The International Organization for Standardization, or ISO (an acronym derived from the French version of the name), is a nongovernmental organization composed of members from the national standards bodies of 167 countries. (Here in the U.S., our national standards body is the American National Standards Institute, or ANSI.) ISO's headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Through its numerous technical committees, subcommittees, and working groups, ISO coordinates the efforts of some 45,000 su...
