# Standards What is a Standards Organization? Why do they matter? Who is in charge? • [American National Standards Institute (ANSI)](https://www.ansi.org/) • [European Computer Manufacturer's Association (ECMA)](https://ecma-international.org/) • [Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)](https://www.ieee.org/) • [International Organization for Standardization (ISO)](https://www.iso.org/home.html) • [National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)](https://www.nist.gov/) • [Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)](https://www.smpte.org/) • [World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)](https://www.w3.org/) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/standards.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.