Quick Start Guide for National Committees (NMC) members

This quick start guide is aimed at National Mirror Committee (NMC) members that want to comment during a vote (e.g.: NP ballot, CD Consultation, DIS/FDIS ballot) in the Online document (OSD).

1 What is Online Standards Development

ISO and IEC are developing a new Online Standards Development (OSD) platform which aims at providing the technical community with a unique and harmonized platform for online standards development, from the preparatory stage through to publication.

2 Introduction to Online Member Commenting process

Member commenting takes place during a NP ballot, CD Consultation, DIS and FDIS ballot. The aim is to gather the national experts comments on a draft and submit the consolidated national comments to ISO.

The Member Commenting process as well as options available for members are detailed in this article: Member Commenting – Getting started

3 As a NMC committee member what do I need to do?

Follow the commenting/voting instructions given by your national body. In case of question during the commenting and voting phases (NP, CD, DIS, FDIS etc.) please ask your national body contact point for clarification.

Step 1: Access the online document

You will receive the link to the online document by your NSB. Each NSB has different way to distribute ISO documents for commenting so please refer to your NSB if you are unsure on how to get access.

Click on the link and enter your ISO login details (username and password).

Step 2: Add comments and proposed changes in the document

You can now start providing your comments directly in the context of the document. For detailed instruction on how to provide comments in an online document, refer to this article: Add comments and proposals (online document)

While commenting, you will be able to see the comments of other national experts for your NSBs. You can then start collaborating and respond or like/dislike some of the comments you see. More information here: Reply and support others' comments

Once everyone will have provided their comments, the NMC Secretary or Voter will pause the commenting and consolidation will start. the NMC Secretary and voter will start reviewing all the comments provided with you and start submitting the relevant comments to ISO.

The below video shows you how to provide comments in the online document:

4 Resources available

A dedicated section is available in this Knowledge Base for Commenting in an Online Document

Still need help? Contact helpdesk@iso.org

5 Frequently Ask Questions (F&Q)

Q1. I am an expert of the WG but I don't have access to the Online Document for commenting during the NP, DIS or FDIS ballot or CD consultation. Why?

A1. During a NP ballot, CD consultation, DIS/FDIS ballot national contributions are centralized by the NSB’s voter who is responsible to submit the consolidated national position to ISO. As such, an expert of the WG, who may also be expert of the National Mirror Committee (NMC), must refer to its NSB to ensure its contribution is taken into consideration along with the rest of the NMC experts. In this regard, WG experts do not get default access to the document to comment.

A2. The National Voter can pause manually the commenting period in order to allow him/her enough time to resolve all national comments and submit the national position to ISO. Do not hesitate to contact your National Voter for more information.