The Standards Engineeer - Glossary

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Working Draft (WD)

Identification
Name

Working Draft

Acronym

WD

Source

ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. "Procedures for the technical work". Eight Edition 2011.

Description

Is the first internal draft of a proposed international standard.

WD should conform to the ISO Directives Part 2: Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards (2004).

Associate project stage

Preparatory Stage

Related topics:

ISO/IEC Project stages and associated documents:

Project stage Associated document
Name Abbreviation
Preliminary Stage Preliminary Work Item PWI
Proposal Stage New Work Item Proposal NP
Preparatory Stage Working Draft(s)
This stage may be omitted.
WD
Committee Stage Committee Draft(s)
This stage may be omitted.
CD
Enquiry Stage Enquiry Draft
Draft International Standard in ISO, committee draft for vote in IEC.
ISO/DIS
IEC/CDV
Approval Stage Final Draft International Standard
May be omitted.
FDIS
Publication Stage International Standard ISO, IEC or ISO/IEC