GUIDE 75 IEC ISO First edition 2006-11 Strategic principles for future IEC and ISO standardization in industrial automation Referencenumber ISO/IEC GUIDE 75:2006(E) GUIDE 75 IEC ISO First edition 2006-11 Strategic principles for future IEC and ISO standardization in industrial automation Copyright 2006 ISO/IEC, Geneva - All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from the publisher. International Electrotechnical Commission, 3, rue de Varembe, PO Box 131, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland Telephone: +41 22 919 02 11Telefax: +41 22 919 03 00E-mail: [email protected]: www.iec.ch P PRICE CODE For price, see curent catalogue Guide75@ISO/IEC:2006 (E) -2 CONTENTS FOREWORD 1 Scope 4 Introduction 2 3 Abbreviations 4 New environment .6 5 Evolution of requirements. 6 Recommendations for new standardizationprinciples commonto all segments ... 7 Recommendations for new standardizationprinciples specific to segment 1. 8 Recommendations for new standardization principles specific to segment 2.... ...13 9 Recommendations for new standardization principles specific to segment 3.... 1o Conformity assessment andmarking common to all segments BIBLIOGRAPHY .16 Table 1 - Standards segmentation - 3- Guide75@IS0/IEC:2006 (E) STRATEGICPRINCIPLESFORFUTUREIECANDISOSTANDARDIZATION ININDUSTRIALAUTOMATION FOREWORD Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEc (the International Electrotechnical Commission)form the specialized systemforworldwide standards.National bodiesthat aremembers of so or IECparticipate inthe development of International Standardsthroughtechnicalcommitteesestablishedbytherespectiveorganizationtodeal with particular fields of technical activity.ISO and IEC technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest. Other international organizations, governmental and non- governmental, in liaison with IsO and IEC, also take part in the work. Guides are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEc Directives, Part 2. Draft Guides adopted by the responsible committee or group are circulated to national bodies for voting.Publication as a Guide requires approval by at least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this Guide may be the subject of patent rights. IsO and IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO/IECGuide75 was prepared by the IEC SectorBoard 3(SB3),Industrialautomation systems. This Guide may be revised in due course on the basis of practical experience. Committees writing standards are invited to inform the ISO Central Secretariat orthe IEC Central Office of any difficulties encountered with the implementation of its provisions. One aspect of this Guide requires particular comment. "Future ... standardization" indicates that these proposals are forward-looking. However, existing standards are also affected. SB 3's terms of reference and the experience of its members both restrict the formal domain of theserecommendationstothatof industrialautomation.However,themembers areofthe unanimous opinion that the recommended principles could have much wider application because many of them are generic, and could thus be relevant to many other industrial sectors. The text of this guide is based on the following documents: Approval document Report on voting C/1407/DV C/1442/RV Full information on the voting for the approval of this Guide can be found in the report on vot- ingindicatedinthe abovetable - 4 - Guide75@IS0/IEC:2006 (E) STRATEGIC PRINCIPLESFORFUTUREIECANDISO STANDARDIZATION ININDUSTRIALAUTOMATION 1 Scope This Guide is applicable to IEC and IsO standardization for the industrial automation sector provides strategic principles use bythe various technical It for committees and subcommittees working in different domains within the