Forthcoming ISO Ballots

NISO Voting members participate in the development, revision, and evaluation of standards. Voting members are able to influence the process and mold the future of the industry. The following NISO ballots are open and will close before the next newsletter is distributed.

• Systematic Review of ISO 16175-1:2010 Information and documentation - Principles and functional requirements for records in electronic office environments - Part 1: Overview and statement of principles
  This standard is in three parts: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. This is Part 1. The aim of the Principles and Functional Requirements for Records in Digital Office Environments project is to produce globally harmonised principles and functional requirements for software used to create and manage digital records in office environments. There currently exist a number of jurisdiction-specific functional requirements and software specifications. The project's objective is to synthesise this existing work into requirements and guidelines to meet the needs of the international archives, records and information management community and to enable that community to liaise, in a consolidated manner, with the global software industry. This ballot closes on February 26, 2016.
• Systematic Review of ISO 16175-2:2011 Information and documentation - Principles and functional requirements for records in electronic office environments - Part 2: Guidelines and functional requirements for digital records management systems
  This systematic review is in three parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. This is Part 2. The scope of this part is limited to products that are often termed 'electronic records management systems' or 'enterprise content management systems'. This part will use the term digital records management systems for those software applications whose primary function is records management. It does not seek to set requirements for records still in use and held within business systems. Digital objects created by email, word processing, spreadsheet, and imaging applications (such as text documents, and still or moving images), where they are identified to be of business value, should be managed within digital records management systems which meet the functional requirements set out in this part. This ballot closes on March 4, 2016.
• Systematic Review of ISO 16175-3:2010 Information and documentation - Principles and functional requirements for records in electronic office environments - Part 3: Guidelines and functional requirements for records in business systems
  This systematic review is in three parts: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. This is Part 3. This document will help organizations to ensure that evidence (records) of business activities transacted through business systems are appropriately identified and managed. Specifically, it will assist organizations to:
  * understand processes and requirements for identifying and managing records in business systems; * develop requirements for functionality for records to be included in a design specification when building, upgrading, or purchasing business system software; * evaluate the records management capability of proposed customised or commercial off-the-shelf business system software; and * review the functionality for records or assess compliance of existing business systems This ballot closes on March 7, 2016.
• Systematic Review of ISO 17933:2000 Information and documentation - GEDI - Generic Electronic Document Interchange
  This International Standard specifies a format for exchange of electronic document copies between computer systems. The format includes the definition of a GEDI Header containing information about the requester, supplier, and format of the document and relevant bibliographic information. This ballot closes on March 8, 2016.