
Current
JCGM 200:2012 (VIM3)
International vocabulary of metrology — Basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM), 3rd edition
JCGM/BIPM
Current
JCGM GUM-1:2023
Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement — Part 1: Introduction
JCGM/BIPM
Current
JCGM GUM-6:2020
Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement — Part 6: Developing and using measurement models
JCGM/BIPM
Current
NCSLI RP-1 (2010)
Establishment and Adjustment of Calibration Intervals
ANSI/NCSLI
Current
NIST GLP 1 (2019)
Quality Assurance of Laboratory Measurement Results
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 10 (2019)
Purity of Water
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 11 (2019)
Painting Weights
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 13 (2019)
Drying "To Contain" Volume Standards
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 14 (2019)
Method Validation
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 15 (2019)
Procedure for Software QA
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 3 (1986)
Care of State Standards
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 4 (2019)
Periodic Recalibration of State Standards
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 6 (1986)
Prerequisites for Testing Measurement Standards and Equipments
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 8 (1986)
Sealing of Equipment
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 9 (2019)
Rounding Expanded Uncertainties and Calibration Values
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 1 (2019)
Reading Turning Points on an Equal Arm Balance
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 10 (2019)
Understanding Factors Affecting Weighing Operations
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 11 (2019)
Assignment and Adjustment of Calibration Intervals for Laboratory Standards
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 12 (2019)
Standard Operating Procedure Selections
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 13 (2019)
Ensuring Traceability
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 2 (2014)
Reading the Center of Graduations When Using a Microscope
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 3 (2019)
Method of Reading A Meniscus Using Water or Other Wetting Liquid
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 4 (1986)
Adjusting the Optical Scale on a Single Pan Mechanical Balance
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 5 (1986)
Weight Cleaning Procedures
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 6 (2019)
Cleaning Metal Volumetric Measures
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 7 (2019)
Cleaning Precision Glassware
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 8 (2014)
Recommended Form of Reporting Tape Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 9 (2014)
Equations for Metallic Tapes
NIST
Current
NIST Handbook 143:2019
State Weights and Measures Laboratories Program Handbook
NIST
Current
NIST Handbook 44 (2025)
Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices
NIST
Current
NIST IR 6969:2019
Selected Laboratory and Measurement Practices and Procedures to Support Basic Mass Calibrations (SOP series)
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 1 (2019)
Preparation of Calibration Certificates
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 10 (2014)
Calibration of Rigid Rules
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 11 (2014)
Calibration of Metal Tapes, Bench Method
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 12 (2014)
Calibration of Steel Tapes, Tape-to-Tape Method
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 13 (2006)
Calibration of Volumetric Ware, Gravimetric Method
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 14 (2019)
Gravimetric Calibration of Volumetric Ware Using an Electronic Balance
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 15 (2006)
Calibration of Intermediate and Large Volume Standards Gravimetric Method Using an Equal-Arm Balance
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 16 (2019)
Calibration of Measuring Flasks, Volume Transfer Method
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 17 (2019)
Control Charts of Laboratory Owned Check Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 18 (2019)
Calibration of Graduated Neck-Type Metal Volumetric Field Standards, Volumetric Transfer Method
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 19 (2019)
Calibration of Large Neck-Type Metal Provers, Volume Transfer Method
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 2 (2019)
Applying Air Buoyancy Corrections
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 20 (2019)
Standard Deviation and Range Charts
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 21 (2019)
Calibration of LPG Provers
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 22 (2019)
Calibration of Traffic Speed Guns and Tuning Forks
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 23 (2014)
Calibrations of PI Tapes Bench Method
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 24 (2019)
Calibration of Field Standard Stopwatches
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 26 (2019)
Gravimetric Calibration of Dynamic Volumetric Systems used as Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 27 (2019)
Calibration of Railroad Test Cars (Mass)
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 28 (2019)
Using Advanced Weighing Designs
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 29 (2019)
Assignment of Uncertainty
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 3 (1986)
Weighing by Double Substitution Using an Equal-Arm Balance
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 30 (2019)
Process Measurement Assurance Program
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 31 (2019)
Scale Plate Calibration for Volumetric Field Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 33 (2019)
Calibration of Weights Carts
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 34 (2019)
Selection and Use of Sensitivity Weights and Tare Weights in Weighing Procedures
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 4 (2019)
Weighing by Double Substitution
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 49 (2019)
Calibration of Environmental Monitoring Standards by Direct Comparison
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 5 (2019)
Using a 3-1 Weighing Design
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 52 (2019)
Verification and Adjustment of Digital Conductivity Meter and Measuring Water Conductivity
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 6 (1986)
Weighing By Transposition
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 7 (2019)
Weighing by Single Substitution Using a Single Pan Mechanical Balance, a Full Electronic Balance, or a Balance with Digital Indications and Built in Weights
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 8 (2019)
Medium Accuracy Calibrations of Mass Standards by Modified Substitution
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 9 (2019)
Control Charts for Calibration of Mass Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250 (1998)
NIST Calibration Services Users Guide
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-1 (1987)
Spectral Radiance Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-10 (1987)
Radioactivity Calibrations with the 4-pi Gamma Ionization Chamber
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-100 (2022)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarker Calibration Service: NMR Measurement of Isotropic Water Diffusion Coefficient
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-101 (2024)
Ultraviolet to Short-Wave Infrared Spectral Reflectance
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-1039r1 (2013)
Liquid Flow Meter Calibrations with the 0.1 L/s and the 2.5 L/s Piston Provers
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-1046 (2009)
Gas Flowmeter Calibrations With the 26 m3 PVTt Standard
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-11 (1988)
Dosimetry for High Dose Applications
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-12 (1987)
Neutron Personnel Dosimetry
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-13 (1988)
Activation Foil Irradiation with Californium Fission Sources
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-14 (1988)
Activation Foil Irradiation by Reactor Cavity Fission Sources
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-18 (1988)
Neutron Source Strength Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-19 (1988)
Calibration of Gamma-Ray-Emitting Brachytherapy Sources
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-2 (1987)
Far Ultraviolet Detector Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-21 (1988)
Calibration of Beta-Particle Radiation Instrumentation and Sources
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-22 (1987)
Platinum Resistance Thermometer Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-23 (1988)
Liquid-in-Glass Thermometer Calibration Service
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-24 (1987)
Standard Cell Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-26 (1988)
Phase Angle Calibration Services
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-27 (1989)
AC-DC Difference Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-28 (1988)
Solid-State DC Voltage Standard Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-29 (2004)
Remote Frequency Calibrations: The NIST Frequency Measurement and Analysis Service
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-3 (1987)
Radiometric Standards in the Vacuum Ultraviolet
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-31 (1989)
Mass Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-32 (1988)
A Calibration Service for 30 MHz Attenuation and Phase Shift
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-33 (1988)
A Calibration Service for Voltage Transformers and High-Voltage Capacitors
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-34 (1989)
High Vacuum Standard and Its Use
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-35 (1989)
The Calibration of Thermocouples and Thermocouple Materials
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-36 (1991)
A Calibration Service for Current Transformers
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-38 (1992)
NIST Leak Calibration Service
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-39 (2009)
NIST Calibration Services for Pressure Using Piston Gauge Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-4 (1987)
Fricke Dosimetry in High-Energy Electron Beams
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-41 (2008)
Spectroradiometric Detector Measurements: Ultraviolet, Visible, and Near-Infrared Detectors for Spectral Power
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-42 (1998)
Spectroradiometric Detector Measurements: Part III — Infrared Detectors
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-43 (1998)
Radiance Temperature Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-44 (1998)
Radiation Processing Dosimetry Calibration Services and Measurement Assurance Program
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-45 (1998)
Radiation Processing Dosimetry Calibration Services: Manual of Calibration Procedures
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-46 (1998)
NIST Multifunction Calibration System
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-47 (1998)
NIST Calibration Service for Capacitance Standards at Low Frequencies
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-48 (1998)
Spectral Reflectance
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-49 (1998)
NIST Calibration Services for Gas Flow Meters: Piston Prover and Bell Prover Gas Flow Facilities
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-51 (1999)
Calibration Service of Optoelectronic Frequency Response at 1319 nm
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-52 (2000)
Error Analysis and Calibration Uncertainty of Capacitance Standards at NIST
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-53 (1999)
Calibration Service for Spectral Responsivity of Laser and Optical-Fiber Power Meters
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-54 (2000)
Optical Fiber Power Meter Calibrations at NIST
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-56 (2000)
Optical Fiber Power Meter Nonlinearity Calibrations at NIST
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-57 (2000)
Measurement Assurance Program for the Spectral Density of Relative Intensity Noise of Optical Fiber Sources Near 1550 nm
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-58 (2001)
Calibration of X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Measuring Instruments
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-59 (2002)
NIST Computer Time Services: Internet Time Service (ITS), Automated Computer Time Service (ACTS), and time.gov Web Sites
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-5a (2004)
Alpha-Particle Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-6 (1987)
Regular Spectral Transmittance
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-60 (2003)
Measurement Assurance Program for Wavelength Dependence of Polarization Dependent Loss of Fiberoptic Devices
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-61 (2004)
Operation and Reference Manual for the NIST Automated AC-DC Calibration Systems and Software
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-62 (2003)
High-Accuracy Laser Power and Energy Meter Calibration Service
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-63 (2004)
Gas Flowmeter Calibrations with the 34 L and 677 L PVTt Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-64 (2004)
Calibration Service for Low-Level Pulsed-Laser Radiometers at 1.06 um
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-65 (2004)
Heat-Flux Sensor Calibration
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-67 (2005)
NIST Time and Frequency Radio Stations: WWV, WWVH, and WWVB
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-69 (2011)
Regular Spectral Transmittance
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-70 (2006)
Specular Gloss
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-71 (2008)
0:45 Surface Color
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-72 (2006)
NIST Calibration Services for Liquid Volume
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-73 (2006)
NIST Calibration Services for Water Flowmeters: Water Flow Calibration Facility
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-74 (2006)
Absorbed Dose to Water Calibration of Ionization Chambers in a Co-60 Gamma-Ray Beam
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-75 (2007)
cw Laser Power and Energy Calibrations at NIST
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-76 (2007)
Three-Terminal Precision Standard Capacitor Calibrations at NIST
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-77 (2008)
High Power Laser Calibrations at NIST
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-78r1 (2018)
NIST Calibration Services for Hydrometers
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-79 (2007)
Airspeed Calibration Service
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-80 (2009)
Gas Flowmeter Calibrations with the Working Gas Flow Standard
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-81 (2008)
Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometer Calibrations from the Ar TP to the Ag FP
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-83r1 (2021)
Calibration of Hygrometers with the Hybrid Humidity Generator
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-87 (2010)
Calibration Service for Instruments That Measure Laser Beam Diameter
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-89 (2011)
Spectral Irradiance Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-9 (1987)
Calibration of Beta-Particle-Emitting Ophthalmic Applicators
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-90 (2012)
Calibration Uncertainty for the NIST PM/AM Noise Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-91 (2015)
Calibration of Cryogenic Resistance Thermometers between 0.65 K and 165 K on the ITS-90
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-93 (2015)
NIST Calibration Services for Spinning Rotor Gauge Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-94 (2015)
Infrared Optical Properties of Materials
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-95 (2018)
NIST Measurement Services: Photometric Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-96 (2017)
Dimensional Measurement of Nanostructures with Scanning Electron Microscopy
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-97 (2018)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarker Calibration Service: Proton Spin Relaxation Times
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-98 (2021)
Liquid Flow Meter Calibrations with the 15 kg/s Water Flow Standard
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-99 (2022)
Diffuse Visual Transmission Density
NIST
Current
NIST SP 330:2019
The International System of Units (SI)
NIST
Current
NIST SP 811:2008
Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI)
NIST
Current
NIST TN 1297 (1994)
Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results
NIST
Current
OIML D 8:2004
Measurement standards — Choice, recognition, use, conservation and documentation
OIML
Current
OIML R 111-1:2004
Weights of classes E1, E2, F1, F2, M1, M1–2, M2, M2–3 and M3 — Part 1: Metrological and technical requirements
OIML
Current
OIML R 76-1:2006
Non-automatic weighing instruments — Part 1: Metrological and technical requirements — Tests
OIML
Current