evaluation criteria;  evaluation standard
 standard value;  reference value;  nominal value
 valuation basis;  appraisal standard
 point of reference;  reference point
 criterion (criteria) for selection
 labor standard;  labor standards (e.g. bureau, law)
 reference line;  base line;  baseline;  datum line
 earthquake resistance standards
 health standards;  hygiene standards
 normalization;  normalisation
 effluent standard;  effluent standards
 budgetary request guidelines;  ceiling for budget requests
 view reference coordinates
 reference edge;  guide edge
 base point in time;  epoch
 return-to-reference recording
 availability criterion;  availability criteria
 emission standard;  effluent standard;  release criteria
 Akaike information criterion;  AIC
 Bayesian information criterion
 benchmark land price (used to assess fixed-property taxes)
 standard sales price;  appraised value of a real property subject to compulsory auction (minimum purchase price is usually set at 80% of this price)
 activity-based costing;  ABC