ormal presentation that are necessary for it to achieve the purpose for which it was created, such as special layouts, hyperlinks, deliberately employed type fonts or colours, image resolutions, audio sampling rates, etc. [Archives] 
Compare with bench mark, best practices, and guidelines. See also: standards. 
n., A detailed description of features and/or functions in the design of an entity or system. [Computer and Information Sciences] 
[Computer and Information Sciences] 
a., With reference to content, 