New and Emerging Specs & Standards (August 2023)
ISO/IEC 23859:2023 Information technology — User interfaces — Requirements and recommendations on making written text easy to read and understand
Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35 User interfaces
“This document provides requirements and recommendations on all written text so that it is easy to read and understand in any user interface, regardless of its format. This document addresses the process of creation, adaptation and evaluation of written text that is easy to read and understand. This document does not consider devices or transmission mechanisms used to deliver written text. It does not provide language-specific guidance.”
ISO/IEC 8183:2023 Information technology — Artificial intelligence — Data life cycle framework
Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence
“This document defines the stages and identifies associated actions for data processing throughout the artificial intelligence (AI) system life cycle, including acquisition, creation, development, deployment, maintenance and decommissioning. This document does not define specific services, platforms or tools. This document is applicable to all organizations, regardless of type, size or nature, that use data in the development and use of AI systems.”
ISO/TS 28560-4:2023 Information and documentation — RFID in libraries — Part 4: Encoding of data elements based on rules from ISO/IEC 15962 in an RFID tag with partitioned memory
Technical Committee: ISO/TC 46/SC 4 Technical interoperability“This document defines rules for ISO 28560-1 data elements to be encoded in radio frequency identification (RFID) tags with a memory structure that is partitioned into four memory banks. This primarily applies to ISO/IEC 18000-63 (previously known as ISO/IEC 18000-6 Type C) operating in the UHF frequency, but not necessarily restricted to this technology. The rules for encoding a subset of data elements taken from the total set of data elements defined in ISO 28560-1 are based on ISO/IEC 15962, which uses an object identifier structure to identify data elements. This document defines the rules for encoding a unique item identifier in a specific memory bank, known as MB 01, taking into account different requirements for privacy. It also defines the rules for encoding other relevant data in a separate memory bank, known as MB 11. Each of these memory banks is addressable using different command set of the appropriate RFID technology. As with other parts of ISO 28560, this document is appropriate for the needs of all types of libraries (including academic, public, corporate, special, and school libraries). This document provides essential standards-based information about RFID in libraries. A source of additional information about implementation issues is provided in Annex A..”
ISO/TS 32005:2023 Document management — Portable Document Format — PDF 1.7 and 2.0 structure namespace inclusion in ISO 32000-2
Technical Committee: ISO/TC 171/SC 2 Document file formats, EDMS systems and authenticity of information
“This document specifies containment requirements for tagged PDF documents that use the PDF 1.7 namespace and the PDF 2.0 namespace. These containment requirements extend, and entirely comply with, the rules and provisions already specified for tagged PDF documents within ISO 32000-2.”
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 is a W3C Proposed Recommendation [W3C]
“[…] the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG WG) published Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 as a W3C Proposed Recommendation. WCAG and supporting documents explain how to make content more accessible to people with disabilities. WCAG addresses accessibility of content on desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices. To learn more about WCAG, see WCAG 2 Overview. To get up-to-date information on the latest version, see What's New in WCAG 2.2.”
Draft Note: Vision for W3C [W3C]
“The Advisory Board has published a first Draft Note of Vision for W3C. This document is an articulation of W3C’s mission, values, purpose, and principle. The goal of this document is to: help the world understand what W3C is, what it does, and why it matters; be opinionated enough to provide a helpful framework when making decisions, particularly on controversial issues; be grounded enough in the shared values of the W3C community to represent the emergent consensus of most of our participants; be timeless enough that it does not need frequent revision. The intent is for this document to eventually become a W3C Statement.”