ISO/IEC Online Standards Development (OSD) Platform

Introduction

The Online Standards Development (OSD) platform, developed by ISO and IEC, aims to replace the Word-based standards development with a unique, harmonized and collaborative space for all contributors from the preparatory stage through to publication. The platform helps standards developers create complex structured content, based on XML, right from the start. This not only facilitates editorial processing, but also enables better content quality at earlier stages of the development process.

The OSD is a single, integrated platform that allows:

• Working Group members to work collaboratively to create the content of the standard during the preparatory stage;
• Committee members to provide their comments in the context of the document during the key standard development stage;
• Secretaries/Committee Managers of IEC and ISO committees to efficiently pre-work, sort and resolve comments directly in the context of the document;
• IEC and ISO editors to review the content of the document, according to ISO and IEC Directives, during enquiry and approval stage.

The IEC SMB (SMB Decision 180/4) and ISO TMB (TMB Resolution 68/2024) approved the OSD as the default choice for the development starting in 2025. The default approach means all committees begin new projects and revisions within the OSD unless an exemption request is submitted to use the traditional word-based template.

Resource and training materials for the OSD can be found in the relevant IEC and ISO tabs below.

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