Via Isabel Runge – Socrata: “The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a globally recognized organization that sets quality standards for products, services, and industries. We might see the ‘ISO certified’ label on the website of our favorite non-profit, the back of a chocolate bar, or the packaging of our toothbrush. Their aim as an organization is to establish a standard of efficiency, safety, and equity for our environment and the products and services we encounter everyday. Now the ISO has published a set of standards that encapsulates this mission entirely. Their newest set of indicators, ISO 37120, addresses the cities in which we live, work, and play, evaluating city services and quality of life. In other words, these 46 measures of performance published by ISO will let researchers, analysts, and citizens evaluate any city based on a uniform set of standards. Furthermore, ISO 37120 confirms and accelerates the momentum of the open data movement and now provides the common framework within which all cities can participate.”