Standards Development Organizations

From documents to decisions: how structured authoring is changing what a standard can do 

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 There is a question that sounds almost too simple for a professional conference: what is a standard, actually? Not in a formal, definitional sense. In a practical one. What is it that a standards organization produces and hands to the world?  The instinctive answer is a document. A carefully structured, rigorously reviewed document. The result of months or

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From documents to actionable knowledge: standards adoption in an AI-first world

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In a world where everyone feels compelled to put AI on the first slide, Patrice Canonne opened his recent webinar with a wink, and then got very real, very fast: standards are changing, and the organizations behind them need to modernize how standards are authored, structured, and delivered if they want to stay relevant (and useful).  “The

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From Word to the web: How IEC authors are embracing Online Standards Development

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Since early this year, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has been using its new Online Standards Development (OSD) platform, a fully web-based environment for drafting and reviewing international standards. Built around structured content authoring, OSD integrates Fonto as its core XML editor, enabling technical experts from around the world to collaborate on standards in a

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The Future of Standards: the ISO Annual Meeting 2022

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We are present at ISO’s Annual Meeting, a meeting for all standards developing bodies worldwide. For the first time this year, the event is open to other organizations and companies that work with standards developing bodies. Against the spectacular backdrop of downtown Abu Dhabi, four full days of meetings, discussions and networking events are taking

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Moving from documents to data in the Standards Publishing industry

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In a very informative and recently published report by Outsell, lead analyst Tatiana Khayrullina confirms what Forrester described earlier in its ‘Future of Documents’ report:    “Despite more than 30 years of mainstream use of office authoring tools, not much has changed. Increasingly, enterprises deliver documents to customers in forms that aren’t fit for purpose. The

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Use case: Fonto Review for Standards Developing Organizations

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When standards reach the ‘draft for review and public comment’ stage they are made available to the public. Back in the days, the mailman was involved in this process. Then the fax machine took over and at the start of this century, the web provided new opportunities, changing the public comment process for good.  Web-based

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