Online Standards Development
What is it?
🥜 In a nutshell
The Online Standards Development (OSD) platform (formerly known as Online Collaborative Authoring/OCA) is a Word-like tool based on a product called FontoXML that technical bodies can use to draft their project deliverables. It will then flow through to following steps of the production chain.
❤ Benefits
The platform has many advantages for authors compared to traditional tools like Word, such as:
Features
- Normative referencing
- Guided structure, automatic numbering and quality checks according to the Internal Regulations
- Concurrent editing with clause locking & unlocking
- Tagging & filtering comments
- And many more...
Structure & quality
Because of the structure, it improves quality, and that makes life easier for everyone: experts, TC secretaries, the CCMC editing team and standards users.
Transparency & inclusivity
The access roles make it easier for working group leadership to accept and manage input from a large number of people. This means everyone on the team can see what's happening at all times and can easily make their voice heard.
Safety in the cloud
Working groups no longer need to save offline copies of documents, work on them separately, email them to each other, and struggle with merging changes. Now, all changes are made securely online, with features for locking and unlocking clauses so nobody overwrites anyone else's work, and nothing gets misplaced.
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Access roles
The working group leadership team can choose who has which role depending on the team's preferred way of working, and this can be changed at anytime. The available roles are:
Direct roles – for people that are part of the drafting body assigned |
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WG Drafting Bodies •Convenor •Convenor/Sec support team •Twinned convenor •WG Secretary TC/SC Drafting Bodies •Secretary •Twinned Secretary •Secretary support team •Chairperson •Chairperson support team |
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WG Drafting Bodies •Committee Member  TC/SC Drafting Bodies •Committee Member •Commenter |
WG Drafting Bodies •Liaison representative •Document monitor •Technical programme manager TC/SC Drafting Bodies •Vice Chairperson •Liaison Representative •Committee Observer •Document monitor •Technical programme manager •CEN Consultant •Sector rapporteur |
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•Secretary of any structure within the same TC as the WG •Secretary Support Team of any structure within the same TC as the WG •Twinned Secretary of any structure within the same TC as the WG •Chairperson of any structure within the same TC as the WG •Vice- Chairperson of any structure within the same TC as the WG •Chairperson Support Team of any structure within the same TC as the WG |
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Get Started
đź’¬ Training - Info sessions
Please see the list of upcoming sessions.
Any questions ? Contact ebaumard@cencenelec.eu
📢 Call for projects - Drafting stage
Is your project:
- A CEN EN, TR, TS?
- New or a revision (not an amendment or corrigendum)?
- Homegrown (not under the Vienna Agreement)?
- Not an Harmonized standard
- Preferably in stage 00.60 or 10.99?
- Ready for drafting to start?
If your project ticks these boxes, join the digital transformation! Fill-in this evaluation form to start drafting in the OSD tool.
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If your project doesn't tick the boxes (e.g. CENELEC projects, amendments), then don't worry - we're working on getting the tool ready for you to use in the future. Please register for an info session or get in touch to learn more.
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Please note that we are keeping number of projects at low volume as manual work is required. We keep the possibility to accept or not request.
🔨 Sandbox access
Want to try it out but not ready to sign up as a project yet? Request sandbox access.
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Already on board ? If you need help :
- How to use the tool: Check out the knowledge base
- How to manage an OSD project specificities (Doc creation, submission, figures, etc.): Check out our CEN User guidesÂ
- For IT issues (server down, outages, bugs, etc.) at helpdeskcentc@iso.org.
- For Business issues (processes, tool features, etc.) at ebaumard@cencenelec.euÂ
 Spread the word - Communication materials
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Slide deck: Introduce OSD projectÂ
Technical Committee secretaries and others are encouraged to use this short Digital Transformation slide deck to present to their groups. The "notes" on each slide will help guide you when presenting.
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Videos: Demo OSD tool
ISO has created a Youtube Channel with short videos demonstrating OSD features.Â
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CEN Authoring (drafting stage):
Agenda: Project overview and timeline, Tool demo (Authoring and workgroup commenting only) and Q&A
Target audience: Existing or prospective projects (TCs members), other interested people
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Thursday 2025-07-03 11 to 12 am CEST |
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CEN Member commenting (enquiry stage):
Agenda: Tool demo and Q&A
Target audience: CEN Voters (Enq) and their support team, CEN Centralized Voters, CEN National secretaries and their support team.
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Tuesday 2025-09-02 10 to 11 am CEST |
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Monday 2025-10-06 10 to 11 am CEST |
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Thursday 2025-11-05 10 to 11 am CET |
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đź”” Status update
Last updated: 2025-07-03
CEN DELIVERABLES
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Phase 1 - Authoring & Editing (00.60 to 40.10) |
Phase 2 - Member Commenting (40.20 to 50.10) |
Phase 3 - End to End process (50.20 to 60.60) |
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CEN Homegrown Standards EN, TR,TS (hEns excl) |
Already available 197 projects opened since project start 128 still active in drafting stages |
Already available 9projects active in Enquiry stage or Enquiry comments resolution stage  |
Already available 2 projects to start Formal Vote (Summer 2025) Â |
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CEN Harmonized Standards hENs |
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CENELEC deliverables
Timeline to be confirmed - dependency with IEC
ISO & IEC collaboration
The project is being led by ISO & IEC, and we are making sure that CEN and CENELEC requirements are incorporated (eg: EU Directives Annexes ZZ and ZA). You can also take a look at the counterpart ISO project page and IEC project page.
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âť“ Frequently Asked Questions
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Group |
Secretariat |
Work Item |
Start Date |
| CEN/TC 12/ WG 1 | NEN | WI 00012447 | 2023-10-17 |
| CEN/TC 38/WG 22 | SIS | WI 00038255 | 2025-01-09 |
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CEN/TC 51/WG 15 |
UNI |
WI 00051160 |
2023-12-19 |
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CEN/TC 89/WG 8 |
SIS |
WI 00089202 - prEN 1946-1 |
2022-03-18 |
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WI 00089198 WI 00089201 WI 00089203 |
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CEN/TC 89/WG 15 |
DIN |
WI 00089205 |
2021-10-11 |
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CEN/TC 98/WG 8 |
DIN |
WI 00098058 |
2024-02-04 |
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CEN/TC 104/SC 8/WG1 |
SN |
WI 00104442 |
2024-11-07 |
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CEN/TC 107/WG 2 |
DS |
WI 00107100 |
2025-02-05 |
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CEN/TC 107/WG 4Â |
DS |
WI 00107084 WI 00107086 |
2024-08-27 |
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CEN/TC 107/WG 13 |
DS |
WI 00107097 |
2024-12-19 |
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CEN/TC 107/WG 13 |
DS |
WI 00107101 WI 00107102 |
2025-01-22 |
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CEN/TC 113/WG 6 |
DIN |
WI 00113096 - prEN 12900 |
2021-11-25 |
| CEN/TC 125/WG 5 |
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WI 00125213 |
2024-09-03 |
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CEN/TC 128/SC 9/WG 2 Â |
DIN |
WI 00128190 - prEN 1873-2 WI 00128191 - prEN 1873-3 |
2021-10-08 |
| DIN |
WI00128206 WI00128207 |
2023-09-14 | |
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DIN |
WI00128208 WI00128209 |
2024-02-28 |
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CEN/TC 134/WG 8 |
NBN |
WI 00134286 |
2021-12-22 |
| CEN/TC 136/WG 9Â | DIN |
WI 00136512 WI 00136513 WI 00136514 |
2024-07-09 |
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CEN/TC 137/WG 5 |
AFNOR |
WI 00137092 |
2023-12-19 |
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CEN/TC 144/WG 5 |
AFNOR |
WI 00144402 |
2021-12-22 |
| CEN/TC 147/WG 15 | AFNOR | WI 00147191 | 2024-12-18 |
| CEN/ TC 148 /WG 3 | Â SIS | WI 00148021 | 2023-09-08 |
| CEN/TC 152/WG 2 |
UNI |
WI 00152022 |
2025-01-17 |
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CEN/TC 156/WG 3 |
SIS |
WI 00156253 |
2022-04-11 |
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CEN/TC 156/WG 25 |
BSI |
WI 00156289 |
2024-09-24 |
| CEN/TC 158/WG 11 |
SIS |
WI 00158121 |
2025-01-17 |
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CEN TC 168/ WG 3 Â |
BSI Â |
WI 00168151 WI 00168152 WI 00168153 |
2024-07-25 |
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WI 00168154 |
2024-09-26 |
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CEN TC 168/ WG 6 |
DIN |
WI 00168149 |
2024-02-02 |
| CEN/TC 169/WG 11 |
NEN |
WI 00169098 |
2025-02-14 |
| CEN/TC 175/WG 39 |
AFNOR |
WI 00175197 - prEN 16755 rev |
2024-02-13 |
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CEN/TC 182/WG 6 |
DIN |
WI 00182095 WI 00182096 WI 00182100 |
2023-10-12 |
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WI 00182094 |
2023-11-17 | ||
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CEN/TC 182/ WG 11 |
DIN |
WI 00182101 |
2024-05-07 |
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CEN/TC 189/WG 7 |
NBN |
WI 00189279 |
2024-10-29 |
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CEN/TC 194/WG 10 |
AFNOR |
WI 00194170 |
2025-02-05 |
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CEN/TC 207/WG 10 |
SIS |
WI 00207302 |
2021-10-11 |
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CEN/TC 224/WG 18 |
AFNOR |
WI 00224277 WI 00224278 WI 00224280 |
2024-11-26 |
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CEN/TC 224/WG 20 |
AFNOR |
WI 00224276 |
2024-03-01 |
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WI 00224282 |
2024-06-13 |
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| CEN/TC 226/WG 1 |
AFNOR |
WI 00226298 |
2025-01-22 |
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CEN/TC 247/WG 4 Â |
SNV Â |
WI 00247139 WI00247140 |
2024-07-23 |
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WI 00247143 WI 00247144 |
2025-02-04 |
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CEN/TC 247/WG 6 Â |
SNV |
WI 00247137 |
2023-11-29 |
| WI 00247142 |
2024-10-28 |
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CEN/TC 247/WG 14 |
NBN |
WI 00248780 WI 00248081 |
2024-08-27 |
| CEN/TC 249/WG 25 |
SIS |
WI 00249A78 |
2025-01-22 |
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CEN/TC 250/SC 4 |
BSI |
WI 00250218 - prEN 1994-1-2 |
2020-10-01 |
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CEN/TC 250/SC 5/WG 6 |
SN |
WI 00250247 - prEN 1995-2 |
2022-03-28 |
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CEN/TC 254/WG 16 |
NEN |
WI 00254188 |
2022-05-18 |
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CEN/TC 256/SC 2/WG 2 |
DIN |
WI 00256A4L |
2023-01-29 |
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CEN/TC 256/SC 2/WG 13 |
DIN |
WI 00256A3K - prEN 15827 rev |
2022-08-03 |
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WI 00256A2A |
2023-03-01 | ||
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WI 00256A4E |
2025-01-03 | ||
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CEN/TC 256/SC 3/WG 36 |
AFNOR |
WI 00256A2Q - prEN 16683 rev |
2022-07-08 |
| CEN/TC 256/SC 3/WG 37 |
AFNOR |
WI 00256A1D |
2022-07-11 |
| CEN/TC 256/SC 3/WG 38 |
AFNOR Â |
WI 00256A2O |
2022-07-11 |
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WI 00256A4R |
2024-08-27 | ||
| CEN/TC 256/SC 3/WG 47 |
AFNOR Â |
WI 00256A4X |
2024-09-18 |
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WI 00256A4K |
2025-01-30 | ||
| CEN/TC 256/SC 4/WG 7 |
DIN |
WI 00256A3H |
2025-02-03 |
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CEN/TC 264/WG 47 |
DIN |
WI00264288 |
2023-06-02 |
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CEN/TC 275/WG 10 |
DIN |
WI 00275384 WI 00275385 |
2024-07-29 |
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CEN/TC 278/WG 1 |
BSI |
WI 00278647 |
2024-09-03 |
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CEN/TC 278/WG 8 |
BSI |
WI 00278552 - TS 16157-10 |
2020-10-01 |
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CEN/ TC 294/WG 4Â |
DIN |
WI 00294035Â |
2023-07-24 |
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CEN/TC 301/WG 17 |
SIS |
WI 00301082 |
2022-07-11 |
| CEN/TC 325/WG 3 |
UNMZ |
WI 00325017Â |
2023-10-31 |
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CEN/TC 346/WG 12 |
AFNOR |
WI 00346062 - prEN 15999-1 WI 00346054 - prEN 15999-2 |
2022-02-07 |
| CEN/TC 350/SC 1/WG 6 |
AFNOR |
WI 00350043 |
2024-09-26 |
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CEN/TC 354/WG 3 |
AFNOR |
WI 00354010 |
2024-07-25 |
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CEN/TC 371/WG 1 |
NEN |
WI 00371009 - TS 16628 WI 00371008 - TS 16629 |
2021-11-25 |
| CEN/TC 371/WG 4 |
NEN |
WI 00371013 |
2025-02-14 |
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CEN/TC 350/SC 1/ WG1 |
AFNOR |
WI 00350039 |
2024-06-26 |
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CEN/TC 439/WG 1 Â |
DIN Â |
WI 00439006 - prEN 17483-2 WI 00439007 - prEN 17483-3 |
2021-09-03 |
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WI 00439008 - prEN 17483-4 |
2022-03-18 |
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| CEN/TC 440/WG 1 | DIN | WI 00440028 | 2024-07-09 |
| CEN/TC 440/WG 4 | Â DIN |
WI 00440024 WI 00440025 WI 00440026 |
2024-04-03 |
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CEN/TC 442/WG 6 Â |
SN Â |
WI 00442027 |
2020-10-01 |
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WI 00442060 |
2024-08-27 |
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| CEN/TC 442/WG 7 | AFNOR | WI 00442051 | 2023-12-04 |
| CEN/TC 447/WG 4 | BSI | WI 00447005 | 2025-01-06 |
| CEN/TC 460/WG 1 | Â DIN | WI00460025 | 2025-02-05 |
| CEN/TC 460/WG 4 | Â DIN | WI00460017 | 2024-11-18 |
| CEN/TC 460/WG 5 | Â DIN | WI00460015 | 2023-09-13 |
| CEN/TC 460/WG 8 |
DIN |
WI00460023 | 2024-05-30 |
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CEN/TC 466/WG 1 |
NEN |
WI 00466008 |
2021-12-16 |
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CEN/TC 466/WG 2 |
NEN |
WI 00466010 |
2022-07-11 |
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NEN |
WI 00466002 WI 00466003 |
2021-12-16 |
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NEN |
WI 00466005 |
2021-12-16 |
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NEN |
WI 00466009 |
2022-07-11 |
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CEN/TC 466/WG 3 |
NEN |
WI 00466004 WI 00466006 WI 00466007 |
2021-12-16 |
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CEN/TC 468/WG 1 |
AFNOR |
WI 00468002 |
2024-10-08 |
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CEN/TC 469/WG 1 |
AFNOR |
WI 00469001 |
2022-04-22 |
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AFNOR |
WI 00469003 |
2023 - 01 -17 |
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AFNOR |
WI 00469004 |
2023 - 06 - 15 |
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CEN/TC 473/WG 1 |
SIS |
WI 00473002 |
2024-09-18 |
| CEN/TC 473/WG 2 |
SIS |
WI 00473003 |
2025-01-15 |
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CEN/TC 473/WG 3 |
SIS |
WI 00473004 |
2025-01-17 |
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CEN/TC 473/WG 4 |
SIS |
WI 00473001 |
2024-09-18 |
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CEN/WS CBRN |
AFNOR |
WI WSCBR001 - prCWA XXXX |
2022-07-20 |
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CEN/WS DIV |
SIS |
WI WSDIV001 - prCWA XXX |
2022-03-28 |
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CEN/WS SMCD |
SIS |
WI WSSMC001 - prCWA XXXX |
2022-04-22 |
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CLC/TC 9X/WG 28 |
AFNOR-CEF |
WI 72410 - prEN 50716 |
2020-10-01 |
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CLC/TC 14/WG 32 |
CEI |
WI 73196 - prEN 50708-1-1 |
2020-10-01 |
| CEN/CLC/JTC 13/WG 9 |
DIN |
JT013089 JT013090 JT013091 |
2025-02-06 |
| CEN/CLC/JTC 21/WG 2 | DS | JT021001 | 2023-08-31 |
| JT021024 | 2024-04-03 | ||
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CEN/CLC/JTC 21/WG 3 |
DS |
JT021025 |
2023-03-13 |
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JT021036 |
2024-08-27 |
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JT021044Â |
2025-02-05 |
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CEN/CLC/JTC 21/WG 4 |
DS DS DS |
JT021006 JT021010 |
2023-03-15 |
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JT021008 |
2024-02-08 |
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JT021019 |
2023-06-02 |
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CEN/CLC/JTC 21/WG 5 |
DS |
JT021029 |
2024-06-26 |
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 CEN/CLC/JT24/WG 2  |
DIN |
JT024002 |
2024-07-10 |
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JT024004 JT024005 JT024006 |
2024-10-11 |
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CEN/CLC/JTC 24/WG 4 |
DIN |
JT024003 |
2024-07-30 |
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We haven't experienced any issues with content being lost for any reason.
There is occasional scheduled maintenance, but we notify all pilot users in advance.
Support is always available via the knowledge base or helpdeskcentc@iso.org.
Yes, an export is available to HTML and Word. But these exports have limited formatting, etc.
No, not really. You would need to copy and paste one clause or one table at a time.
Currently the tool is mostly intended to be used for documents that are started from scratch. In the future we need to think about how to handle revisions and other cases where some content already exists.
No, since the tool is browser-based it requires an internet connection to access the document.
Mostly, yes.
It's the same customized software platform built on FontoXML, but there are a couple of differences:
- Templates - eg: coverpages, annexes for EU directives, etc
- Integrations - eg: Submission interface, Word and PDF exportÂ
Please contact either the ISO project team at helpdesk@iso.org or the IEC project team at authoring@iec.ch to discuss the possibilities.