WATER: AN ONLINE TOOLKIT TO SUPPORT THE RESEARCH FOR STANDARDS

Within Project Ô, the European Commission-funded Horizon 2020 project, UNI - Italian Standardization Body has realized a first version of an online Standardization Toolkit to support the research over a dataset of more than 100 standardization documents in the field of water and its management.

The Standardization Toolkit, finalized in May 2021, is based on the vision of Project Ô.

Specifically, the toolkit consists of an online tool, which let you select standards choosing among several filters. For example, it is possible to select standards starting from technical committees at national (UNI), European (CEN) and international (ISO) level. In addition, it is possible to make a deeper search by selecting standards according to specific areas and/or keywords.

The list of standards will be the result of what emerges by searching in a panel of more than 100 different standardization documents identified within the activity of mapping that was carried out for Project Ô. The standards are related to the theme of water, its reuse also in a circular economy perspective, and to the environmental management.

Standardization is a key tool for technology transfer, bridging the gap between research and the international market.

Standards codify innovation through a shared language understood by companies, researchers, stakeholders and citizens worldwide, based on the principles of openness and transparency. The co-creation process of standardization supports open innovation and cross-sectoral innovation.

Standards ensure comparability, compatibility and interoperability, building trust with customers and suppliers, promoting sustainability in terms of processes, products and business.

On Zenodo it has been uploaded the dataset behind this toolkit.