Product related service is a key element of any service-oriented manufacturing system. The paper presents methods to capture standardization knowledge in the European Integrated Project Manufacturing SErvice Engineering (MSEE), with the goal to initiate development of standards in the domain of manufacturing engineering services. For this purpose, a project internal survey has been performed to identify areas of potential standardization that can lead to future standards. With the survey, a coordinated follow-up within the project and subsequent external promotion are foreseen. An early involvement in the standardisation process is explored, since the normal standardisation process usually starts after completion of a development project and due to lack of funding is not any more supported by the developers.