This really pisses me off. European harmonised standards are effectively legislation. You can't sell a product in the EU without complying with them. Yet they're behind a really expensive pay-wall. If you buy the standard from ISO it's often €150 - and often that's just to find out if you even have to comply.
Even working out which standards you should comply with is a nightmare - often they reference each other, so then you have a cascading web of standards compliance which never seems to end. And viewing each standard, even if it's just to see if it matters, costs €150.
The standards are often written by businesses in the industry - the authors are on their payroll. ISO isn't even paying these people.
Standards should be free and open, or have no legal weight.
Even working out which standards you should comply with is a nightmare - often they reference each other, so then you have a cascading web of standards compliance which never seems to end. And viewing each standard, even if it's just to see if it matters, costs €150.
The standards are often written by businesses in the industry - the authors are on their payroll. ISO isn't even paying these people.
Standards should be free and open, or have no legal weight.