11. AMCI's accreditation program is based upon the American National Standards Institute -approved standard for good AMC practices. 12. The American variant is specified by the American National Standards Institute ( ANSI ) in T1.601. 13. The American National Standards Institute ( ANSI ) created a standard called ANSI Z80.4 in 1984. 14. IAPMO is an American National Standards Institute ( ANSI )-recognized Standards Development Organization ( SDO ). 15. The UMC is developed using the American National Standards Institute 's ( ANSI ) consensus development procedures. 16. The American National Standards Institute ( ANSI ) approved the IEEE standard on September 8, 1983. 17. SIA Standards is a standards-developing organization accredited by the American National Standards Institute ( ANSI ). 18. The Alexandria, Va .-based AMC Institute accredits AMCs under the guidance of the American National Standards Institute . 19. The American representative to Iso is the American National Standards Institute , or ANSI ( pronounced ANN-see ). 20. SQL is an American National Standards Institute ( ANSI ) standardized query language developed specifically to write database queries.