| Term |
Abbrev. |
Definition |
| standardization |
- |
Activity of establishing, with regard to actual or potential
problems, provisions for common and repeated use, aimed at the achievement of
the optimum degree of order in a given context. |
| NOTES |
| 1 In particular, the activity consists of the processes of
formulating, issuing and implementing standards. |
| 2 Important benefits of standardization are improvement of
the suitability of products, processes and services for their intended purposes,
prevention of barriers to trade and facilitation of technological cooperation. |
| standard |
- |
Document, established by consensus and approved by a recognized
body, that provides, for common and repeated use, rules guidelines or characteristics
for activities or their results, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree
of order in a given context. |
| NOTE Standards should be based on the consolidated results
of science, technology and experience, and aimed at the promotion of optimum community
benefits. |
| package of standards |
- |
A group, as small as possible, of inter-related standards
in the scope of one or more ISO/TCs which are usually developed simultaneously
to one another as parts of one standard, or standards that must be developed simultaneously. |
| consensus |
- |
General agreement, characterized by the absence of sustained
opposition to substantial issues by any important part of the concerned interests
and by a process that involves seeking to take into account the views of all parties
concerned and to reconcile any conflicting arguments. |
| NOTE - Consensus need not imply unanimity |
| ISO/TC International Standardization Deliverables: |
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| International Standard |
IS |
A normative document, developed according to consensus procedures,
which has been approved by the ISO membership and P-members of the responsible
committee in accordance with Part 1 of the ISO/IEC Directives as a draft International
Standard and/or as a final draft International Standard and which has been published
by the ISO Central Secretariat. |
| ISO Technical Specification |
ISO/TS |
A normative document representing the technical consensus
within an ISO committee, approved by 2/3 of the P-members of the ISO/TC or SC. |
| ISO Public Available Specification |
ISO/PAS |
A normative document representing the consensus within a working
group, approved by a simple majority of the P-members of the TC/SC under which
the working group operates. |
| ISO Technical Report |
ISO/TR |
An informative document containing information of a different
form from that of normally published in a normative document. |
| Amendment |
Amd |
An amendment alters and/or adds to previously a reed technical
provisions in an existing standard. |
| Technical Committee |
ISO/TC |
A technical body responsible for the programming and planning
of technical work and the monitoring and execution of this technical work. The
ISO/TC is also responsible for the consensus building process among its members
for individual work items. |
| Subcommittee |
SC |
A technical body reporting to an ISO/TC which, within its
scope which is covered by the scope of its parent ISO/TC, is responsible for the
monitoring and execution of the technical work. The SC is also responsible for
the approval and consensus building process among its members for individual work
items. |
| ISO/TC Working group and ISO/SC Working group |
WG |
A technical body, appointed by the ISO/TC or ISO/SC and composed
of experts, responsible for the drafting of standards, in accordance to the ISO
rules and the clear specifications set by the ISO/TC or ISO/SC. |
| Editing Committee |
- |
A committee set up by a technical body (ISO/TC or SC) at the
beginning of its work, which represents the three official languages of ISO. It
is responsible for the correct formulation and presentation of the standard(s)
prepared by the technical body (ISO/TC or SC) and the equivalence of the texts
in the three official languages. |
| Participating member |
P-member |
A member body participating actively in the work of a TC or
SC, with an obligation to vote on all questions formally submitted for voting
within the TC or SC on enquiry drafts and final draft international standards
and, wherever possible, to participate in meetings. |
| Work Item number |
WI |
The identification number given to a standards project in
a standards work programme. It is intended that the standards project leads to
the issue of a new, amended or revised standard, an ISO/PAS, ISO/TS or other ISO
product. |
| Vienna Agreement |
VA |
Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN. |
| VA ISO lead (5.1) |
- |
Technical cooperation between ISO and CEN under the VA, where
the work is done by the ISO/TC, where a formal notification of interest was received
by ISO from CEN, and where parallel synchronized procedures are applied in ISO
and CEN for the approval processes. |
| VA CEN lead (5.2) |
- |
Technical cooperation between ISO and CEN under the VA, where
the work is done by the CEN/TC or SC, where a formal notification of interest
was received by CEN from ISO, and where parallel synchronized procedures are applied
in ISO and CEN for the approval processes. |
| ISO stakeholders |
- |
Individuals, institutions, organizations or enterprises who
have a direct or indirect interest in the ISO System, its activities and products
and who have a specific interest in the effective programming of ISO work items
and their adequate resourcing. |
