The record
| Stage | Date | What happened, or what is next |
|---|---|---|
10.99 | 24 April 2024 | New project approved |
20.00 | 24 April 2024 | New project registered in the work programme |
30.00 | 11 June 2024 | Committee draft registered |
30.20 | 23 April 2025 | First committee consultation opened |
30.60 | 20 June 2025 | First comment period closed |
30.92 | 7 October 2025 | Committee draft referred back to the working group |
30.00 | 7 October 2025 | Revised committee draft registered |
30.20 | 7 October 2025 | Second committee consultation opened |
30.60 | 20 January 2026 | Second comment period closed |
30.99 | 20 January 2026 | Committee draft approved for registration as a DIS |
40.00 | 23 January 2026 | Draft International Standard registered |
40.20 | 1 April 2026 | DIS ballot opened, twelve weeks |
40.60 | 25 June 2026 | Close of voting: the stage today |
40.92 | not dated | Full report circulated: DIS referred back to the committee |
40.93 | not dated | Full report circulated: decision for a new DIS ballot |
40.99 | not dated | Full report circulated: DIS approved for registration as an FDIS |
50.00 | not dated | Final text received or FDIS registered for formal approval |
60.00 | not dated | International Standard under publication |
60.60 | not dated | International Standard published |
What the stage codes mean
10 and 20: a project exists
A proposal is approved (10.99) and a project is registered in the committee work programme (20.00). No text is public.
30: committee drafts
The working group produces a committee draft, the committee comments (30.20 to 30.60), and the draft is either revised or approved for registration as a DIS (30.99). 26517 went through two committee drafts.
40: enquiry
The DIS is registered (40.00) and goes to a twelve week ballot of national bodies (40.20 to 40.60). The result is approval for an FDIS (40.99) or a referral back (40.92). This is where the draft is today.
50: approval
If the DIS is approved, the final text is registered (50.00). An eight week FDIS ballot (50.20 to 50.60) may follow if that route is taken; the 26517 record does not list those ballot dates yet. A positive ballot leads to publication.
60: publication
The standard is under publication (60.00) and then published (60.60). The ISO record usually shows the publication date at 60.60.
90 and 95: review and withdrawal
Every standard is reviewed periodically. A new edition replaces the old one, and the old edition is withdrawn. None of this applies to 26517 yet, because it is edition 1.
The planning window
If the DIS is approved at 40.99 without a second ballot, an FDIS could follow within a year and publication in 2027. If the DIS is referred back, or the FDIS ballot attracts comments, the window moves into 2028. The site uses 14 September 2027 as a planning date and states the earliest and latest case as 31 March 2027 and 31 March 2028, both labelled as cases, not announcements.
What to watch, in order
- 40.99: the DIS is approved for registration as an FDIS. This is the first signal that the text is nearly final.
- 50.00: the final text is received or the FDIS is registered. The text you can buy is now the FDIS, not the DIS.
- 50.20 and 50.60, if the FDIS route is taken: the ballot opens and closes. The 26517 record does not list these yet, so no date is claimed.
- 60.60: published. Read the published edition and replace every draft assumption.
Source
ISO/IEC/IEEE DIS 26517, standard record 87297
https://www.iso.org/standard/87297.html
Read 21 October 2026. Title, edition 1, 34 pages, stage 40.60 on 2026-06-25, DIS registered 2026-01-23, ballot opened 2026-04-01, committee ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7, ICS 35.080 and 35.240.95, CHF 67, abstract, life cycle.
ISO stage codes
https://www.iso.org/stage-codes.html
Read 21 October 2026. Stage definitions used to read 40.60, 40.99, 50.00, 50.20, 50.60 and 60.60.
The rules this is built from
Read from the real rules, not invented.
Every line points to the public ISO page or the free preview it came from, so you can check it yourself.
- 80 headings and defined terms
- 12 dated stages behind the draft
- 26514:2022 named as the normative reference
- Check any line yourself