The CIMM - Capability Immatturity Model

What's worse than ad-hoc? The four levels of software immaturity - negligent, obstructive, contemptuous, and undermining:
http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/1996/11/xt96d11h.asp

Based on http://eprints.ucl.ac.uk/977/1/12.7_immaturity.pdf

ECMA Standards

http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Standard.htm

Shows ISO/IEC equivalent specifications, and if they are freely available or not. Standards include:

• ECMA-262 (ECMAScript Language Specification - JavaScript 2.0 will conform to this spec)
• ECMA-334 (C# Language Specification)
• ECMA-335 (CLI)
• ECMA-372 (C++/CLI Language Specification)
• ECMA-376 (Office Open XML File Formats)