Most standards follow a similar structure. They will look something like this DEF D267.89-07, where
DEF is the organization which developed the standard
D is a broad subject category (not always available)
267.89 is a document/standard number
07 indicates the standard was approved in 2007
For example,
CSA A23.1-14/A23.2-14 refers to the combined CSA standard of Concrete materials and methods of concrete construction/Test methods and standard practices for concrete, Includes Updates No. 1 and No. 2. The edition was issued in 2014.
University of Waterloo. (2018). Finding codes and standards: what is a standard? Retrieved from: https://subjectguides.uwaterloo.ca/standards?hs=a
