
Overview
Korean Industrial Standards (KS) is the national standards in Korea based on the Industrial Standardization Act. Development of KS to be notified by Administrator of KATS after getting approval from Korea Industrial Standards Commission.

KS may be divided into 21 sectors ranging from the Basic standards (A) to the Information (X), as well as it may be classified into 3 types of standards as following:
"Product Standard" that specifies improvement, measurement and quality of product
"Procedure Standard" that stipulates testing/analysis/inspection/measurement method and process standard, etc.
"Horizontal Standard" that specifies terminology, technical characteristics, unit and numerical progression, etc.
Classification of KS
Classification of KS is designed to help users better recognize the sectors of KS. For example, in case of developing KS in the sector of basic standards (A), title of KS named to KS A.
Major |
Sub-major |
Basic Standards |
(A) |
General/Radiation · radioactivity management/Guide/Dependabilty
management/Culture/social system/Etc. |
Mechanicla Engineering |
(B) |
General/Radiation · radioactivity management/Guide/Dependabilty
management/Culture/social system/Etc. |
Metals |
(D) |
General/Raw Materials/Steels/Cast Steel and Cast Iron/Copper Products/cable
and conduit/Electrical machines/electrical appliances Electrical · electronic ·
communication component/Lamp · lighting devices/Wiring ·electrical
accessories/Semiconductor · display/Others |
Mine |
(E) |
General/Mining/Security/Mineral/Transportation/Etc. |
Construction |
(F) |
General/Testing "inspection"meassurement/Materials · elements of civil and building
construction/ Construction work/Etc. |
Necessities |
(G) |
General/Furniture · interior item/Stationery · office supplies/Household goods/ Leisure · sports
equipment/Musical instruments/Etc. |
Foodstyffs |
(H) |
General/Processed agricultural foods/Processed marine foods/Etc. |
Environment |
(I) |
General/Environmental assessment/Atmosphere/Water quality/Soil quality/Waste/Noisy and
vibration/Malodor/Marine environment/Etc. |
Organism |
(J) |
General/Biological process/Bio-chemical · biofuel/Industrial Microorganism/Bioassay ·
bioinformation/Etc. |
Fiber |
(K) |
General/Clothing/Yarns · Knitted fabrics · Textile fabrics/Textile · Knittin Machine/Industrial
textile products/Etc. |
Ceramics |
(L) |
General/Glass/Refractories/Potteries · clay producs/Cement?Abrasives/Machine structure
ceramic/ Electric · electronic ceramics/Ceramic Materals/Etc. |
Chemistry |
(M) |
General/Industrial chemicals/Rubber · leather/Fats and oils · mineral oil/Plastics · photographic
material/Dyestuff · explosives / Pigment · paint · ink/Paper · pulps/Reagents/Cosmetics/Etc. |
Medical |
(P) |
General/General medical devices/Equipment used in medical practice/Materials for medicla
device/Medical supplies · hygeinic products/Technical aids for disables · elederly-considered
products/Electronic Equipment in medical practice/Etc. |
Quality Management |
(Q) |
General/Factory management/Sensory analysis/System certification/Conformity
assessment/Applied statistical emthod/Etc. |
Transporatation machine |
( R ) |
General/Testing and Inspect method/Common parts/Bicycle/Engine and parts/Car bodies"
safety/Electric & electronic system " instrument/Repair Tools/Railway/Motorcycle/Etc. |
Service |
(S) |
General/industrial service/Consumer service/Etc. |
Logistics |
(T) |
General/Packaging/Storage·loading/Transport/Logistics information/Etc. |
Shipbuilding |
(V) |
General/Hull?engine & parts/Electric equipment/Navigational instrument/Etc. |
Aerospace |
(W) |
General/Standard parts/Airframe · materials/Aviation screw propeller/Aviation electronic
equipment/Ground support supplies / Etc. |
Information |
(X) |
General /Information technology application/Character se · coding · automatic
identification/Software · computer graphics/Networking · IT interconnection/IT equipment "
data storage media/Electronic documents " electronic commerce/Etc. |