List of abbreviations used throughout ISO Online

NOTES:
Abbreviations used within the titles of ISO standards are not included in this list.
Information about abbreviations used within the ISO technical work programme are given in the section How to use the ISO technical programme.

  • Add - Addendum

  • Amd - Amendment

  • ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials

  • AWI - Approved work item

  • CAG - Chairman's advisory group

  • CASCO - ISO Committee on conformity assessment

  • CD - Committee draft

  • CIE - International Commission on Illumination

  • COPOLCO - ISO Committee on consumer policy

  • Cor. - Corrigendum

  • CS - ISO Central Secretariat

  • DAmd - Draft Amendment

  • DEVCO - Committee on developing country matters

  • DIS - Draft International Standard

  • DISP - Draft International Standardized Profile

  • DTR - Draft technical report

  • Ed. - Edition

  • Ext. - Extract

  • FCD - Final committee draft

  • FDIS - Final draft International Standard

  • HL7 - Health Level Seven

  • ICS - International classification for standards

  • IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission

  • IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

  • IIW - International Institute for Welding

  • INFCO - ISO Committee on information systems and services (disbanded)

  • ISO - International Organization for Standardization

  • ISONET - ISO information network

  • ISP - International Standardized Profile

  • ITA - Industry Technical Agreement (renamed International Workshop Agreement (IWA), June 2001)

  • ITS - Intelligent Transport Systems

  • IULTCS - International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies

  • IWA - International Workshop Agreement

  • JTC - Joint ISO/IEC technical committee

  • NP - New project

  • O-member - Observer member (in a TC or SC)

  • p. - page(s)

  • PAS - Publicly Available Specification

  • P-member - Participating member (in a TC or SC)

  • PDC - Policy development committee

  • PRF - Proof of a new International Standard

  • R - Recommendation

  • REMCO - ISO Committee on reference materials

  • SC - Subcommittee (of a TC)

  • Suppl. - Supplement

  • TMB - ISO Technical Management Board

  • TC - Technical committee

  • TR - Technical Report

  • TS - Technical Specification

  • TTA - Technology Trends Assessment

  • UTC - Coordinated Universal Time

  • VAMAS - Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards

  • WD - Working document

  • WG - Working group (of a TC or SC)

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