Generalities, Terminology, Standardization, and Documentation Standards Summary - July 2025

Looking back at July 2025, the Generalities, Terminology, Standardization, and Documentation sector experienced the publication of three significant standards impacting project management, supply chain transparency, and technical vocabulary. These documents not only address evolving requirements across industries but also signal a broader commitment to harmonization, interoperability, and clarity in the standardization community. This overview offers a comprehensive synthesis of activity during the month, distilling key features and trends for professionals who seek to stay well-informed and compliant with the latest developments.

Monthly Overview: July 2025

July 2025 marked a notable period for professionals in Generalities, Terminology, Standardization, and Documentation. The three standards emerging this month reflect both the maturity and adaptive nature of documentation processes across diverse fields:

• ISO 24635-1:2025 established a core project management model for language resource annotation.
• EN IEC 82474-1:2025 introduced updated, horizontal guidance on material declaration, broadening its scope while refining requirements for product stewardship and regulatory compliance.
• EN ISO 24078:2025 presented a comprehensive vocabulary for hydrogen in energy systems—laying the groundwork for future regulatory, engineering, and cross-disciplinary collaboration within the energy transition.

Compared to other publication cycles, July 2025's standards reveal a pattern of convergence between traditional documentation needs and emerging topics such as digitalization in supply chains, AI-driven annotation projects, and the expansion of technical terminology into new technology areas. This moment reflects a sector actively responding to the demands of both digital and sustainable transformation.

Standards Published This Month

ISO 24635-1:2025 - Language Resource Management – Corpus Annotation Project Management – Part 1: Core Model

Language resource management – Corpus annotation project management – Part 1: Core model

This first part of the ISO 24635 series lays out a robust, structured approach to managing corpus annotation projects—an essential activity in developing corpora for linguistics, AI, and natural language processing applications. Rather than prescribing specific annotation methods, ISO 24635-1:2025 codifies the core processes, roles, and deliverables needed to oversee annotation work from initiation and planning through execution, monitoring, and closeout.

Scope includes:

• Definition of work packages and process groups essential for high-quality annotation results.
• Guidance on project team structure (e.g., project manager, technical manager, work package manager, process team leader, annotators).
• Requirements for coordination between work packages, particularly in integrating broader annotation standards and ontologies to improve interoperability.
• Human resource management principles focused on annotator training, qualification, and interrater reliability.
• Emphasis on guideline management and the utilization of annotation tools (including those based on AI/ML).
• Frameworks for quality control, data validation, structured documentation, metadata management, licensing, and copyright.

Target organizations are linguistic project teams, research institutions, data curation professionals, and technology vendors who build or manage annotated corpora, especially in multilingual or multidisciplinary projects. The standard fits into the broader architecture of project management standards while addressing the unique needs of annotation-centric projects, ensuring that deliverables can be reused and shared with robust documentation and compliance.

Key highlights:

• Delivers a life-cycle model for annotation project management, emphasizing iterative workflow that supports integration, quality, and long-term sustainability.
• Supports communication across work packages and stakeholders, improving traceability and project outcomes.
• Integrates guidance for managing intellectual property, licensing, and the sharing of annotated datasets across projects and jurisdictions.

Access the full standard:View ISO 24635-1:2025 on iTeh Standards

EN IEC 82474-1:2025 - Material Declaration – Part 1: General Requirements

Material declaration – Part 1: General requirements

EN IEC 82474-1:2025 marks a significant advancement in the standardization of supply chain communication for substances, materials, and process chemicals in products. While originally focused on the electrotechnical industry (as IEC 62474), this update expands the scope and sharpens requirements to be truly horizontal—serving a wide range of sectors under ISO and IEC umbrellas.

Noteworthy features include:

• Mandatory and optional material declaration requirements covering all product life cycle stages.
• Specific provisions for the declaration of process chemicals, addressing both production and environmental stewardship.
• Requirements for machine-to-machine communication, web services integration, and updated data representation (DXF format) to facilitate seamless digital exchange in supply chains.
• Enhanced definitions and guidance supporting material efficiency and product circularity, in line with global trends toward sustainability and digital product passports.
• Clear separation between compliance-oriented declarations and full composition or process declarations, supporting flexible adaptation to regulatory and client-specific requirements.

Compliance with this standard is now pertinent for manufacturers, importers, exporters, and suppliers across many industries—not just electrical and electronic products. It provides a practical template for ensuring transparency, compliance with restricted substances, and optimization of material usage in line with circular economy objectives.

Key highlights:

• Provides explicit requirements for process chemical declarations, a new addition aiding traceability.
• Supports web services and digital integration, aligning with Industry 4.0 and digital supply chain trends.
• Furnishes robust mechanisms for developing and maintaining reference and exemption lists, supporting rapid response to evolving regulations and customer requirements.

Access the full standard:View EN IEC 82474-1:2025 on iTeh Standards

EN ISO 24078:2025 - Hydrogen in Energy Systems – Vocabulary (ISO 24078:2025)

Hydrogen in energy systems – Vocabulary (ISO 24078:2025)

As the hydrogen economy accelerates, clear and harmonized terminology becomes a foundational requirement for industry growth and regulatory alignment. EN ISO 24078:2025 delivers an authoritative glossary of terms, symbols, and abbreviations relevant to hydrogen within energy systems. It covers the breadth of technical language expected in hydrogen production, storage, conversion, integration, infrastructure, and associated energy technologies.

The standard’s scope specifically excludes fields such as biological methanation, certain production reactors, and end-use in transport and aviation—those are earmarked for inclusion in future editions. This focus allows for in-depth consistency and the avoidance of overlap with developing adjacent vocabularies.

Content highlights:

• Standardizes core terminology for energy carriers, system integration, smart grids, power networks, hydrogen-to-X, safety, quality, and metrology.
• Includes definitions supporting both engineering and regulatory communities.
• Aids in reducing miscommunication and supporting multidisciplinary collaboration in complex, international projects.
• Provides structured guidance on term origins and relationships between European and international reference documents.

Primarily aimed at policymakers, engineers, researchers, and standardization bodies dealing with hydrogen in energy systems, it also provides a valuable reference for legal, procurement, and training purposes as hydrogen value chains expand.

Key highlights:

• Centralizes key terminology for hydrogen in energy transition, supporting cross-border project integration and regulatory compliance.
• Facilitates a shared language for emerging market participants and legacy energy sector professionals alike.
• Sets the stage for future harmonization, with extension plans for currently excluded uses and sectors.

Access the full standard:View EN ISO 24078:2025 on iTeh Standards

Common Themes and Industry Trends

Several trends emerge from July 2025’s standards activity:

• Digitalization and Data Interoperability: Both ISO 24635-1:2025 and EN IEC 82474-1:2025 stress the need for structured communication, reusable documentation, and digital data exchange. From machine-readable formats to role-based project communication, there is a marked shift toward supporting digital workflows and integration across systems and organizations.

• Lifecycle Perspective and Sustainability: Material declaration requirements now span the entire product lifecycle—including process chemicals and circularity metrics—reflecting regulatory and market demands for sustainable, traceable products.

• Knowledge Engineering and Standardized Vocabulary: EN ISO 24078:2025 exemplifies the push for a common lexicon in technical innovation areas, which is crucial for reducing errors and accelerating industry alignment as sectors converge around new technologies.

• Project Management Evolution: The formalization of annotation project management underscores the shift toward professionalizing resource management in data-driven domains such as AI, linguistics, and language technologies.

Notably, these publications bridge documentation, compliance, digital data, and terminology, illustrating how documentation standards are evolving to support transparency, digital transformation, and sustainability. Sectors such as the hydrogen economy, supply chain management, and AI-powered linguistics are particularly well addressed.

Compliance and Implementation Considerations

Organizations impacted by these standards should take the following steps:

1. Gap Assessment: Review existing project management, material declaration, and technical documentation practices in light of the new requirements, particularly focusing on alignment with the structures and lifecycle approaches described.
2. Training & Awareness: For corpus annotation projects, instill best practices in team formation, role assignment, and quality control as outlined in ISO 24635-1:2025. For supply chain and compliance teams, ensure understanding of the expanded material declaration requirements and lifecycle declarations now included in EN IEC 82474-1:2025.
3. Digital Integration: Leverage web services, machine-readable data exchange, and reference list management to streamline compliance—especially where regulatory thresholds may change rapidly.
4. Terminology Mgmt: Reference EN ISO 24078:2025 when developing documentation, project specifications, or technical communication related to hydrogen. Adopt or map corporate glossaries to harmonize with this universal vocabulary.

Timeline and Prioritization:

• Projects underway or planned for Q3 2025 should plan immediate alignment, as these standards are effective now and may be referenced in procurement and compliance flows.
• Proactive organizations will update supply chain declarations, digital interfaces, and project management guidelines by the end of the calendar year.

Resources:

• Full texts can be purchased or accessed on the iTeh Standards platform, which offers additional tools for cross-referencing and tracking.
• Professional networks and relevant standardization committees provide forums for interpretation and collaborative implementation.

Conclusion: Key Takeaways from July 2025

July 2025’s publications in Generalities, Terminology, Standardization, and Documentation highlight a sector realigning itself to the realities of digital transformation, sustainability, and cross-sector innovation. The new standards:

• Set more rigorous foundations for project and data management in linguistics and AI.
• Strengthen the capacity for material and substance traceability across the entire product lifecycle, supporting compliance and circular economy models.
• Provide definitive, harmonized terminology for one of the fastest-growing fields in the energy transition: hydrogen in energy systems.

Professionals who regularly engage with standards on project management, supply chain compliance, or technological innovation will benefit from an early and thorough review of these documents. Aligning business practices to these updated requirements not only ensures regulatory and market compliance but also positions organizations competitively as standards increasingly reflect global best practices.

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