ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 - Artificial intelligence

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Secretariat: ANSI (United States)

Committee Manager:

Ms Heather Benko
Chairperson (until end 2027):

Mr Wael William Diab
ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:

Ms Jacquelyn MacCoon

ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:

Ms Jessica Navarria
Creation date: 2017

Scope

Standardization in the area of Artificial Intelligence

Serve as the focus and proponent for JTC 1's standardization program on Artificial Intelligence
Provide guidance to JTC 1, IEC, and ISO committees developing Artificial Intelligence applications

11 September 2023

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Reference	Title	Type
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/AHG 4	Liaison with SC 27	Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/AHG 7	JTC1 joint development review	Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JAG	Joint Advisory Group on AI and sustainability with ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 39 and JTC1/SC 42	Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 2	Joint Working Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 42 - ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 7 : Testing of AI-based systems	Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 3	Joint Working Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC42 - ISO/TC 215 WG : AI enabled health informatics	Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 4	Joint Working Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC42 - IEC TC65/SC65A: Functional safety and AI systems	Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 5	Joint Working Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC42 - ISO/TC 37 WG: Natural language processing	Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 6	Joint Working Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC42 - ISO/CASCO: Conformity assessment schemes for AI systems	Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 7	Joint Working Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 42 - ISO/TC 68: Artificial intelligence	Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/WG 1	Foundational standards	Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/WG 2	Data	Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/WG 3	Trustworthiness	Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/WG 4	Use cases and applications	Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/WG 5	Computational approaches and computational characteristics of AI systems	Working group

Liaison Committees to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42:

Reference	Title	ISO/IEC
IEC/SC 45A	Instrumentation, control and electrical power systems of nuclear facilities	IEC
IEC/SC 62C	Equipment for radiotherapy, nuclear medicine and radiation dosimetry	IEC
IEC/SC 65A	System aspects	IEC
IEC/SyC AAL	Active Assisted Living	IEC
IEC/SyC SM	Smart Manufacturing	IEC
IEC/SyC Smart Cities	Electrotechnical aspects of Smart Cities	IEC
IEC/TC 9	Electrical equipment and systems for railways	IEC
IEC/TC 56	Dependability	IEC
IEC/TC 62	Medical equipment, software, and systems	IEC
IEC/TC 65	Industrial-process measurement, control and automation	IEC
IEC/TC 100	Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment	IEC
ISO/CASCO	Committee on conformity assessment	ISO
ISO/IEC JTC 1	Information technology	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6	Telecommunications and information exchange between systems	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7	Software and systems engineering	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24	Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27	Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29	Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31	Automatic identification and data capture techniques	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32	Data management and interchange	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34	Document description and processing languages	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35	User interfaces	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36	Information technology for learning, education and training	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37	Biometrics	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38	Cloud computing and distributed platforms	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39	Sustainability, IT and data centres	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40	IT service management and IT governance	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41	Internet of things and digital twin	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 43	Brain-computer interfaces	ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 20	Aircraft and space vehicles	ISO
ISO/TC 20/SC 16	Uncrewed aircraft system	ISO
ISO/TC 22/SC 32	Electrical and electronic components and general system aspects	ISO
ISO/TC 24/SC 4	Particle characterization	ISO
ISO/TC 36	Cinematography	ISO
ISO/TC 37	Language and terminology	ISO
ISO/TC 37/SC 3	Management of terminology resources	ISO
ISO/TC 42	Photography	ISO
ISO/TC 46/SC 11	Archives/records management	ISO
ISO/TC 68	Financial services	ISO
ISO/TC 69	Applications of statistical methods	ISO
ISO/TC 108/SC 5	Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machine systems	ISO
ISO/TC 172/SC 5	Microscopes and endoscopes	ISO
ISO/TC 204	Intelligent transport systems	ISO
ISO/TC 210	Quality management and corresponding general aspects for products with a health purpose including medical devices	ISO
ISO/TC 211	Geographic information/Geomatics	ISO
ISO/TC 215	Health informatics	ISO
ISO/TC 225	Market, opinion and social research	ISO
ISO/TC 232	Education and learning services	ISO
ISO/TC 258	Project, programme and portfolio management	ISO
ISO/TC 260	Human resource management	ISO
ISO/TC 261	Additive manufacturing	ISO
ISO/TC 262	Risk management	ISO
ISO/TC 268	Sustainable cities and communities	ISO
ISO/TC 269	Railway applications	ISO
ISO/TC 279	Innovation management	ISO
ISO/TC 307	Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies	ISO
ISO/TC 309	Governance of organizations	ISO
ISO/TC 312	Excellence in service	ISO
ISO/PC 317	Consumer protection: privacy by design for consumer goods and services	ISO
ISO/TC 321	Transaction assurance in E-commerce	ISO
ISO/TC 322	Sustainable finance	ISO
ISO/TC 324	Sharing economy	ISO

Liaison Committees from ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference	Title	ISO/IEC
IEC/SyC AAL	Active Assisted Living	IEC
IEC/SyC SM	Smart Manufacturing	IEC
IEC/SyC Smart Cities	Electrotechnical aspects of Smart Cities	IEC
IEC/TC 44	Safety of machinery - Electrotechnical aspects	IEC
IEC/TC 62	Medical equipment, software, and systems	IEC
IEC/TC 65	Industrial-process measurement, control and automation	IEC
IEC/TC 100	Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment	IEC
ISO/CASCO	Committee on conformity assessment	ISO
ISO/IEC JTC 1	Information technology	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7	Software and systems engineering	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24	Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27	Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29	Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32	Data management and interchange	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34	Document description and processing languages	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35	User interfaces	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36	Information technology for learning, education and training	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37	Biometrics	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38	Cloud computing and distributed platforms	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39	Sustainability, IT and data centres	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40	IT service management and IT governance	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41	Internet of things and digital twin	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 43	Brain-computer interfaces	ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 20/SC 16	Uncrewed aircraft system	ISO
ISO/TC 22/SC 32	Electrical and electronic components and general system aspects	ISO
ISO/TC 36	Cinematography	ISO
ISO/TC 37/SC 3	Management of terminology resources	ISO
ISO/TC 46	Information and documentation	ISO
ISO/TC 46/SC 11	Archives/records management	ISO
ISO/TC 68	Financial services	ISO
ISO/TC 69	Applications of statistical methods	ISO
ISO/TC 106	Dentistry	ISO
ISO/TC 145	Graphical symbols	ISO
ISO/TC 159	Ergonomics	ISO
ISO/TC 172/SC 5	Microscopes and endoscopes	ISO
ISO/TC 199	Safety of machinery	ISO
ISO/TC 204	Intelligent transport systems	ISO
ISO/TC 210	Quality management and corresponding general aspects for products with a health purpose including medical devices	ISO
ISO/TC 215	Health informatics	ISO
ISO/TC 225	Market, opinion and social research	ISO
ISO/TC 260	Human resource management	ISO
ISO/TC 262	Risk management	ISO
ISO/TC 268	Sustainable cities and communities	ISO
ISO/TC 299	Robotics	ISO
ISO/TC 307	Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies	ISO
ISO/TC 309	Governance of organizations	ISO
ISO/TC 324	Sharing economy	ISO

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)

Acronym	Title	Category
BCI	Blockchain & Climate Institute	A
BDVA	Big Data Value AISBL	A
CI	Consumers International	A
EC - European Commission	European Commission	A
ETUC	European Trade Union Confederation	A
euRobotics AISBL	euRobotics AISBL	A
EUROCAE	The European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment	A
HL7	Health Level Seven International	A
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc	A
IIOA	Independent International Organisation for Assurance	A
ITU	International Telecommunication Union	A
MedTech Europe	Alliance of European medical technology industry associations	A
ML Commons	MLCommons Association	A
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD	A
OGC	Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.	A
PAI	Partnership on Al to Benefit People and Societv	A
SBS - Small Business Standards	Small Business Standards	A
SMPTE	Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)	A
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	A
WEF	World Economic Forum	A
WTO	World Trade Organization	A

Organizations in liaison (Category C)

C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group

Acronym	Title	Category
ECNL	European Center for Not-for-Profit Law	C
EP	European Parliament	C
TIC Council	TIC Council	C

Month	Location	TC/SC	Note
October 2025	(Australia)	ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42	**
April 2026	(Singapore)	ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42	**
October 2026	(Canada)	ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42	**
October 2027	(Portugal)	ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42	**

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

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Liaison Committees to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42

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Organizations in liaison (Category C)

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 - Secretariat

ANSI (United States)

About

Secretariat: ANSI (United States)

Scope

Quick links

Work programme

Working area

ISO Electronic applications

Public material

Structure

Liaisons

Meetings

Liaison Committees to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42

Liaison Committees from ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)

Organizations in liaison (Category C)

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