DIN 1926 of "Standards Committee of German Industry" in "German Standards Committee" (DNA) has been renamed, because already in the 1920s, the standardization had crossed the narrower field of industry in the Kingdom. For the same reason the DNA, the abbreviation "DIN" shoots "The actual standard" is necessary to replace "German Industrial Standard". However, this notion did not prevail in the public.
After World War II the approved Allied Control Council in 1946 the DIN resuming its activities. The DIN 1951 a member of the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ) with the aim to represent the German-speaking world.
In May 1975 (just before closing the standard contract , see below), the name of the organization and their work results changed again. Since then, "V. DIN German Institute for Standardization." The organization is, and the findings are the "German standards" or "DIN standards".
On June 5, 1975, the DIN signed German Institute for Standardization e. V. and the Federal Republic of Germany the standard contract [1] As a result, the DIN has been given a significant public recognition, because the Federal Republic undertook, at relevant issues and tasks from State will be provided, only to turn to him. Likewise, only recommends the Federal Republic for international standardization work only the DIN. In return, the DIN made his hitherto inward applicable fundamental principles (DIN 820) publicly binding and undertook by the state excited standardization tasks not only pick, but to treat them preferentially. As a result of the introduced by the Treaty public interest arose when DIN commissions for Safety and Environmental Protection and the Consumer Council . Contrary to popular belief, the DIN remained an independent non-governmental organization. The Federal Republic has received no authority to issue to the work of DIN, but also not leave a part of their own sovereignty to the DIN.
The counterpart to the DIN standard was in the GDR , the TGL , which largely was based initially on the DIN standards, later reinforced CMEA standards into account. The East / West German cooperation in the field of standardization eased sharply after the East German government the DIN offices in East Berlin , Jena and Ilmenau had closed 1961st Since the 1990 off release of the Office of standardization, metrology and product testing (ASMW) of DDR is the DIN again responsible for standardization work in Germany.
Today the standardization work is European in character and increasingly internationally: Only 15% of all standardization projects are purely national nature. The DIN led in 2012 17% of all secretariats in ISO and 28% of all secretariats in CEN working groups.
DIN 2007 by controversial decisions for the uppercase ß ( Versal-ß ) [2] and for the imported Microsoft document standard Office Open XML [3] noticed.