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Standards published by the International Organization for Standardization, the worldwide federation of national standards bodies. ISO test methods, such as the ISO 527 tensile series and ISO 14125 flexural method for composites, are widely cited on material datasheets, alongside management system standards such as ISO 9001.

Standards developed by ASTM International, a US-based standards organisation whose test methods are used worldwide, particularly in aerospace and composites, for example ASTM D3039 for tensile testing of polymer matrix composites. Datasheets often quote both ASTM and ISO methods; results are broadly comparable but not always directly interchangeable.

The European standard series for the fire classification of construction products and building elements. Part 1 covers reaction to fire (the Euroclass system), Part 2 covers fire resistance, and Part 5 covers the external fire performance of roofs, giving classifications such as Broof(t4).

A marking declaring that a product meets the applicable European Union legislation; for construction products it means performance has been assessed and declared against a harmonised European standard under the Construction Products Regulation. It is affixed by the manufacturer and supported by a Declaration of Performance and, where required, third-party assessment by a notified body.

The formal document a manufacturer must issue for a construction product covered by a harmonised European standard, declaring the product's essential characteristics and the performance values or classes it achieves. Drawing up a DoP is a legal prerequisite for CE marking under the Construction Products Regulation.