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Lists of standards that businesses can use to show their products, services or processes comply with essential requirements of legislation.
An overview of the work the IPO is undertaking in relation to Standard Essential Patents.
Standardisation explained.
Explains the standard and practices you should use when publishing your data.
Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
Find out the rules to establish the country of origin of imported and exported goods and to help identify goods which qualify for lower or no Customs Duty.
SAPIENT enables interoperability of artificial intelligence (AI) enabled sensors, combined with intelligent fusion and sensor management.
Find out about which goods and services for disabled people and people aged 60 or over that you should apply zero or reduced rate VAT.
Proposed updates to the lists of standards for businesses.
Find out how the government chooses open standards, and how you can suggest open standards, to improve services for users.
How to prepare for implementation and compliance of the Safety Features Regulation.
Design, build and operate APIs in a consistent way
How to use the common data standards for the criminal justice system (CJS) in England and Wales.
Guidance on Defence and Security Accelerator terms and conditions for funding, contracts and intellectual property rights.
Build on open standards and common components and patterns from inside and outside government.
Guidance on how planning authorities can gather evidence to set optional requirements and the nationally described space standard.
Codes of practice and standards for safely operating and navigating passenger ships, catamarans and hovercrafts.
This guidance is an introduction to the Open Document Format (ODF) standard and how you can select ODF-compliant solutions.
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