Working groups & structure
Groups
Working Groups, Advisory Groups, Maintenance Agencies and the Co-ordination Advisory Group that carry out the technical work of ISO/TC 154.
- 10
- active
- 7
- historical
- 4
- categories
- 9
- maintain standards
- ActiveAdvisory Group
AG 1
Liaison review
The Liaison Review Group (ISO/TC 154/AG 1) is responsible for reviewing and managing liaison relationships between ISO/TC 154 and external organizations.
Convenor: jianfang-zhang
→ - ActiveAdvisory Group
SG 1
Standardization content and document
The Standardization Content and Document Group (ISO/TC 154/SG 1) is responsible for coordinating the standardization content and document management activities of ISO/TC 154.
Convenor: ronald-tse
→ - ActiveAdvisory Group14 members
CAG
Co-ordination Advisory Group
The Co-ordination Advisory Group (ISO/TC 154/CAG) advises the TC on the administrative matters. The group's membership comprises of the TC 154 chair, committee manager, WG/JWG/JMA conveners and their managers.
Convenor: pan-wei
→ - ActiveWorking Group30 members
JWG 1
EDIFACT Syntax
The EDIFACT Application Level Syntax Rules (ISO 9735) is the main deliverable of the Joint Working Group (ISO/TC 154/JWG 1), in collaboration with UNECE.
Convenor: anders-grangard
ISO 9735-1:1998/Cor 1:1998ISO 9735-1:1998ISO 9735-10:2014ISO 9735-10:2022+26→ - ActiveWorking Group6 members
WG 2
Supply chain
WG 2 covers standards supporting the structured exchange of supply chain data and cross-industry interoperability, including data element directories and exchange formats used to align business processes along the supply chain.
Convenor: glenn-tice
ISO 17369:2013ISO/DIS 17369ISO/TS 17369:2005→ - ActiveWorking Group52 members
WG 5
Date and time
WG 5 provides a common platform for all date and time stakeholders, to enable a unified, interoperable of date and time across populations and systems. It publishes the ISO 8601 family of standards in ubiquitous use today.
Convenor: ronald-tse
ISO 2014:1976ISO 2015:1976ISO 2711:1973ISO 3307:1975+13→ - ActiveWorking Group41 members
WG 6
Trusted eCommunications
WG 6 was established in 2014 to develop and standardize methods used to facilitate trusted electronic and business transactions, including those in e-commerce, e-industry and e-administration. It also covers considerations of trusted and legally binding electronic communications in the mobile, IoT and cloud environments.
Convenor: jasmine-chang
ISO 14533-1:2012ISO 14533-1:2014ISO 14533-1:2022ISO 14533-2:2012+9→ - ActiveWorking Group52 members
WG 7
Digital Business
WG 7 develops technical specifications for digital business semantics, value stream management, open data interchange, and related concepts that enable standardized cross-enterprise solutions in e-commerce.
Convenor: jim-wilson
ISO 22468:2020ISO 23354:2020ISO 5054-1:2023ISO 5909:2026+6→ - ActiveWorking Group
ISO 7372/MA
UNTDED — ISO 7372 Maintenance Agency
The agency was established in the late 80's to maintain the *Trade Data Element Directory* (TDED) issued by UNECE as UNTDED and also by ISO/TC 154 as ISO 7372. The joint publication lists standard data elements intended to facilitate open interchange of data in international trade. The standard data elements listed can be used with any method for data interchange on paper documents as well as with other paperless means of data processing and communication.
ISO 7372:1986ISO 7372:1993ISO 7372:2005→ - ActiveWorking Group48 members
JWG 9
Smart Trade
JWG 9 is the joint ISO/TC 154 – UNECE working group on smart trade. It develops international standards for digital trade, smart trade facilitation and cross-border supply chain visibility, with work shared between ISO and UN/CEFACT experts.
Convenor: jim-wilson, yan-zhang
ISO 20197-1:2024ISO/AWI 20197-2→ - DissolvedWorking Group
WG 3
CCTS
WG 3 was disbanded at the 33rd plenary (P33, resolution 06-2014, 2014-10-24) after ISO/TS 15000-5 was published as an International Standard in April 2014. The convenor, Mary Kay Blantz, was thanked for her leadership in completing the work. Established in March 2006 from the former "`CCTS`" ad-hoc group, WG 3 maintained ISO/TS 15000-5 "`Core Components Technical Specification`" in liaison with OASIS and UN/CEFACT.
→ - DissolvedWorking Group
WG 4
e-documents
WG 4 covers the standardization of e-document concepts and semantics to support people, systems and processes involved in developing, publishing and using of e-documents.
↳ Succeeded JWG 4
ISO 11180:1993ISO 15000-1:2021ISO 15000-2:2021ISO 15000-3:2023+11→ - DissolvedWorking Group
JWG 8
Logistics data contents and process
Joint Working Group 8 (JWG 8) was established in 2018 with UNECE in order to develop process, data elements related standards that are used for data exchanging between e-commerce platform and the related logistics information service providers etc to facilitate on-line trade.
ISO 23355:2024→ - DissolvedAd Hoc Working Group
AHG blockchain
Application of blockchain technologies
Ad-hoc group established at the 41st plenary (P41, resolution 2022-14, effective 2022-10-14) with the title "application of blockchain technologies for commerce, industry and administration". The group was tasked to communicate with ISO/TC 307, gather questions and answers, and draft a report on the potential for a joint working group. It was disbanded at P42 (resolution 2023-15) after its report was accepted.
→ - DissolvedJoint Working Group
JWG 2
Electronic Layout Key
JWG 2 was a joint ISO/TC 154 – UN/CEFACT working group on the electronic Layout Key (eLK), established at the UN/CEFACT Forum in Vancouver (March 2006). It was renumbered as JWG 4 by resolution 305 at the 28th plenary (P28, effective 2009-09-25) and is the predecessor entity of today's WG 4.
↳ Succeeded by JWG 4
→ - DissolvedJoint Working Group
JWG 4
Electronic Layout Key
JWG 4 was the joint ISO/TC 154 – UN/CEFACT working group on the electronic Layout Key, formed at P28 (2009) by renumbering the former JWG 2. At P30 (effective 2011-09-14), with no joint publication foreseen with UNECE, JWG 4 was converted to a single-organisation Working Group — today's WG 4.
↳ Succeeded JWG 2
→ - DissolvedWorking Group
WG 1
Semantic engine
WG 1 (Semantic engine) was an early ISO/TC 154 working group. With no active work items remaining allocated to it, the committee resolved at P25 (resolution 277, effective 2008-11-25) to disband WG 1.
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