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Scope

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 22 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
14
Life Below Water
16
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
14
published ISO standards *

under the direct responsibility of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42

25
ISO standards under development *

under the direct responsibility of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42

35
Participating members
15
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/AG 3   AI standardization roadmapping Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/AHG 1 Dissemination and outreach Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/AHG 2   Liaison with SC 38 Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/AHG 4   Liaison with SC 27 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/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 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 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 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 40 IT service management and IT governance ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41 Internet of things and digital twin ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 20 Aircraft and space vehicles ISO
ISO/TC 20/SC 16 Unmanned aircraft systems 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 69 Applications of statistical methods ISO
ISO/TC 204 Intelligent transport systems ISO
ISO/TC 210 Quality management and corresponding general aspects for medical devices ISO
ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics ISO
ISO/TC 215 Health informatics 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

 

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 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 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 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/TC 22/SC 32 Electrical and electronic components and general system aspects ISO
ISO/TC 37/SC 3 Management of terminology resources ISO
ISO/TC 69 Applications of statistical methods ISO
ISO/TC 204 Intelligent transport systems ISO
ISO/TC 215 Health informatics 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

 

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
IIOC Independant International Organization for Certification A
ITU International Telecommunication Union 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

Date Month Location TC/SC Note
24-2 October-November 2022 Virtual ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42  
  April 2023 Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 **
  October 2023 Vienna (Austria) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 **
  April 2024 Korea, Republic of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 **
  October 2024 France ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 **
  April 2025 Moscow (Russian Federation) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 **
  October 2025 Berlin (Germany) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 **

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

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