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September 2001

Key standards published for international review

Several of the standards whose development has been led by EPISTLE member organizations have reached major milestones. Four documents (Part 1 & 2 of ISO 15926 and Parts 1 & 2 of ISO 18876) have just been circulated for international ballot. Details of the voting process can be obtained from national standards bodies (BSI in the UK).

ISO 15926

Parts 1 and 2 of ISO 15926 "Integration of life-cycle data for process plants including oil & gas production facilities" have been published as Draft International Standards. This is the final major milestone before these parts can be published as full International Standards.

Details of the ballots are as follows:

• ISO/DIS 15926-1 "Overview and fundamental principles": voting begins on 2001-09-06 and terminates on 2002-02-06.
• ISO/DIS 15926-2 "Data model": voting begins on 2001-08-30 and terminates on 2002-01-30.

Copies of the Draft International Standards can only be obtained from national bodies or from ISO.

Further information is available on the ISO 15926 website.

ISO 18876 "IIDEAS"

The first two parts of ISO 18876 "Integration of industrial data for exchange, access, and sharing" have also been submitted for ballot. These parts are to be published as ISO "Technical Specifications", and require only one ballot to approve them for publication.

The documents circulated for ballot, and the ballot dates, are as follows:

• ISO CD TS 18876-001 "Architecture overview and description", (SC4 N1207): ballot opens 2001-09-15 and closes 2001-12-15.
• ISO CD TS 18876-002 "Part 2 - Integration and mapping methodology" (SC4 N1208): ballot opens 2001-09-15 and closes 2001-12-15.

Copies of these documents and other information about ISO 18876 are available from the IIDEAS website.

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