Metanorma ISO document attributes

Note

The document attributes listed below are unique to Metanorma’s processing of ISO documents.

For common document attributes, see Document attributes reference in general Metanorma author’s documentation. That page describes attributes that apply to all Metanorma flavors, not just ISO.

For an introduction to Metanorma AsciiDoc document attributes and how Metanorma uses them, see the corresponding topic.

Document information

:docnumber:: The ISO document number without any part.

Example 1. Example of setting :docnumber:

For ISO 8601-1:2019, the docnumber is 8601.

For ISO 24229:2022, the docnumber is 24229.
:partnumber:: The ISO document part number. This can be “part-subpart” if this is an ISO/IEC or IEC document.

Example 2. Example of setting :partnumber:

For ISO 10303-2:2022, the partnumber is 2.

For ISO 8000-118, the partnumber is 118.
:docidentifier:: The full document identiifer assembled out of component metadata, rather than relying on the provided metadata to build it up.

Note	For a committee document, provide the N-document number for this attribute. The N-document number is normally specified to Metanorma as `:tc-docnumber` for drafts: see Distribution group.

:doctype:

Has its possible values defined by ISO deliverables: The different types of ISO publications (mandatory). Permitted types are:

international-standard: International Standard (IS)
technical-specification: Technical Specification (TR)
technical-report: Technical Report (TR)
publicly-available-specification: Publicly Available Specification (PAS)
international-workshop-agreement: International Workshop Agreement (IWA)
guide: Guide (Guide)
technical-corrigendum: Technical Corrigendum (Cor) [added in https://github.com/metanorma/isodoc/releases/tag/v1.3.25]
amendment: Amendment (Amd) [added in https://github.com/metanorma/isodoc/releases/tag/v1.3.25]
committee-document: Committee Document (for internal documents) [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.7.2]
addendum: Addendum (Add) [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.8.8]

:updates-document-type:

(only when doctype is set to amendment, technical-corrigendum, or addendum) The document type that this amendment, technical corrigendum or addendum is updating [added in https://github.com/metanorma/isodoc/releases/tag/v1.3.25].

:docsubtype:

A subclass of doctype for which special processing rules apply.

vocabulary: The "vocabulary" document type is defined in the ISO House Rules and title requirements defined in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, 2018, 11.5.2. The initial clause of the terms section, “For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply”, is deleted; terminological entries are permitted outside of Clause 3. [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v1.8.2]

:docstage:

The stage code for the document status (see International harmonized stage codes). Synonym of :status:.

Note

Typically, ISO authors create Metanorma documents at stages 00 through 40 (PWI 00., AWI, NP, WD, CD, DIS). Documents at the final stages, 50 and 60 (FDIS, PRF, IS), are created by ISO Editorial Program Managers at ISO/CS (aka ISO EPMs, ISO Editors), and the EPMs are expected to provide the Project Leader with Authors using Metanorma are not expected to edit documents at those stages, and are not necessary in a normal submission process. These stages, however, can be used for mirroring and tracking of final stage and published standards, which many authors do.

:docsubstage:

The substage code for the document status (see International harmonized stage codes). If this is left out, a substage of “00” is assumed, with the exception of stage “60” (published), where a substage of “60” is assumed. (“60.00” is the final proof “PRF stage”, “60.60” the published document “published”.)

:horizontal:

Whether the document is a horizontal standard. [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v1.5.13]

true: The document is a horizontal standard.
false: (default) The document is not a horizontal standard.

:fast-track:

Whether the document is a fast-track standard. [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.7.0]

true: The document is a fast-track standard.
false: (default) The document is not a fast-track standard.

:document-scheme:

Specifies the version of the ISO document specification that should be used in generating the Metanorma document. [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.7.1]

When omitted, the scheme to apply is inferred from the :copyright-year: document attribute, if set. Otherwise, the current default scheme is applied. [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.7.6].

Note	Currently used only to specify the PDF layout.

2024: (default) Latest document layout as of 2024 (default)
2013: Document layout used from 2013 to early 2024.
2012: Document layout used from mid-2012 to 2013. It is equivalent to the 1989 layout with a logo change.
1989: Document layout used from 1989 to mid-2012.
1987: Document layout used from 1987 to 1989.
1972: Document layout used from 1972 to 1987.
1951: Document layout used from 1951 to 1971. The first available published ISO layout.

:semantic-metadata-feedback-link:

(only for document-scheme value 2024) Specifies the URL for any feedback to be provided for the ISO document. [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.7.1] In the PDF layout of 2024 it is used to generate cover page QR code.

:library-ics:

The ICS (International Categorization for Standards) number for the document. There may be more than one ICS for a document; if so, they should be comma-delimited.

:classification:

(for document-scheme values of 1989 and prior, and a publication date of 1994 onwards)

The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) code(s) for the document. In publication years prior to 1994, ISO used UDC instead of ICS (which was published in 1992) in publications. This corresponds to document schemes of 1989 and prior. [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.7.2]

UDC is a rather complex scheme with logical operators.

Values are prefixed with UDC:. Note that UDC uses punctuation symbols, including colon, but not comma.

If multiple values are present, the classification token is repeated, and comma delimited.

Note	The exception is that ISO \| CIE co-publications use UDCs in addition to ICS as CIE uses UDC.

Example 3. UDC code for ISO/R1-1951

:classification: UDC:536.5.081:531.71

Example 4. UDC code for ISO 3402:1991

:classification: UDC:663.971/.976:620.1:551.511.12

Example 5. UDC code for ISO 9833:1993

:classification: UDC:635.61:664.8.037(083.13)

Example 6. UDC codes for ISO 10526:2007 | CIE S 014-2/E:2006

:classification: UDC:535.65:006, UDC:535.643.2

Document identifier

General

The ISO document identifier is assembled out of these metadata elements:

publisher: publisher of the document
document stage: stage of development of document, according to the Harmonized Stage Codes
document number: numeric identifier of document
update number: serial number of update (for amendments, addenda, and technical corrigenda)
document type: type of ISO deliverable
copyright year: year of publication of document
language: language of document

Publisher

This is the abbreviation of the publishing organization, typically ISO if ISO is the only publisher.

If the document is published under co-publishing agreements, it can contain the abbreviations of other publishing SDOs, delimited by ; after ISO. An IWA document has publisher abbreviation of IWA. (These will be rendered with the expected / in the document identifier.)

The prefixes occur in the order that they are given in publisher.

Attributes:

:publisher:

Publisher of the document. Accepted values are:

ISO: ISO.
ISO;IEC: Joint ISO and IEC. (e.g. ISO/IEC JTC 1 and ISO/IEC JTC 2 documents)
IEC;ISO: Joint IEC and ISO. (e.g. IEC/ISO SMART documents)
ISO;IEC;IEEE: Joint ISO/IEC/IEEE.
ISO;IEEE: Joint ISO/IEEE.
ISO;SAE: Joint ISO/SAE.
IWA: International Workshop Agreement.

In the case of IEC/ISO, both :publisher: and :copyright-holder: need to be set for the document identifier and the logos to be in correct order.

Example 7. Setting IEC and ISO as copyright holders for an IEC/ISO document

:publisher: IEC;ISO
:copyright-holder: IEC;ISO

Note	`ISO` is no longer forced to appear first [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.0.9].

Document type and stage

ISO document stages in document identifiers are mapped as follows.

International Standard

00.00 to 00.99: “PWI”
10.00 to 10.98: “NP”
10.99 to 20.00: “AWI”
20.20 to 20.99: “WD”
30.00 to 30.99: “CD”
40.00 to 40.99: “DIS”
50.00 to 50.99: “FDIS”
60.00: “PRF”
60.60: empty designation

Technical Specification, Technical Report

00.00 to 00.99: “PWI {TR,TS}”
10.00 to 10.98: “NP {TR,TS}”
10.99 to 20.00: “AWI {TR,TS}”
20.20 to 20.99: “WD {TR,TS}”
30.00 to 30.99: “CD {TR,TS}”
40.00 to 40.99: TS/TRs do not have DIS stage because they are not international standards.
50.00 to 50.99: TS/TRs do not have FDIS stage because they are not international standards.
60.00: “PRF {TR,TS}”
60.60: “{TR,TS}”

Amendment

00.00 to 00.99: “{base-document-id}/PWI Amd {num}”
10.00 to 10.98: “{base-document-id}/NP Amd {num}”
10.99 to 20.00: “{base-document-id}/AWI Amd {num}”
20.20 to 20.99: “{base-document-id}/WD Amd {num}”
30.00 to 30.99: “{base-document-id}/CD Amd {num}”
40.00 to 40.99: “{base-document-id}/DAmd {num}”
50.00 to 50.99: “{base-document-id}/FDAmd {num}”
60.00: “{base-document-id}/PRF Amd {num}”
60.60: “{base-document-id}/Amd {num}”

Technical Corrigendum

00.00 to 00.99: “{base-document-id}/PWI Cor {num}”
10.00 to 10.98: “{base-document-id}/NP Cor {num}”
10.99 to 20.00: “{base-document-id}/AWI Cor {num}”
20.20 to 20.99: “{base-document-id}/WD Cor {num}”
30.00 to 30.99: “{base-document-id}/CD Cor {num}”
40.00 to 40.99: “{base-document-id}/DIS Cor {num}”
50.00 to 50.99: “{base-document-id}/FDCor {num}”
60.00: “{base-document-id}/PRF Cor {num}”
60.60: “{base-document-id}/Cor {num}”

When the Publisher element contains a “slash” (“/”), the separation in front of the document stage will be converted into an empty space.

Example 8. Differentiating single and dual publisher document identifiers

ISO/NP 33333 but ISO/IEC NP 33333
ISO/NP TR 33333 but ISO/IEC NP TR 33333

Document stage iteration number

According to ISO Directives Part 1 (11ed), SE.2:

“Working drafts (WD), committee drafts (CD), draft International Standards (DIS), final draft International Standards (FDIS) and International Standards” and "`Successive DIS on the same subject will carry the same number but will be distinguished by a numerical suffix (.2, .3, etc.).

Metanorma names the stage iteration number accordingly for all stages, which is patterned as:

No suffix if iteration is 1: {document stage}
Suffix including iteration number after 1: {document stage}.{iteration number}

Once the document is published (stage 60 substage 60), no status abbreviation is given.

Full document identifier patterns

The patterns are as follows:

International Standard

{publisher} (/{document type and stage})? ({document number}) (- {part number})? (: {copyright year}) ({ISO 639 language code})?

Example 9. Examples of ISO International Standard document identifiers

ISO/IEEE/FDIS 33333-2
ISO/IEEE 33333-2:2030(E)

Technical Report, Technical Specification

{publisher} (/{document type and stage}) ({document number}) (- {part number})? (: {copyright year}) ({ISO 639 language code})?

Example 10. Examples of ISO TR and TS document identifiers

ISO/IEC/FDIS TS 33333-2
ISO/TR 33333-2:2030(E)
ISO/IEC TR 33333-2:2030(E)

Amendment, Technical Corrigendum, Addendum

{source document ID}/{document type and stage} {update number} (: {copyright year}) ({ISO 639 language code})?

Example 11. Examples of ISO Amendment, Technical Corrigendum, and Addendum document identifiers

ISO 33333-2:2030/DIS Amd 2:2031
ISO 33333-2:2030/Cor 2:2032
ISO/IEC 33333-2:2030/Add 2:2032

Title

ISO deliverables have titles that support different title components, and can be multilingual:

Introductory title (optional)
Main title (mandatory)
Part title (optional)

Note	In the case where an ISO deliverable title has multiple elements, care should be taken when assigning them to title components. For instance, a not necessarily mean that the document has a part title.

Example 12. Example of title with multiple elements but no part title

ISO/IEC 27001:2022 has the title: "Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection — Information security management systems — Requirements" that is encoded as:

:title-intro-en: Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection -- Information security management systems
:title-main-en: Information security management systems -- Requirements

Notice that there is no part title, as it is not a part standard (e.g. "Part 1").

Example 13. Example of title with a part title

ISO 10303-11:2004 has the title: "Industrial automation systems and integration — Product data representation and exchange — Part 11: Description methods: The EXPRESS language reference manual" and is encoded as:

:title-intro-en: Industrial automation systems and integration
:title-main-en: Product data representation and exchange
:title-part-en: Description methods: The EXPRESS language reference manual

Since this is a part standard ("Part 11"), the last title element is assigned as the part title.

Attributes:

:title-intro-{en,fr}:: The introductory component of the English or French title of the document.
:title-main-{en,fr}:: The main component of the English or French title of the document (mandatory).
:title-part-{en,fr}:: The English or French title of the document part.
:title-amendment-{en,fr}:: (only when doctype is set to amendment or technical-corrigendum) The English or French title of the amendment [added in https://github.com/metanorma/isodoc/releases/tag/v1.3.25]
:title-addendum-{en,fr}:: (only when doctype is set to addendum) The English or French title of the addendum [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.8.8]
:amendment-number:: (only when doctype is set to amendment) The number of the amendment [added in https://github.com/metanorma/isodoc/releases/tag/v1.3.25]
:addendum-number:: (only when doctype is set to addendum) The number of the addendum [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.8.8]
:corrigendum-number:: (only when doctype is set to technical-corrigendum) The number of the technical corrigendum [added in https://github.com/metanorma/isodoc/releases/tag/v1.3.25]

Note	These `:title-*` document attributes are used instead of the `metanorma-standoc` `:title:` attribute and the default AsciiDoc title (the first line of the document header, prefixed with `=`), due to the complexity of ISO deliverable titles.

Note	This document template presupposes authoring in English; a different template will be needed for French, including French titles of document components such as annexes.

Authorship and editorial information

General

There are potentially three types of groups involved in an ISO deliverable:

the drafting group: where the deliverable is created and worked on (mandatory);
the approval group: where the deliverable gets approved for publication, typically a TC or SC (optional);
the distribution group: where the deliverable is distributed for review, depending on where the deliverable gets distributed to (optional).

Drafting group

:secretariat:

The national body acting as the secretariat for the document in the drafting stage.

:technical-committee-number:

The number of the relevant ISO technical committee (or equivalent body).

:technical-committee-type:

The type of the relevant technical committee or equivalent body. Typical values are:

TC: (default) technical committee
JTC: joint technical committee
PC: project committee
JPC: joint project committee
SEG: standards evaluation group (IEC)
JSEG: joint standards evaluation group (IEC/ISO)
other: group not otherwise described (type acronym omitted from rendering) [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.3.4]

:technical-committee:

The name of the relevant ISO technical committee or equivalent (mandatory)

:subcommittee-number:

The number of the relevant ISO subcommittee.

:subcommittee-type:

The type of the relevant ISO subcommittee. Typical values are:

SC: (default) subcommittee
JSC: joint subcommittee
other: group not otherwise described (type acronym omitted from rendering) [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.3.4]

:subcommittee:

The name of the relevant ISO subcommittee.

:workgroup-number:

The number of the relevant ISO working group.

:workgroup-type:

The type of the relevant ISO working group. Typical values are:

WG: (default) working group (e.g. ISO/TC 154/WG 5)
JWG: joint working group (e.g. ISO/TC 154/JWG 1)
JAG: joint advisory group
AG: advisory group (e.g. ISO/TC 211/AG 10)
AHG: ad-hoc group
SWG: special working group
SG: strategic/steering group
MA: maintenance agency (e.g. ISO 3166/MA)
CORG: co-ordination group
JCG: joint co-ordination group
CAG: chair advisory group (e.g. ISO/TC 154/CAG)
WS: workstream (e.g. IEC/ISO JSEG 15/WS 1)
other: group not otherwise described (type acronym omitted from rendering) [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.3.4]

:workgroup:

The name of the relevant ISO working group.

In the case of multiple responsible groups (technical committees, subcommittees, working groups), the :technical-committee:, :subcommittee: and :workgroup: attributes can be used to encode multiple groups by suffixing _n to the attribute where n is a sequential number after 1.

Example 14. Setting a responsible technical committee, subcommittee and working group (1)

For ISO/TC 211/WG 9:

:technical-committee-number: 211
:technical-committee: Geographic information/Geomatics
:workgroup-number: 9
:workgroup: Information management

Example 15. Setting a responsible technical committee, subcommittee and working group (2)

For ISO/TC 184/SC 4/WG 12:

:technical-committee-number: 184
:technical-committee: Automation systems and integration
:subcommittee-type: SC
:subcommittee-number: 4
:subcommittee: Industrial data
:workgroup-type: WG
:workgroup-number: 12
:workgroup: STEP product modelling and resources

Example 16. Setting multiple responsible technical committees

:technical-committee-number: 184
:technical-committee: Automation systems and integration
:subcommittee-type: SC
:subcommittee-number: 4
:subcommittee: Industrial data
:technical-committee-number_2: 184
:technical-committee_2: Automation systems and integration
:subcommittee-type_2: SC
:subcommittee-number_2: 5
:subcommittee_2: Interoperability, integration, and architectures for enterprise systems and automation applications

Approval group

The approval group is typically the ISO Technical Committee, Subcommittee or Working Group responsible for approving a draft. The method of specifying metadata of the approval group is identical to that of specifying the drafting group (see Drafting group).

If at least the :approval-technical-committee-number: is not provided, the editing groups are assumed to also be the approval group. [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.1.2].

:approval-agency:: The agency or agencies of the approval group. Defaults to ISO if not supplied; the only alternate value is ISO/IEC, for JTCs. (For the drafting group, the agencies are taken from the publisher attribute.)
:approval-technical-committee-number:: The number of the relevant ISO technical committee.
:approval-technical-committee-type:: The type of the relevant technical committee. Defaults to TC if not supplied.
:approval-technical-committee:: The name of the relevant ISO technical committee.
:approval-subcommittee-number:: The number of the relevant ISO subcommittee.
:approval-subcommittee-type:: The type of the relevant ISO subcommittee. Defaults to SC if not supplied.
:approval-subcommittee:: The name of the relevant ISO subcommittee.
:approval-workgroup-number:: The number of the relevant ISO working group.
:approval-workgroup-type:: The type of the relevant ISO working group. Defaults to WG if not supplied.
:approval-workgroup::: The name of the relevant ISO working group.

Example 17. Example of setting approval group metadata

For ISO/TC 154/WG 5 "Date and time":

:approval-technical-committee-type: TC
:approval-technical-committee-number: 154
:approval-technical-committee: Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration
:approval-workgroup-type: WG
:approval-workgroup-number: 5
:approval-workgroup: Date and time

Distribution group

:tc-docnumber:

The document number assigned by a distribution group (also called the “N-document number” or the “N-number”), typically a Technical Committee, a Subcommittee or a Working Group. Must include the short reference of the distribution group, since documents may circulate widely;

Example 18. Setting the N-document number for a distribution group

For a document circulated in ISO/TC 154 as "N 1218" (instead of "N 1218"):

:tc-docnumber: ISO/TC 154 N 1218

Document relations

Metanorma allows for encoding of document relations supported by ISOSTS.

They are populated in the same manner of other document relation attributes. Please refer to Document relations for details.

The following document relations are compatible with ISOSTS with their individual mappings shown [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v1.10.4].

:revises:: ISOSTS revises
:replaces:: ISOSTS replaces
:amends:: ISOSTS amends
:corrects:: ISOSTS corrects
:informatively-cited-in:: ISOSTS informativelyReferencedBy
:informatively-cites:: ISOSTS informativelyReferences
:normatively-cited-in:: ISOSTS normativelyReferencedBy
:normatively-cites:: ISOSTS normativelyReferences
:identical-adopted-from:: ISOSTS isIdenticalNationalStandardOf
:modified-adopted-from:: ISOSTS isModifiedNationalStandardOf
:successor-of:: ISOSTS isProgressionOf
:manifestation-of:: ISOSTS isPublishedFormatOf
:related-directive:: ISOSTS relatedDirective
:related-mandate:: ISOSTS relatedMandate
:supersedes:: ISOSTS supersedes
:annotation-of:: ISOSTS commentOn
:related:: ISOSTS "" (empty value)

Example 19. Example encoding of a document relationship

:informatively-cited-in: ISO 639;IEC 60050-112;W3C XML,Extensible Markup Language (XML)

Visual appearance

:iso-word-template:

For Word output, pick the styles template to use [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.1.2]. Options are:

simple: Commonly called the "Simple Template". Using the styles of the ISO Simple Template (default for stages before 40).
dis: Commonly called the "DIS Template". Using the styles of the “ISO Edited DIS template”, introduced by the ISO editors at the DIS stage of editing, through to publication. (default for stages 40 through 95)

:iso-word-bg-strip-color:

(only for the dis template) The “ISO Edited DIS template” introduces background colouring of spans in order to ensure correct semantic markup, as validated by ISO editors.

true: (default) Remove background colors of semantically-annotated spans (equivalent to "Pattern: Clear"). This option is necessary for draft submission of the stage 40 onwards (DIS/FDIS) documents to ISO editors. [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.2.3].
false: Retain background colors of semantically-annotated spans.

Validation

:validate-years:: If not set, four-digit numbers that could plausibly be years (between 1900 and 2050) are not warned about. If set, they are included in validation [added in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso/releases/tag/v2.4.4].