Abstract

In 1979 the International Standards Organization formed a technical committee to work on standards for optics and optical instruments. An optical drawing standard developed as part of the committee’s work will be published in draft form shortly. This standard will be adopted quickly by the world’s largest users and manufacturers of optics. Concurrently, the US military has been mandated to adopt voluntary standards whenever they exist. This will speed the adoption of the ISO optical standards in the US. We will address some of the economic and practical implications of the development.

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