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Scope

Standardization of practices relating to libraries, documentation and information centres, publishing, archives, records management, museum documentation, indexing and abstracting services, and information science.

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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 41 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

4
Quality Education
8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
10
Reduced Inequalities
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
16
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
130

Published ISO standards *

of which 36 under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 46

23

ISO standards under development *

of which 8 under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 46

44
Participating members
34
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 46/SC 4 Technical interoperability Subcommittee
ISO/TC 46/SC 8 Quality - Statistics and performance evaluation Subcommittee
ISO/TC 46/SC 9 Identification and description Subcommittee
ISO/TC 46/SC 10 Requirements for document storage and conditions for preservation Subcommittee
ISO/TC 46/SC 11 Archives/records management Subcommittee
ISO/TC 46/AHG 2   Terminology Coordination Group Working group
ISO/TC 46/AHG 4   Artificial Intelligence Working group
ISO/TC 46/CAG   Chair's Advisory Group Working group
ISO/TC 46/MA   ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency Working group
ISO/TC 46/MA (TF ISO 3166-2)   Task Force ISO 3166-2 Working group
ISO/TC 46/MA (Voting Members) ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (Voting members) Working group
ISO/TC 46/WG 2   Coding of country names and related entities Working group
ISO/TC 46/WG 3   Conversion of written languages Working group
ISO/TC 46/WG 4   Terminology of information and documentation Working group
ISO/TC 46/WG 13   Information Governance Working group
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 46

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 46:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology 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 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 6/SC 2 Test methods and quality specifications for paper and board ISO
ISO/TC 37 Language and terminology ISO
ISO/TC 37/SC 2 Terminology workflow and language coding ISO
ISO/TC 42 Photography ISO
ISO/TC 68/SC 8 Reference data for financial services ISO
ISO/TC 68/SC 9 Information exchange for financial services ISO
ISO/TC 154 Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration ISO
ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics ISO
ISO/TC 307 Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 46

ISO/TC 46 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Document description and processing languages ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 IT service management and IT governance ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 6/SC 2 Test methods and quality specifications for paper and board ISO
ISO/TC 37 Language and terminology ISO
ISO/TC 37/SC 2 Terminology workflow and language coding ISO
ISO/TC 68 Financial services ISO
ISO/TC 68/SC 8 Reference data for financial services ISO
ISO/TC 154 Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration ISO
ISO/TC 171 Document management applications ISO
ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics ISO
ISO/TC 215 Health informatics ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
CalConnect The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium A
CIDOC International Documentation Committee, International Council of Museums A
CISAC International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers A
DOI The International DOI Foundation, Inc A
EC - European Commission European Commission A
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency A
ICA - archives International Council on Archives A
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization A
ICIA ICIA A
ICSTI - conseil International Council for Scientific and Technical Information A
IFLA International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions A
ISAN ISAN International Agency A
ISBN International ISBN Agency Ltd A
ISOC Internet Society A
ISSN International Center ISSN International Centre A
ITU International Telecommunication Union A
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development A
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe A
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization A
UNICODE The Unicode Consortium A
IIF International Institute of Refrigeration B
UN United Nations B
UPU Universal Postal Union B
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization B

Organizations in liaison (Category C)

C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group

Acronym Title Category
ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers C
Date Month Location TC/SC Note
19-23 May 2025 Delft (Netherlands) ISO/TC 46 *

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

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