ISO-IEC JTC1 SC32: Acronym Summary

Acronym Summary (ISO/IEC JTC1)

The following is a summary of common acronyms used within ISO/IEC JTC1 committees:

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)

BRM: Ballot Resolution Meeting. A meeting convened for the purposes of resolving ballot comments.

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.

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.

DTR: Draft Technical Report. The last step before a technical report is approved.

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.

FDISP: Final Draft International Standardized Profile. The last step before an international standardized profile is approved.

FPDISP: Final Proposed Draft International Standardized Profile. The equivalent of "FCD-stage" for International Standardized Profiles. Latter stages are: FDISP and ISP.

IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission

IS: An approved International Standard.

ISO: International Organization for Standardization

ISP: International Standardized Profile. A "bundle" of references to standards.

JTC1: Joint Technical Committee 1. JTC1 is a joint committee of ISO and IEC. The scope of JTC1 is information technology standardization.

L or L-member: Liaison member. A Liaison Organization does not vote.

LO: Liaison Organization. A organization the liaises with a committee.

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.

NB: National Body. The primary unit of membership in ISO/IEC.

NBLO (also NBLOs):A National Body or Liaison Organization. "NBLOs" refer to all National Bodies and Liaison Organizations.

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.

O or O-member: Observing member. A National Body that does not vote.

P or P-member: Participating member. A National Body that can vote.

PDISP: Proposed Draft International Standardized Profile. The equivalent of "CD-stage" for International Standardized Profiles. Latter stages are: FPDISP, FDISP, and ISP.

PDTR: Proposed Draft Technical Report. The equivalent of a "CD-stage" for Technical Reports. Latter stages are: DTR and TR.

PWI: Preliminary Work Item. A WP that discusses potential NP(s). This WP is not intended for balloting (NPs are balloted).

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.

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..

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).

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.

TCOR : Technical Corrigendum. Errata and corrections to an existing standard or amendment. (See also AMD)

WD: Working Draft, e.g., WD3 refers to Working Draft #3. WDs are developed and approved at the WG-level.

WI: Work Item. An approved project within a programme of work.

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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	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)
	BRM: Ballot Resolution Meeting. A meeting convened for the purposes of resolving ballot comments.
	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.
	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.
	DTR: Draft Technical Report. The last step before a technical report is approved.
	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.
	FDISP: Final Draft International Standardized Profile. The last step before an international standardized profile is approved.
	FPDISP: Final Proposed Draft International Standardized Profile. The equivalent of "FCD-stage" for International Standardized Profiles. Latter stages are: FDISP and ISP.
	IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission
	IS: An approved International Standard.
	ISO: International Organization for Standardization
	ISP: International Standardized Profile. A "bundle" of references to standards.
	JTC1: Joint Technical Committee 1. JTC1 is a joint committee of ISO and IEC. The scope of JTC1 is information technology standardization.
	L or L-member: Liaison member. A Liaison Organization does not vote.
	LO: Liaison Organization. A organization the liaises with a committee.
	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.
	NB: National Body. The primary unit of membership in ISO/IEC.
	NBLO (also NBLOs):A National Body or Liaison Organization. "NBLOs" refer to all National Bodies and Liaison Organizations.
	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.
	O or O-member: Observing member. A National Body that does not vote.
	P or P-member: Participating member. A National Body that can vote.
	PDISP: Proposed Draft International Standardized Profile. The equivalent of "CD-stage" for International Standardized Profiles. Latter stages are: FPDISP, FDISP, and ISP.
	PDTR: Proposed Draft Technical Report. The equivalent of a "CD-stage" for Technical Reports. Latter stages are: DTR and TR.
	PWI: Preliminary Work Item. A WP that discusses potential NP(s). This WP is not intended for balloting (NPs are balloted).
	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.
	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..
	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).
	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.
	TCOR : Technical Corrigendum. Errata and corrections to an existing standard or amendment. (See also AMD)
	WD: Working Draft, e.g., WD3 refers to Working Draft #3. WDs are developed and approved at the WG-level.
	WI: Work Item. An approved project within a programme of work.
	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.