article in Science , emphasized the basis for a systems viewpoint in interrelated measurements activities and the idea has continued to evolve. Today, we think of the U.S. National Measurement System in terms of all the intellectual, functional and institutional activities which enter into measurements throughout our society. Moreover, we seek to understand more completely the structural nature of this system and its architectural needs.

The concept of a National Measurement System has, for many years, provided a useful focus for the considerations important to physical measurements in our technology intensive economy. Dr. R. D. Huntoon, in his October 6, 1967, article in Science , emphasized the basis for a systems viewpoint in interrelated measurements activities and the idea has continued to evolve. Today, we think of the U.S. National Measurement System in terms of all the intellectual, functional and institutional activities which enter into measurements throughout our society. Moreover, we seek to understand more completely the structural nature of this system and its architectural needs.

article in Science , emphasized the basis for a systems viewpoint in interrelated measurements activities and the idea has continued to evolve. Today, we think of the U.S. National Measurement System in terms of all the intellectual, functional and institutional activities which involve measurements throughout our society.Moreover, we seek to understand more completely the structural nature of this system and its architectural needs. There have been a number of approaches to the study of

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