Acronym Summary (ISO/IEC JTC1)

The following is a summary of common acronyms used within ISO/IEC JTC1 committees:
bullet AMD: Amendment. A relatively small set of additions to an existing standard. An Amendment describes the changes. Usually, Amendments are "rolled up" (incorporated) into the next revision of a standard. (See also TCOR)
bullet BRM: Ballot Resolution Meeting. A meeting convened for the purposes of resolving ballot comments.
bullet CD (and FCD): Committee Draft and Final Committee Draft. The normal development process of standards involves several successive steps, e.g., CD1, CD2, etc., FCD. A CD and an FCD are ballot the SC-level.
bullet DIS: Draft International Standard. The last step before a fast-track document is approved as an International Standard. Note: The fast-track process is a different process than the normal development process. DIS documents are balloted and approved at the TC-level.
bullet DTR: Draft Technical Report. The last step before a technical report is approved.
bullet FDIS: Final Draft International Standard. The last step before a document (under the normal development process) is approved as an International Standard. FDIS documents are balloted and approved at the TC-level.
bullet FDISP: Final Draft International Standardized Profile. The last step before an international standardized profile is approved.
bullet FPDISP: Final Proposed Draft International Standardized Profile.  The equivalent of "FCD-stage" for International Standardized Profiles.  Latter stages are: FDISP and ISP.
bullet IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission
bullet IS: An approved International Standard.
bullet ISO: International Organization for Standardization
bullet ISP: International Standardized Profile.  A "bundle" of references to standards.
bullet JTC1: Joint Technical Committee 1. JTC1 is a joint committee of ISO and IEC. The scope of JTC1 is information technology standardization.
bullet L or L-member: Liaison member. A Liaison Organization does not vote.
bullet LO: Liaison Organization. A organization the liaises with a committee.
bullet N: A document number, such as ISO/IEC JTC1 SC32 N0000, or just SC32/N0000, or just N0000. There are no revisions or versions of document numbers (e.g., N0000R2) -- revisions or new versions are simply assigned a new document number.
bullet NB: National Body. The primary unit of membership in ISO/IEC.
bullet NBLO (also NBLOs):A National Body or Liaison Organization. "NBLOs" refer to all National Bodies and Liaison Organizations.
bullet NP: New Work Item Proposal. A description of a project and scope of work. The approval of the NP signals the official beginning of a project. Typically, WPs will be submitted to the WG, WDs will be developed, successive CDs will be approved, the FDIS will be approved, and the result will be an IS. An NP is balloted an approved at the SC-level.
bullet O or O-member: Observing member. A National Body that does not vote.
bullet P or P-member: Participating member. A National Body that can vote.
bullet PDISP: Proposed Draft International Standardized Profile.  The equivalent of "CD-stage" for International Standardized Profiles.  Latter stages are: FPDISP, FDISP, and ISP.
bullet PDTR: Proposed Draft Technical Report.  The equivalent of a "CD-stage" for Technical Reports. Latter stages are: DTR and TR.
bullet PWI: Preliminary Work Item. A WP that discusses potential NP(s). This WP is not intended for balloting (NPs are balloted).
bullet RG: Rapporteur Group. A committee that is responsible for writing a report, as scoped by (say) an SC. An RG is a special kind of ad hoc committee. RGs do not develop standards.
bullet SC: Subcommittee. An SC works on a relatively broad area of technology standards within a TC. Example: SC32 work on Information Technology for Learning, Education, and Training all within JTC1's scope of Information Technology. SCs ballot and approve NPs, CDs, FCDs, etc., but not WDs, DISs, FDISs, etc..
bullet TR: An approved Technical Report. A TR is developed like a standard, but its purpose is just to provide technical information and not to make requirements on implementations (conformance).
bullet TC : Technical Committee. A standards committee with a very broad scope of work, e.g., JTC1 is information technology. Both DIS and FDIS documents are balloted and approved at the TC-level.
bullet TCOR : Technical Corrigendum. Errata and corrections to an existing standard or amendment. (See also AMD)
bullet WD: Working Draft, e.g., WD3 refers to Working Draft #3. WDs are developed and approved at the WG-level.
bullet WI: Work Item. An approved project within a programme of work.
bullet WG: Working Group. A WG works a very specific area of technical standards. Usually, WGs develop standards that are scoped by approved NPs. The WGs produce successive WDs, and then CDs, and then the FDIS.


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Last Update: 2005-08-30