How global reference standards are defined, maintained, and protected.
The Modern Standards Institute (MSI) is an independent, non-national standards authority. It does not operate sensors, satellites, or infrastructure. It governs definitions.
The Board oversees standard adoption, versioning, and long-term coherence of the MSI reference framework.
Each core standard (ZERO, TRF, DRIFT, TOPO, ORI, TIME, CAL, LAT-TIME, NUM) is stewarded by a Director responsible for:
Measurements are scientific. Standards are governance decisions.
MSI publishes standards following review, consultation, and Board approval. Once published, standards are stable until formally revised.
All standards, change logs, and version histories are publicly available. MSI does not operate behind closed national or commercial interests.