| INFORMATION ABOUT THE STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
To obtain information about the status of a project of a standard that has not yet been published, you can browse the ISO work programme of drafts and new work items, or you can use the Extended Search form which is accessible from the ISO technical work programme section, from the ISO Catalogue, or from the menu at the top of each page. Make sure you select "Technical programme (standards under development only" in the Search Scope section of the search form to search for projects of standards that have not been published yet. Once you have found the project you are looking for, follow the link on its reference number to get the full bibliographic data. The Stage code that you will see there, indicates the stage that the standard has reached in its development process. You can click on the code itself to see an explanation of it.
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Unfortunately, we can never predict a precise date for the publication of an International Standard as the process of development relies on a collaborative approach between the technical experts who represent the ISO members in the various participating countries, and in addition each standard has to go through different ballots among the ISO members before it can be published. General information about the standards development process is given on the page Stages of the development of International Standards.
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