[Asis-l] NISO Announces Specification Registration Process

[Cynthia Hodgson]

NISO Announces New Registration Process

Bethesda, Md., USA (August 5, 2003) - The National 
Information Standards Organization (NISO) is expanding its 
standards development program by offering a new 
Registration Process. The Registration Process is designed 
to make specifications and guidelines developed outside 
the formal consensus process available to a larger 
community of potential implementers. The NISO Registration 
Process provides a light-weight review and accreditation 
that will help those developing specifications in evolving 
information services secure acceptance and recognition 
among a larger community of potential implementers.

The Registration process complements NISO's traditional 
consensus based standards development process that is 
consistent with ANSI requirements for development and 
maintenance of American National Standards.   Details on 
the Registration Process and the Registration Application 
form are on the NISO website at this url: 
http://www.niso.org/registration/registration.html



Cynthia Hodgson
National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD  20814-5248
T. 301-654-2512, F. 301-654-1721
www.niso.org