This material of the EU project HSbooster.eu aims to help:

1. understand the need for the classification of standards;
2. understand subject-matter-related classifications;
3. understand classifications related to standards development;
4. understand classifications related to standards use;
5. explain the differences between de jure and de facto standards;
6. explain the differences between horizontal and vertical standards; and
7. understand that standards developed by professional and industrial associations, business associations,
consortia, and fora may eventually become formal standards.