ISO Standards

ISO
We're ISO, the International Organization for
Standardization. We develop and publish
International Standards.

What is a standard?
A standard is a document that provides
requirements, specifications, guidelines
or characteristics that can be used
consistently to ensure that materials,
products, processes and services are fit
for their purpose.
ISO has published over 19,500
International Standards that can be
purchased from the ISO store or from
our members.

How to find a standard?

ISO has over 19,500 International
Standards covering almost all aspects
of technology and business. All
standards can be found in the ISO
store.
http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store.htm

ISO Standards in action

ISO International Standards provide
practical tools for tackling many of
todays global challenges, from
managing global water resources to
improving the safety of the food we
eat.

How does ISO develop

standards?
An ISO standard is developed by a panel of
experts, within atechnical committee. Once the
need for a standard has been established, these
experts meet to discuss and negotiate a draft
standard. As soon as a draft has been developed
it is shared with ISOs members who are asked to
comment and vote on it. If a consensus is reached
the draft becomes an ISO standard, if not it goes
back to the technical committee for further edits.

Key principles in standard development

1. ISO standards respond to a need

in the market: ISO does not decide
when to develop a new standard.
Instead, ISO responds to a request
from industry or other stakeholders
such as consumer groups. Typically,
an industry sector or group
communicates the need for a
standard to its national member who
then contacts ISO.

Key principles in standard development

2. ISO standards are based on global

expert opinion: ISO standards are
developed by groups of experts from all
over the world, that are part of larger
groups called technical committees.
These experts negotiate all aspects of
the standard, including its scope, key
definitions and content.

Key principles in standard development

3. ISO standards are developed

through a multi-stakeholder
process:
The technical committees are made up of
experts from the relevant industry, but
also from consumer associations,
academia, NGOs and government.

Key principles in standard development

4. ISO standards are based on a

consensus:
Developing ISO standards is a consensusbased approach and comments from
stakeholders are taken into account.

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Developing ISO
standards
The development process for ISO standards has
been divided into stages

Proposal stage
This first step is to confirm that a new
International Standard in the subject area is really
needed.

Preparatory stage
Usually a working group (WG) is set up by the
parent committee to prepare the working draft
(WD). The WG is made up of experts and a
Convenor (usually theProject leader).
During this stage, experts continue to look out for
issues around copyright, patents and conformity
assessment.
Successive WDs can be circulated until the
experts are satisfied that they have developed the
best solution they can. The draft is then forwarded
to the WG's parent committee who will decide
which stage to go to next (Committee stage or
Enquiry stage).

Committee stage
During this stage the draft from the working group
is shared with the members of the parent
committee.
If the committee uses this stage, the committee
draft (CD) is circulated to the members of the
committee who then comment and vote until
consensus is reached.

Enquiry stage
The Draft International Standard (DIS) is
submitted to ISO Central Secretariat by the
committee secretary. It is then circulated to all ISO
members who get 3 months to vote and comment
on it.
The DIS is approved if a two-thirds of the Pmembers are in favor and not more than onequarter of the total number of votes cast are
negative.
If the DIS is approved the project goes
straight to publication.

Approval stage
This stage will be automatically skipped if
the DIS has been approved
If this stage is used, the Final Draft International
Standard (FDIS) is submitted to ISO/Central
Secretariat (ISO/CS) by the committee secretary.
The FDIS is then circulated to all ISO member for a
two-month vote

Publication stage
At this stage the secretary submits the final
document for publication through the Submission
Interface. Only editorial corrections are made to
the final text. It is published by the ISO Central
Secretariat as an International Standard.

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