All editions of the Slovene Normative Guide incorporate in some way the rules of standard pronunciation. Initially, it was only common to provide the pronunciation of some of the more problematic (morphological) categories. The last three editions of the orthographic dictionary, however, which through incorporation of large amount of lexical and other supplementary data come close to a general monolingual dictionary, can in their capacity to offer a comprehensive account of the pronunciation norm be rightly viewed as the authoritative guides on contemporary standard pronunciation. On the other hand, the currently still growing online database Slovar pravopisnih težav (Engl. Dictionary of Orthographic Difficulties) at www.fran. si again involuntarily distances itself from assuming the role of the authoritative body on standard pronunciation seeing that the level of its informativeness is qualitatively different due to its being first and foremost an advisory body on the level of written (and not necessarily also spoken) language. In the process of re-editing of the Slovene standardization manual sev eral problem areas in pronunciation standardization have become apparent. These are mainly due to the fact that no comprehensive theoretical analysis of the contemporary data is in fact available, which will probably have a general impact on the compilation of future (be it general or specialized) dictionaries as well. The central part of the article therefore reconsiders the concept of pronunciation standardization and offers a number of valuable suggestions for a reliable representation of the contemporary pronunciation norm which would be further useful for the compilers of a variety of language manuals, notably 1) a preliminary analysis of written and spoken communications which typically involve the use of standard pronunciation; 2) construction of a reliable and balanced specialized speech corpus; 3) compilation of problem areas and language users' dilemmas with a set of already proposed solutions; 4) survey research of standard pronunciation; and 5) the formalization of a consultative body of researchers, experts and practitioners.