Standards and standarization in Poland

The article outlines the general objectives and principles of standardization. Standards area is characterized as one of the normative documents and discusses their typologies (according to formal and content division). National standardization activities are presented on the base of the current state of the law (Law of September 12, 2002 on standardization), with special emphasis on copyright law, voluntary application of standards and their availability. The problem of access to standards is linked with the issue of standardization and dissemination of information standardization in Poland. The author also highlights the topic of standardization in the field of information and documentation within the national standardization.