N643, ISO Launches Online Browsing Platform

ISO TC46 / SC9 / N643
2012-03-21
From: Todd Carpenter
ISO/TC46/SC9 Secretariat
Title: ISO Launches Online Browsing Platform
Source: ISO C/S
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Additional information: URL = http://www.iso.org/obp/ui/
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ISO Communication
Dear ISO Committee Chairs and Secretaries,
ISO is proud to announce the launch of its new Online Browsing Platform (OBP).
This is another step for ISO in implementing top technologies for publishing International Standards.
Based on XML, this new platform has been specifically designed to give a simpler, faster and better
way to access and use material from ISO Standards.
Key OBP Benefits
With OBP, you can browse terms and definitions contained in ISO Standards. The platform contains
the terms and definitions extracted from the entire collection of ISO Standards. It also allows the
user to see if and how a term has been defined in one or more ISO Standards.
The OBP also provides easy search and preview of more than 4'000 graphical symbols contained in
ISO Standards. A simple user interface allows on-screen viewing of the symbols.
Country, currency and language codes can also be searched and viewed from the platform.
The platform will be updated regularly to include data from the most recent standards, and will
replace ISO's Concept Database (CDB) which will be discontinued in the second quarter of 2012.
Forthcoming developments
The new Online Browsing Platform has also been designed to hold standards in XML format. A
second version, planned for end April 2012, will include elements extracted from ISO standards in
XML format. These elements will be:
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table of contents
introduction
scope and
all bibliographical references
This will therefore provide users with a comprehensive preview of what individual standards
contain.
ISO catalogue conversion to XML
In parallel, we are also converting the entire collection of ISO Standards into XML: existing English,
French and Russian versions. When converted, standards will be uploaded to the OBP. This is
ongoing so, by the end of 2012, we intend to have a substantial part of the ISO collection converted
to XML, with the above elements available for browsing on the platform.
This new Online Browsing Platform and its contents will bring the benefits of ISO standards to an
increasing number of stakeholders, and will help to meet their evolving needs. A mechanism to give
feedback is provided on the platform itself. Please use it to give us your comments which we will
use to continually improve this tool.
Kind regards,
Rob Steele
Secretary-General
ISO Central Secretariat
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