NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards

NSSN was orginally an acronym for the phrase National Standards Systems Network. As global organizations began to contribute data, it became clear that the scope of NSSN went well beyond national standards (the service now contains information from more than 600 national, foreign, regional and international bodies). A survey of users reported that the "NSSN" acronym had a high degree of recognition; the acronym was kept and the tag line "A National Resource for Global Standards" was added.