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Standardization in the area of Artificial Intelligence

  • Serve as the focus and proponent for JTC 1's standardization program on Artificial Intelligence
  • Provide guidance to JTC 1, IEC, and ISO committees developing Artificial Intelligence applications

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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 40 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

1
No Poverty
3
Good Health and Well-being
4
Quality Education
5
Gender Equality
7
Affordable and Clean Energy
8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
10
Reduced Inequalities
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
13
Climate Action
14
Life Below Water
16
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
33

Published ISO standards *

36

ISO standards under development *

42
Participating members
26
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/AHG 4   Liaison with SC 27 Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/AHG 7   JTC1 joint development review Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JAG   Joint Advisory Group on AI and sustainability with ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 39 and JTC1/SC 42 Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 2   Joint Working Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 42 - ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 7 : Testing of AI-based systems Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 3   Joint Working Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC42 - ISO/TC 215 WG : AI enabled health informatics Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 4   Joint Working Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC42 - IEC TC65/SC65A: Functional safety and AI systems Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 5   Joint Working Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC42 - ISO/TC 37 WG: Natural language processing Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 6   Joint Working Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC42 - ISO/CASCO: Conformity assessment schemes for AI systems Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/WG 1   Foundational standards Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/WG 2   Data Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/WG 3   Trustworthiness Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/WG 4   Use cases and applications Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/WG 5   Computational approaches and computational characteristics of AI systems Working group
Liaison Committees to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/SC 45A Instrumentation, control and electrical power systems of nuclear facilities IEC
IEC/SC 62C Equipment for radiotherapy, nuclear medicine and radiation dosimetry IEC
IEC/SC 65A System aspects IEC
IEC/SyC AAL Active Assisted Living IEC
IEC/SyC SM Smart Manufacturing IEC
IEC/TC 9 Electrical equipment and systems for railways IEC
IEC/TC 56 Dependability IEC
IEC/TC 62 Medical equipment, software, and systems IEC
IEC/TC 65 Industrial-process measurement, control and automation IEC
IEC/TC 100 Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment IEC
ISO/CASCO Committee on conformity assessment ISO
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 Telecommunications and information exchange between systems ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 Software and systems engineering ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 Automatic identification and data capture techniques ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 Data management and interchange ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Document description and processing languages ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35 User interfaces ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 Information technology for learning, education and training ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 Biometrics ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 Cloud computing and distributed platforms ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 Sustainability, IT and data centres ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 IT service management and IT governance ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41 Internet of things and digital twin ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 43 Brain-computer interfaces ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 20 Aircraft and space vehicles ISO
ISO/TC 20/SC 16 Uncrewed aircraft system ISO
ISO/TC 22/SC 32 Electrical and electronic components and general system aspects ISO
ISO/TC 24/SC 4 Particle characterization ISO
ISO/TC 37 Language and terminology ISO
ISO/TC 37/SC 3 Management of terminology resources ISO
ISO/TC 42 Photography ISO
ISO/TC 46/SC 11 Archives/records management ISO
ISO/TC 68 Financial services ISO
ISO/TC 69 Applications of statistical methods ISO
ISO/TC 108/SC 5 Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machine systems ISO
ISO/TC 172/SC 5 Microscopes and endoscopes ISO
ISO/TC 204 Intelligent transport systems ISO
ISO/TC 210 Quality management and corresponding general aspects for products with a health purpose including medical devices ISO
ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics ISO
ISO/TC 215 Health informatics ISO
ISO/TC 225 Market, opinion and social research ISO
ISO/TC 232 Education and learning services ISO
ISO/TC 258 Project, programme and portfolio management ISO
ISO/TC 260 Human resource management ISO
ISO/TC 261 Additive manufacturing ISO
ISO/TC 262 Risk management ISO
ISO/TC 268 Sustainable cities and communities ISO
ISO/TC 269 Railway applications ISO
ISO/TC 279 Innovation management ISO
ISO/TC 307 Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies ISO
ISO/TC 309 Governance of organizations ISO
ISO/PC 317 Consumer protection: privacy by design for consumer goods and services ISO
ISO/TC 322 Sustainable finance ISO
ISO/TC 324 Sharing economy ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/SyC AAL Active Assisted Living IEC
IEC/SyC SM Smart Manufacturing IEC
IEC/SyC Smart Cities Electrotechnical aspects of Smart Cities IEC
IEC/TC 44 Safety of machinery - Electrotechnical aspects IEC
IEC/TC 62 Medical equipment, software, and systems IEC
IEC/TC 65 Industrial-process measurement, control and automation IEC
IEC/TC 100 Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment IEC
ISO/CASCO Committee on conformity assessment ISO
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 Software and systems engineering ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 Data management and interchange ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Document description and processing languages ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35 User interfaces ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 Information technology for learning, education and training ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 Biometrics ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 Cloud computing and distributed platforms ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 Sustainability, IT and data centres ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 IT service management and IT governance ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41 Internet of things and digital twin ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 43 Brain-computer interfaces ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 20/SC 16 Uncrewed aircraft system ISO
ISO/TC 22/SC 32 Electrical and electronic components and general system aspects ISO
ISO/TC 36 Cinematography ISO
ISO/TC 37/SC 3 Management of terminology resources ISO
ISO/TC 46 Information and documentation ISO
ISO/TC 46/SC 11 Archives/records management ISO
ISO/TC 68 Financial services ISO
ISO/TC 69 Applications of statistical methods ISO
ISO/TC 106 Dentistry ISO
ISO/TC 145 Graphical symbols ISO
ISO/TC 159 Ergonomics ISO
ISO/TC 172/SC 5 Microscopes and endoscopes ISO
ISO/TC 199 Safety of machinery ISO
ISO/TC 204 Intelligent transport systems ISO
ISO/TC 210 Quality management and corresponding general aspects for products with a health purpose including medical devices ISO
ISO/TC 215 Health informatics ISO
ISO/TC 225 Market, opinion and social research ISO
ISO/TC 260 Human resource management ISO
ISO/TC 262 Risk management ISO
ISO/TC 268 Sustainable cities and communities ISO
ISO/TC 299 Robotics ISO
ISO/TC 307 Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies ISO
ISO/TC 309 Governance of organizations ISO
ISO/TC 324 Sharing economy ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
BDVA Big Data Value AISBL A
CI Consumers International A
EC - European Commission European Commission A
ETUC European Trade Union Confederation A
euRobotics AISBL euRobotics AISBL A
EUROCAE The European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment A
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc A
IIOA Independent International Organisation for Assurance A
ITU International Telecommunication Union A
MedTech Europe Alliance of European medical technology industry associations A
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD A
OGC Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. A
PAI Partnership on Al to Benefit People and Societv A
SBS - Small Business Standards Small Business Standards A
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization A
WEF World Economic Forum A
WTO World Trade Organization A

Organizations in liaison (Category C)

C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group

Acronym Title Category
ECNL European Center for Not-for-Profit Law C
EP European Parliament C
TIC Council TIC Council C
Date Month Location TC/SC Note
31-4 March-April 2025 New Delhi (India) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42  
  October 2025 (Australia) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 **
  April 2026 (Singapore) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 **
  October 2026 (Canada) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 **
  October 2027 (Portugal) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 **

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

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