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NISO is the Technical Advisory Group Administrator for the <a href="https://www.iso.org/committee/48750.html">Technical Committee on Information and Documentation</a>, including serving as the Secretariat for Subcommittee 9 on Identification and Description — our Executive Director serves as the SC 9 Secretary.</p> <p dir="ltr">US-based NISO Voting Members are entitled to vote on ISO (International Organization of Standards) activities relating to Information and Documentation and Information Technology, and appoint members to ISO Technical Working Groups that are developing ISO standards related to these areas (non-members may not participate in ISO activities).</p> <p dir="ltr">The ISO standards development process is shown below, with balloting of the Technical Committee members at each stage:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><strong>New Work Item Proposal.</strong> Any member may submit a proposal to a Technical Committee for a project to develop a new standard. 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