Quick Start Guide for NMC members
This quick start guide is aimed at WG experts and NMC members that want to comment during a vote (e.g.: WD Study, CD Consultation, DIS ballot) in the Online document (OSD). Unless NMC members are duly appointed as ISO WG expert, NMC members may not comment on WD consultation.
This guide includes the following information:
1 What is Online Standards Development
The Online Standards Development provides the technical community with a unique and harmonized platform for developing standards online, collaboratively, from the preliminary stage through to publication.
NMC members can provide comments during the related stages (e.g.: CD, DIS, FDIS, etc.) following the instructions given by their national body. There are two options currently available today depending if the NMC is managed with the ISO Global Directory (e.g.: ISO members using ISOlutions) or not.
- 1) Not online for NMCs that are not managed with the ISO Global Directory,
- 2) Online, when the NMC is managed with the ISO Global Directory.
Note: in the situation 1: “not online”, experts that may have certain permissions during the development/authoring phases of the project (WD stage, resolution of comments after CD etc.) may face permissions restrictions during the consultations and voting stages. During these consultations and voting stages, the comments (and voting) are the expression of a national position which requires coordination at national level independently of the expert’s role in the WG.
Committee Manager of ISO committee can then efficiently pre-work, sort and resolve comments directly in the context of the document
ISOCS internal editors can review the content of the document according to the ISO and IEC Directives
2 National commenting in an online document (CD Consultation and DIS/FDIS ballot)
OSD is built to suit diverse members' needs and processes. As such, members can decide to either use the full capability of the platform and comments directly in the OSD or to continue gathering comments using the usual ISO/IEC Commenting template. Regardless of the option chosen by members to collect national comments, all members must submit their national comments in the Online Document before the CD Consultation closes.
Option A: National commenting in OSD
• New OSD platform features used to gather national comments, consolidate comments and submit comments to ISO.
Option B: Upload national comments from ISO/IEC commenting file
• National comments gathered using the current ISO/IEC Commenting template and consolidated commenting file uploaded to the OSD platform.
For more information about the member commenting process with online document please view this article in the ISO Knowledge Base: 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 (CD, DIS, FDIS etc.) please ask your national body contact point for clarification.
4 Quick guide to commenting
5 Resources available
A dedicated section is available in this Knowledge Base for Commenting in an Online Document
Still need help? Contact helpdesk@iso.org
6 Frequently Ask Questions (F&Q)
Q1. I am a expert of the WG but I don't have access to the Online Document for commenting during the CD consultation and/or DIS/FDIS ballot. Why?
A1. During a 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.
Q2. Why can I no longer submit comments on a Online Document?
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.