Article #3000 - ISO

The Internationals Standards Organization (ISO) carries considerable weight and respectability, like the IEC. Although the ISO does not focus on the electro-technical domain like the IEC, it nevertheless has many higher lever initiatives related to GridWise™, and is joined with the IEC for all Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC1) efforts (home electronic systems, OSI, Open Distributed Processing, OPEN EDI…). The ISO also works jointly with the UN/CEFACT (EDIFACT) on some efforts concerning electronic commerce and EDI.

In direct relation to communication protocols in the power sector, ISO TC 184 on industrial automation systems is responsible, in particular, for the MMS—Manufacturing Messaging Specification (ISO 9506), which was the historical basis for ICCP (TASE.2) and initial UCA protocols. Subcommittee 5 of TC184 covers architecture, communications and integration framework for systems involving real-time control, complex systems, and integration of numerous business actors. The current projects within TC184 cover numerous areas related to GridWise, including: system modeling, device control, interoperability and integration, distributed control systems, and electronic commerce (EDI coordination)—often at a generic, not domain-specific level.

Beyond industrial automation systems, ISO subgroups also cover other sectors within the GridWise scope, including data exchange standards for the financial trading sectors and building automation systems. ISO also encompasses many subjects that are indirectly related to GridWise, like Geographic Information Systems, or areas may provide examples and parallels for GridWise such as Intelligent Transport Systems.

ISO Standards

	ISO, International Standards Organization
Overview	This site contains a list of technical committees that work on standardization of various fields. Appropriate committees need to be researched. Many US SDO committees provide input to ISO Committees through the U.S. technical advisory groups (TAGs). All United States participation is implemented by the selection/establishment of US Tags for ISO technical committees or subcommittees.
Significance for GridWise	Average+
Industry Sector(s)	All
Geopolitical Reach	International
Type of Standards Body	International SDO, one country, one vote (ANSI is US representative, also founding member). ANSI Accredited SDO
Relevant Standards and Work Groups	See IEC details for all details on JTC1 (joint ISO/IEC) efforts. TC 68 Banking, securities and other financial services ISO/TC 68/SC 2 - Security management and general banking operations (Framework for IT security for financial institutions, Public key infrastructure management for financial services) TC 184 Industrial Automation Systems TC 184/SC 5 Architecture, communications and integration frameworks TC 184/SC 5/WG 1-Enterprise Modeling and architecture TC 184/SC 5/WG 2-Communications and interconnections TC 184/SC 5/WG 5-Open systems application frameworks TC 184/SC 5/WG 6-Application service interface TC 184/SC 5/JWG 15-Joint ISO/TC 184/SC 5 - IEC/SC 65A WG : Enterprise-control system integration TC 205 Building Environment Design TC 205/WG 3 Building control systems design
Interrelations	IEC-JTC1, plus numerous other national and regional SDOs
Contact Information	ISO, International Standards Organization