New and Emerging Specs & Standards (November 2026)
ISO 20271-1:2026 — Document management — Reference model for long-term preservation of textual documents Part 1: Overview
Technical Committee: ISO/TC 171/SC 2
“This document provides an overview of the ISO 20271 series. The following are covered in this document: the scope and structure of the ISO 20271 series; description of textual document files within the scope of the ISO 20271 series; a summary of the content of each part in the ISO 20271 series; guidelines for the extension of other types of document formats.”
ISO/IEC 27090:2026 — Cybersecurity — Artificial intelligence (AI) — Addressing security threats and compromises to AI systems
Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27
“ISO/IEC 27090 provides guidance on understanding, detecting and mitigating security threats specific to artificial intelligence (AI) systems throughout their life cycle. It explains how vulnerabilities can be exploited, what the consequences can be and which measures can help address them. For organizations developing or using AI, the standard helps identify what needs protecting, from training data to AI models. It addresses threats such as data poisoning and model theft, while recognizing that established cybersecurity practices remain essential.”
ISO/IEC 38501-1:2026 — Information technology — Governance of IT implementation guidance Part 1: General approach
Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40
“This document provides guidance on the implementation of effective governance of IT in an organization, in accordance with ISO/IEC 38500. It identifies the key activities that an organization can undertake and provides guidance on the design and establishment of the supporting and enabling arrangements for the governance of IT, clarifying the roles and responsibilities of key organizational stakeholders. This document can be used by individuals responsible for governance of IT in an organization, as well as individuals supporting the governance of IT in organizations, and is applicable to organizations of all sizes and types.”
ISO/IEC Guide 79:2026 — Gender responsive standards — Guidance for standards developers
Technical Committee: ISO/TMBG
“This document provides guidance for standards developers on how to consider gender in the drafting, revision and updating of ISO and IEC standards and similar deliverables. It provides an assessment form and other tools and information, which can be used to ensure standards are gender responsive.”
Thema Version 1.7 - Released October 28th 2026 [EDItEUR]
“Thema version 1.7 contains 44 new core subject categories and 217 new qualifiers (including new national extensions), plus numerous improvements to the wording of headings and notes, but it retains full backward compatibility with version 1.6 and all earlier versions – no existing data needs to be modified or updated. See the Excel version for all changes as it includes a side by side comparison between the English v1.6 and v1.7.”
We’re on a Roll - EPUB 3.4 is Coming [W3C Blog]
“The Publishing Maintenance Working Group at W3C has been quietly working on yet another update for the EPUB3 standard, and we're excited to share what we have been up to. Our goal is to not only maintain the EPUB standard, but do our best to keep it in line with the needs of industry, and this update does exactly that.”
