51.   Many see this emerging marketplace developing standards for exchange-traded commodities, creating futures for what not long ago stocked landfills.

52.   Mostly, however, observers fill out a card and mail it at the end of each month to help the LCRA develop precipitation standards for different areas.

53.   New standards are being developed now for central air conditioning, and stricter ones for room conditioners go into effect this fall.

54.   New standards are being developed to eliminate the difference between CD-ROM and audio CD formats.

55.   No other state is working on developing such standards, and the federal government is just in the early stages of doing so.

56.   Now, the Forest Stewardship Council is developing standards for nine U.S. regions, seeking input from interested parties in each area.

57.   Other companies involved in developing the standard include RSA Data Security Inc., Terisa Systems Inc. and Verisign Inc.

58.   On Tuesday, Diamond Multimedia announced that it would be joining an RIAA coalition that will develop a standard for bringing security to digitally recorded music.

59.   SAP AG said it will join with Microsoft Corp. to develop common standards for conducting business over the internet, the international on-line computer network.

60.   She added that AOL was waiting for the Internet Engineering Task Force to develop a standard for connecting the different messaging programs.