How to cite ISO or British Standards in LaTeX/BibTeX

Question

I am trying to cite this British Standard in my Thesis, however using the usual @keysdoesn't really seem to help make it clear, is there a more practical way to do this as it doesn't really fall into any typical category?

@article{BSEN6232
,   author  = {British-Standard-Institution}
,   title   = {Part 2: Determination of density and porosity}
,   journal = {Advanced technical ceramics. Monolithic ceramics. Gerneral and textural properties.}
,   year    = {1993}
,   pages   = {1--16}
,   isbn    = {0580217728}
,   publisher   = {BSI}
,   institution = {British-Standard-Institution}
}

Answer 1

I've found a really useful example here.

Here's the code:

@techreport{ISO13586,
type = {Standard},
key = {ISO 13586:2000(E)},
month = mar,
year = {2000},
title = {{Plastics -- Determination of fracture toughness -- Linear elastic fracture mechanics ({LEFM}) approach}},
volume = {2000},
address = {Geneva, CH},
institution = {International Organization for Standardization}
}

And it outputs something like this:

ISO 13586:2000(E) (2000). Plastics – Determination of fracture toughness – Linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) approach. Standard, International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, CH.

Hope it helps.

Answer 2

After a lot of investigation I'm using this schema:

@techreport{iso_central_secretary_systems_2016,
address = {Geneva, CH},
type = {Standard},
title = {Systems and software engineering -- {Lifecycle} profiles for {Very} {Small} {Entities} ({VSEs}) -- {Part} 1: {Overview}},
shorttitle = {{ISO}/{IEC} {TR} 29110-1:2016},
url = {https://www.iso.org/standard/62711.html},
language = {en},
number = {ISO/IEC TR 29110-1:2016},
institution = {International Organization for Standardization},
author = {{ISO Central Secretary}},
year = {2016}
}

You can compare details with the official info: https://www.iso.org/standard/62711.html

I have another example using RIS format too.

Hope it helps

Answer 3

According to Sec. 17.2. (page 29) of the IEEE Style Guide, the bibtex style @techreport seems to be the most versatile fit, maintaining traceability within the text regarding LaTeX citation style and maintaining compatibility to bibtex and biber backends.

As suggested by Foad, put the standard number into the author field in {...} to maintain capitals and to prevent abbreviation. I format the number according to the template {Organisation Number-Part:Year}, for example:

{ISO/IEC 42010-3:2000}

This one is applicable for a range of standards, though, not all. (I have been using @misc in the past but have changed. Unfortunately, biber's @standard style is incompatible with bibtex and the latter is required for some journals.)

For alternative formatings, see here.

Answer 4

This question is old but i am currently facing exactly the same problem. I tried the described solutions but they did not work for me. I am not an expert but i would suggest the following:

@book{ISO.7637-1,
    author      = {International Organization for Standardization},
    year        = {2015},
    title       = {Road vehicles - Electrical disturbances from conduction and coupling: Part 1: Definitions and general considerations},
    address     = {Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland},
    edition     = {{ISO 7637-1:2015(E)}},
    publisher   = {International Organization for Standardization},
    url         = {https://www.iso.org/standard/63098.html},
}

My output:

Answer 5

For British Standards, I found guides for referencing with Harvard or APA styles, but these might only apply for British theses.

Nevertheless, according to the guides the @book category is the most suitable:

@Book{BSEN2011,
  author    = {British Standard Institution},
  title     = {BS EN 197--1:2011: Cement. Composition, specifications and conformity criteria for common cements},
  year      = {2011},
  publisher = {BSI Standards Limited},
  address   = {London},
  url       = {https://bsol-bsigroup-com.proxy.lib.strath.ac.uk/PdfViewer/Viewer?pid=000000000030391002},
  note      = "Accessed: 30/03/2021"
}