Developing an ISO Standard for DDI

The idea of developing an ISO standard for DDI has been discussed for years. Several factors stymied the efforts, and these are: 1) lack of resources, particularly people with experience to write and shepherd the project forward; 2) the decision of what aspects of DDI products to standardize under ISO without creating a lot of duplicative work; and 3) identification of an ISO TC (technical committee) to take the work. The Scientific Board under the DDI Alliance created a temporary Working Group to explore the feasibility of creating the ISO standard, and this tWG was able to address the issues raised above. The work is underway, and a draft of the standard is written. The next steps are to gain approval of the DDI Alliance to move forward and submit the proposal to ISO/TC46/SC4. This poster describes the structure of the draft for standardization, the state of the approval process under the Alliance, and the process under ISO/TC46/SC4 for moving the document forward.