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Scope

• Logical aspects of storage and preservation (short and long term)

• File formats

• EDMS functionalities and architecture

• Evaluations and qualification of EDMS

• Workflow

• Authenticity of information

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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 38 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
10
Reduced Inequalities
40

Published ISO standards *

7

ISO standards under development *

20
Participating members
13
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 171/SC 2/CAG   Chairs Advisory Group Working group
ISO/TC 171/SC 2/WG 5   Joint TC 171/SC 2 - TC 42 - TC 46/SC 11 - TC 130 WG: Document management applications - Application issues - PDF/A Working group
ISO/TC 171/SC 2/WG 7   PDF/Engineering Working group
ISO/TC 171/SC 2/WG 8   PDF specification Working group
ISO/TC 171/SC 2/WG 9   PDF universal accessibility Working group
ISO/TC 171/SC 2/WG 10   File format guidelines Working group
ISO/TC 171/SC 2/WG 11   EDMS Guidelines Working group
ISO/TC 171/SC 2/WG 12   Metadata Working group
ISO/TC 171/SC 2/WG 13   Content Provenance Working group
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 171/SC 2

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 171/SC 2:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 28 Office equipment ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Document description and processing languages ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 10/SC 1 Basic conventions ISO
ISO/TC 42 Photography ISO
ISO/TC 46/SC 11 Archives/records management ISO
ISO/TC 69 Applications of statistical methods ISO
ISO/TC 130 Graphic technology ISO
ISO/TC 184/SC 4 Industrial data ISO
ISO/TC 272 Forensic sciences ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 171/SC 2

ISO/TC 171/SC 2 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 28 Office equipment ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Document description and processing languages ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 42 Photography ISO
ISO/TC 46/SC 9 Identification and description ISO
ISO/TC 46/SC 11 Archives/records management ISO
ISO/TC 130 Graphic technology ISO
ISO/TC 145 Graphical symbols ISO
ISO/TC 184/SC 4 Industrial data ISO
ISO/TC 272 Forensic sciences ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
C2PA Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity Series A
IPTC International Press and Telecommunication Council A
Khronos The Khronos Group, Inc A
PDF Association e.V. PDF Association e.V. A

Organizations in liaison (Category C)

C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group

Acronym Title Category
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute C
Date Month Location TC/SC Note
28-2 April-May 2025 Concord (United States) ISO/TC 171/SC 2  

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

ISO/TC 171/SC 2 - Secretariat

ANSI (United States)

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