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Three Decades of Identifying the World

Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Automatic identification and data capture techniques (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31) Every day, billions of barcodes are scanned at checkout counters, on hospital wristbands, on airport boarding passes, and on parcels winding their way across continents. Behind each scan lies a compact body of international standards, quietly ensuring that data moves fast, moves accurately, and moves in a language every machine understands. That body of standards is the life’s work of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31, which […]
June 17 2026
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ISO/IEC JTC 1 Newsletter No.9 (Q1 2026)

Introduction We start this quarter with a welcome 2026 and a New Year, hoping for health, wealth, prosperity and happiness, setting us up for another productive year developing standards that make a positive impact in our world. This edition brings insights from the annual JTC 1 Foresight Workshop held in January, alongside updates on sustainability initiatives, including work on the Digital Services Ecodesign standard. Smart Cities also continues to be a major part in the standards landscape with an update on […]
April 9 2026
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ISO/IEC JTC 1 Newsletter No.8 (Q4 2025)

The final months of 2025 are finishing the year with excitement and recognition of JTC 1 experts. Big events, big awards and experiences that are unforgettable. In this quarter one of our subcommittees made another appearance at the Emmy awards, World Standards Day 2025 brought together over 150 participants, and JTC 1 convened in Chengdu, China for its annual November plenary. In addition, we have included news from the community that focusses on Smarter Cities and their next chapter, along […]
April 8 2026
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This document is intended to record important events in the creation and functioning of ISO/IEC JTC 1. It includes a summary description of each ISO/IEC JTC 1 subcommittee and its subgroups, regardless of whether they are still in operation.

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