The ISO sectoral portfolio

ISO develops International Standards for all industry sectors (with the exception of electrotechnology, covered by IEC, and telecommunications, covered by ITU), as well as for a variety of cross-sector, horizontal themes (such as metrology and generic management systems).

Given the level of specialization that characterizes ISO’s technical work regarding both the structure of ISO’s technical bodies and ISO’s deliverables, it is often not easy for the non-expert (and sometimes for the expert as well) to identify the scope and extent of ISO activities in a given field and from a general perspective.

Most ISO standards are highly specific and require specialized knowledge to develop. Therefore, the technical committees that develop these standards are also specialized in a specific area of technology or business activity. Despite this, the aggregated work of several technical or subcommittees can often provide a complete offering for a broad sector of activitiy.

The ISO sectoral portfolio is an information tool that provides aggregated information on the ISO work covering selected areas of activities. It includes summaries and hyperlinks to the relevant ISO technical committee Web sites and highlights some of the most important relevant  ISO standards and related bibliographical information.

ISO plans to expand significantly the ISO sectoral portfolio over time. However, to a certain extent, it will always be "work in progress". We are therefore most grateful to all ISO Online users who would like to share their views, feedback and suggestions that will help us to modify, expand and improve this section.