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Telcom 2511 International Standards Organization

• Non-treaty organization

m Members are national standards organizations

q ANSI for US

q AFNOR for France

q DIN for Germany

q Currently 88 members m Correspondent members

q Countries that do not have a national standards setting organization

q Typically developing countries

q Currently 34 correspondent members

m Subscriber members

q Countries that have “very small economies”

q Reduced membership fees

q Currently 9 subscriber members

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Telcom 2511 Focus

• Standards setting for many industries

m Paper size

m Screws and nuts

m Materials

m Information technology • 9300 ISO International Standards have been published

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Telcom 2511 Organization of ISO

• General Assembly is the supreme body • GA elects a council to supervise policies on an ongoing basis

m Determines structure of ISO

m Approves standards

m Appoints Executive Board and Technical Board

m Six standing committees

q Planning

q Certification

q Consumer Policy

q Development

q Information

q Reference Materials • The activities of ISO are supported by the central secretariat in Geneva Martin B.H. Weiss International Standards Organization - 3 University of Pittsburgh

Telcom 2511 Organization of ISO

• Executive Board - Assists Council on administrative and organizational matters • Technical Board

m Standards

m Committees • Technical Committees

m Numbers (approximate)

q 180 TC’s

q 640 Subcommittees

q Approximately 1800 Working Groups

m Responsible for the development of standards

m Subdivided into subcommittees

m Supported by secretariats of member bodies • ISO is 70% funded by dues and 30% by document sales Martin B.H. Weiss International Standards Organization - 4 University of Pittsburgh

Telcom 2511 Products of ISO

• Project Formal Description

m Defines scope of a project

m Assigned to a Subcommittee • Working Draft

m Proposals for standards

m Several WD’s may exist • Draft Proposal

m Single DP for a FD

m Details require development • Draft International Standard • International Standard

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Telcom 2511 Products of ISO

• International Standards • International Standardized Profiles • Technical Reports, Guides, and Documents for Study Purposes • Progress reports on TC work • Meeting minutes • Assorted other documents related to the work of ISO and its members

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Telcom 2511 External Relationships

• ISO has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and with most other UN bodies and Specialized Agencies • Creation of JTC 1 with the International Electrotechnical Committee (IEC) • Liaison status granted to other international organizations

m Category A liaisons

q Those who wish to contribute to work

q Have the right to submit papers, attend meetings, and participate in discussions

q Example: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) m Category B liaisons

q Those who wish to remain informed about ISO work

q No participation rights are granted

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Telcom 2511 ISO and Information Technology

• Overlap between the work of the IEC and ISO was recognized

m Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC 1) was established in 1987 to manage and coordinate IT activities of both organizations

q ISO merged TC97 - Information Processing Systems

q IEC merged • TC83 - Information Technology and Equipment • SC47B - Microprocessor Systems m Decision was made by the IEC and ISO Councils

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Telcom 2511 Structure of JTC 1

• Five Special Groups ISO IEC • 18 Subcommittees JTC 1

SG-FS SC1 -Vocabulary Functional Standardization SC2 - Character Sets and Information Coding SC6 - Telecom. & Info. Exchange Between WG3 Systems Open Electronic Data Interchange SC7 - Software Engineering SC11 - Flexible Magn. Media for Digital Data Interchange SWG-SP SC14 - Data Element Principles Strategic Planning SC15 - Labelling and File Structure SC17 - ID Cards and Devices SC18 - Document Processing SWG-RA SC21 - Info. Retrieval, Transfer, for OSI Registration Authority SC22 - Programming Lanuages SC23 - Optical Disks SC24 - Computer Graphics and Image SWG-P Processing Procedures SC25 - Interconnection of Info. Tech. Eqpt. SC26 - Microprocessor Systems SC27 - IT Security SC28 - Office Equipment SC29 - Coded Representation of Pictures, Audio, and Multimedia Martin B.H. Weiss International Standards Organization - 9 University of Pittsburgh

Telcom 2511 JTC 1 Membership

• National standardization bodies • Liaisons (category A and B) • Category S - specialized organizations involved in functional standardization

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Telcom 2511 JTC 1 Administration

• JTC 1 secretariat appointed from the pool of participating members by the ISO and IEC Councils • American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has been the JTC 1 Secretariat since 1987 • Support provided by the Information Technology Task Force (IITF), composed of staff from ISO and IEC • Specialized Working Groups (SWG) for special activities • Close liaison with the ITU-T is maintained

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Telcom 2511 Publically Available Specifications

• Attempt by JTC1 to adapt to the pace of technological change in telecommunications/computing • Allows JTC1 to confer IS status on de facto standards

m Intellectual property issues have to be resolved

m “Quality” and detail have to be sufficient

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