Standard ?

Is there any standard thing in the world?
Perhaps when you are talking about the language, there's no such standard or world recognized standard.
Even the ranking of the university reported by the QS also not a standard one. So where is the standard?

For language, we can only say locally standardized. Malay and English are locally standardized. Singapore and Malaysia use British( as from British colonial ) and America uses their own one.

Malay is also the same. In Malaysia, the Malay language is standardized by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, an authority( can I use authority instead of Body? ) and we,  the rakyat who learn the language in schools have to follow every changes made by DBP.
In Indonesia, they have their own style as influenced by the Dutch colonial. And believed that Indonesia Malay is the most original Malay because the Malay language in Malaysia has been changed from time to time and also many words are borrowed from English or Portuguese.

QS in the making of the rank of university also has their own rating. So, everything which is standardized is just for reference.
For chemical substance, there's a standard name for the chemical name from IUPAC.
Standard is not standard...So, for something, we don't have real standard, so, we follow the local standard.