New and Emerging Specs & Standards (April 2025)
ISO 26324:2025 – Information and documentation — Digital object identifier system
Technical Committee: ISO/TC 46/SC 9
“This document specifies the syntax, description and resolution functional components of the digital object identifier system. It specifies the general principles for the creation, registration and administration of DOI names (where DOI is an initialism for “digital object identifier”). This document defines the syntax for a DOI name, which is used for the identification of an object of any material form (non-physical or physical) or an abstraction (such as a textual work) where there is a functional need to distinguish it from other objects. The DOI name does not replace, nor is it an alternative for, an identifier used in another scheme, such as the schemes defined by ISO/TC 46/SC 9. This document describes how the DOI system can be used in conjunction with another identifier scheme (for example, to provide additional functionality, such as resolution, where this is not already available), and how the character string of that other scheme can be integrated into the DOI system through system metadata or the DOI syntax or both. This document does not specify particular technologies to implement the syntax, description and resolution functional components of the digital object identifier system.”
ISO/IEC 30189-1:2025 – Internet of Things (IoT) — IoT-based management of tangible cultural heritage assets Part 1: Framework
Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41
“This document describes a framework for the use of IoT technology for management of tangible cultural heritage assets, which includes the associated functional entities and information flows.”
ISO 16363:2025 – Space data and information transfer systems — Audit and certification of trustworthy digital repositories
Technical Committee: ISO/TC 20/SC 13
“This document defines a CCSDS Recommended Practice on which to base an audit and certification process for assessing the trustworthiness of digital repositories. The scope of application of this document is the entire range of digital repositories.”
ISO 16919:2025 – Space data and information transfer systems — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of candidate trustworthy digital repositories
Technical Committee: ISO/TC 20/SC 13
“This document defines a CCSDS Recommended Practice (and ISO standard) on which to base the operations of the organization(s) which assess the trustworthiness of digital repositories using the latest version of CCSDS 652.0/ISO 16363 and provide the appropriate certification. This document specifies requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of digital repositories, based on the metrics contained within ISO/IEC 17021-1 and reference. It is primarily intended to support the accreditation of bodies providing such certification. ISO/IEC 17021-1 provides the bulk of the requirements on bodies offering audit and certification for general types of management systems. However, for each specific type of system, specific additional requirements will be needed, for example, to specify the standard against which the audit is to be made and the qualifications which auditors require. This document provides the (small number of) specific additions required for bodies providing audit and certification of candidate trustworthy digital repositories. Trustworthy here means that they can be trusted to maintain, over the long-term, the understandability and usability of digitally encoded information placed into their safekeeping. In order improve readability the section numbers are kept consistent with those of ISO/IEC 17021-1. Some subsections are applicable as they stand, and these are simply enumerated; otherwise additions to subsections are explicitly given. In the former case the sections may consist of just a few sentences. As a result this document must be read in conjunction with ISO/IEC 17021-1. The requirements contained in this CCSDS Recommended Practice need to be demonstrated in terms of competence and reliability by any organization or body providing certification of digital repositories.”
Updated W3C Recommendation: EPUB 3.3 [W3C]
“The Publishing Maintenance Working Group has published an updated EPUB 3.3 Recommendation. EPUB® 3 defines a distribution and interchange format for digital publications and documents. The EPUB format provides a means of representing, packaging, and encoding structured and semantically enhanced web content — including HTML, CSS, SVG, and other resources — for distribution in a single-file container. This specification defines the authoring requirements for EPUB 3 publications and represents the third major revision of the standard. The update includes a number of minor changes, primarily to clarify some details on the conformance requirements of EPUB 3 documents. The Working Group has also published three First Public Working Drafts: EPUB 3.4, EPUB Reading Systems 3.4, and EPUB Accessibility 1.1.1. These drafts will eventually evolve into the next major version of the EPUB 3 standard (EPUB 3.4). For more information, please refer to the Publishing Maintenance Working Group Charter.”