Technical Corrigendum

Identification
Name
Technical Corrigendum
Source
ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. "Procedures for the technical work". Eight Edition 2011.
Description
Is a correct reprint of the current edition of a published international Standard.
Separate document
Technical corrigenda and amendments are published as separate documents, the edition of the International Standard affected remaining in print.
What can be corrected?
A technical corrigendum is issued to correct either

a technical error or ambiguity in an International Standard, a Technical Specification, a Publicly Available Specification or a Technical Report, inadvertently introduced either in drafting or in printing and which could lead to incorrect or unsafe application of the publication, or
information that has become outdated since publication, provided that the modification has no effect on the technical normative elements (see ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, 2011, 6.3) of the standard.
What should not be corrected?
Technical corrigenda are not issued to correct errors that can be assumed to have no consequences in the application of the publication, for example minor printing errors.
How to proceed?
Suspected technical errors or outdated information shall be brought to the attention of the secretariat of the technical committee or subcommittee concerned. After confirmation by the secretariat and chairman, if necessary in consultation with the project leader and P-members of the technical committee or subcommittee, the secretariat shall submit to the office of the CEO a proposal for correction, with an explanation of the need to do so.
Who decides?
The Chief Executive Officer shall decide, in consultation with the secretariat of the technical committee or subcommittee, and bearing in mind both the financial consequences to the organization and the interests of users of the publication, whether to publish a technical corrigendum or a corrected or updated reprint of the existing edition of the publication (see also 2.10.4).
Associate Document
Preliminary Work Item (PWI)

Identification
Name	Technical Corrigendum
Source	ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. "Procedures for the technical work". Eight Edition 2011.
Description	Is a correct reprint of the current edition of a published international Standard.
Separate document	Technical corrigenda and amendments are published as separate documents, the edition of the International Standard affected remaining in print.
What can be corrected?	A technical corrigendum is issued to correct either a technical error or ambiguity in an International Standard, a Technical Specification, a Publicly Available Specification or a Technical Report, inadvertently introduced either in drafting or in printing and which could lead to incorrect or unsafe application of the publication, or information that has become outdated since publication, provided that the modification has no effect on the technical normative elements (see ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, 2011, 6.3) of the standard.
What should not be corrected?	Technical corrigenda are not issued to correct errors that can be assumed to have no consequences in the application of the publication, for example minor printing errors.
How to proceed?	Suspected technical errors or outdated information shall be brought to the attention of the secretariat of the technical committee or subcommittee concerned. After confirmation by the secretariat and chairman, if necessary in consultation with the project leader and P-members of the technical committee or subcommittee, the secretariat shall submit to the office of the CEO a proposal for correction, with an explanation of the need to do so.
Who decides?	The Chief Executive Officer shall decide, in consultation with the secretariat of the technical committee or subcommittee, and bearing in mind both the financial consequences to the organization and the interests of users of the publication, whether to publish a technical corrigendum or a corrected or updated reprint of the existing edition of the publication (see also 2.10.4).
Associate Document	Preliminary Work Item (PWI)