ISO/IEC Directives and
ISO supplement

Direct URL to this area : www.iso.org/directives

This area presents the three core documents describing basic procedural and drafting rules to be followed by ISO committees, namely:

• ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1: Procedures for the technical work

• ISO Supplement, Procedures specific to ISO

• ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2: Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards

Access is also given to copies of the normative references cited in these three core documents and copies of the ISO/IEC Guides. (Note: viewing of the normative references is subject to access control - a username and password is required.)

ISO-specific forms to be used in conjunction with the three core documents are available for download at www.iso.org/forms.

ISO/IEC JTC 1 (Information technology) has adopted modified and additional procedures, see ISO/IEC Directives, Procedures for the technical work of ISO/IEC JTC 1 on Information technology.

Additional guidelines and supplementary rules complementing these documents are:

• Cooperation with CEN (Vienna Agreement)
• Principles for Developing ISO and IEC Standards Related to or Supporting Public Policy Initiatives (PDF, 87 kB)
• Global relevance of  ISO technical work and publications (PDF, 27kB)
• Policy concerning normative references in ISO publications (PDF, 102kB)
• Supplementary rules
• Drafting Standards