History and Recognition of DIN
– Founded in 1917 as the Normenausschuß der deutschen Industrie (NADI), later renamed Deutscher Normenausschuß (DNA) in 1926.
– In 1975, it was renamed Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN).
– DIN is recognized by the German government as the official national-standards body.
– DIN represents German interests at the international and European levels.
– DIN is often mistakenly expanded as Deutsche Industrienorm (German Industry Standard).
DIN Standard Designation
– DIN # is used for German standards with primarily domestic significance.
– E DIN # is a draft standard.
– DIN V # is a preliminary standard.
– DIN EN # is used for the German edition of European standards.
– DIN ISO # is used for the German edition of ISO standards.
Examples of DIN Standards
– DIN 476: international paper sizes (now ISO 216 or DIN EN ISO 216).
– DIN 1451: typeface used by German railways and on traffic signs.
– DIN 31635: transliteration of the Arabic language.
– DIN 41612: mechanical standard for backplane electrical connection.
– DIN 72552: electric terminal numbers in automobiles.
Related Organizations and Concepts
– Austrian Standards International.
– Swiss Association for Standardization.
– Die Brücke, an earlier German institute aiming to set standard paper sizes.
– DIN film speed.
– DIN connector.
DIN SPEC 3105
– Published in 2020, it is the first German standard published under an open license.
– The license used is CC-BY-SA 4.0.
– DIN SPEC 3105 implements an open standardization process.
– It marks a shift towards more open and collaborative standards development.
– This standard signifies DIN’s commitment to openness in the standardization process. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN
Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (DIN; in English, the German Institute for Standardisation Registered Association) is the German national organization for standardization and is the German ISO member body. DIN is a German Registered Association (e.V.) headquartered in Berlin. There are currently around thirty thousand DIN Standards, covering nearly every field of technology.
