Standards Committee Activities 2026

Approval of Proposed New Work Item: Trust Markers (ITEM)

The standards co. itbee has voted YES

This ballot is to approve a proposed new work item to create aNISO Recommended Practice for identification of trust markers for increasing credibility and trust in research.

Ethics and integrity cases in submitted manuscripts are becoming an increasingly common problem, whilst retractions continue to grow at a rapid rate. These cases are caused by intentional misconduct and fraud, as well as a host of unintentional poor research practices. Most good journals undertake a range of checks to identify these issues ahead of peer review and publication. However, the specific checks that are undertaken are highly variable and typically not shared on a journal site, whilst most preprint servers conduct far more limited checks. This means that the specific checks that have been conducted and passed are unclear to the reader, especially for those that are unfamiliar with different scholarly publishing mechanisms and terminology, and that are consuming different types of content across a wide range of sites on the Internet.
 
The goal of this project will be to produce a NISO Recommended Practice (RP). This RP will provide consumers of scholarly content (with a focus on articles but irrespective of type of venue of publication, e.g. across preprint servers, journals) with necessary definitions and a framework for understanding items that would signal trust in published scholarly content.  

The standards committee voted YES on

Appointment of Co-Project Leader for ISO/TC 46/ SC 11/ JWG1

Steffan Schwalm has been appointed as Project Leader for ISO/NP 26277, Requirements for the use of blockchain and DLT with authoritative records, records systems, and records management

ISO TC 307 has nominated Victoria Lemieux as co-project Leader.

Note: Please note that this CIB ballot period has been shortened to two weeks to enable work on ISO/NP 26277 to commence as soon as possible.

Question: Do you approve Victoria Lemieux as Co-Project Leader for ISO/TC 46/SC 11/JWG 1 for ISO NP 26277, alongside Steffen Schwalm?

The standards committee has voted YES on this New Work Item and the appointment of the convener

SO/TC 46/SC 9 resolves to create a new working group, ISO TC 46/SC 9/WG 21, titled “Global Media Identifier (GMId) for distribution channels and brands”, to develop work item ISO/AWI 25975, Global Media Identifier (GMId) and appoints Mr. Olaf Steenfadt as Convenor for a period of 3 years. The member body who nominated the Convenor (DIN) has confirmed the appointment.