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Cultural Heritage Conservation: ANSI Seeks Comments on Proposed ISO Technical Activity

7/14/2023

Submit Feedback by July 28

As the U.S. member body to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) seeks comments by July 28, 2023, on a proposal for a new ISO standard and project committee on Cultural Heritage Conservation.

Within the ISO Technical Management Board (ISO/TMB), there is an internal process where ISO/TMB members are able to review and comment on draft proposals for new areas of ISO work. This allows the proposer to gain some input from the ISO/TMB, which the proposer may consider, and revise/improve the proposal before it goes out for formal voting to ISO members.

The Standardization Administration of China (SAC), the ISO member for China, submitted a draft proposal for a new area of ISO work—Cultural Heritage Conservation—for this initial ISO/TMB review and comments. The scope is as follows:

"Standardization in the field of terminology, technologies, materials, and equipment for monitoring, evaluation, preservation, and restoration of cultural heritage. Note: Limited to tangible cultural heritage. If an overlap or the potential for overlap with other TC/SC is identified, coordination with related TC/SC should be sought by contacting or working with working groups."

The proposal asserts that the establishment of a Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage Conservation will make significant contributions to the conservation of cultural heritage with regards to:

  • Fostering consensus on cultural heritage conservation
  • Enhancing the level of cultural heritage conservation
  • Creating an exchange platform for cultural heritage conservation
  • Promoting research on the origin and development of standardization

Read the proposal and submit comments to Steven Cornish, ANSI senior director of international policy and strategy, [email protected], by close of business on Friday, July 28. Based on comments received, ANSI’s ISO TMB representative will produce a set of comments for submittal in this informal review.

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