ISO/IEC FDIS 22603-1

FINAL
INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
DRAFT
STANDARD FDIS
22603-1
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31
Information technology —
Secretariat: ANSI
Digital representation of product
Voting begins on:
2021-06-16 information —
Voting terminates on:
Part 1:
2021-08-11
General requirements
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Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................iv

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................v

1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

2 Normative references ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

3 Terms and definitions ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

4 Technical content ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2

4.1 Maintenance responsibility .......................................................................................................................................................... 2

4.2 Access instructions .............................................................................................................................................................................. 2

4.3 Structure and content ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2

4.4 Website reference ................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

4.5 Access via machine-readable code ........................................................................................................................................ 3

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ISO/IEC 22603 is a multi-part International Standard that establishes the requirements for electronic

product labelling. Electronic product labelling is an alternative to having a product’s compliance

markings and other product information used to communicate product conformance to stated national

standards and regulations on the product’s nameplate or product label. Electronic product labelling can

Product markings and technical statements can communicate product conformance to national

standards and regulations. While many products are decreasing in physical size, mandatory

requirements for additional product compliance markings and documents are growing, in part because:

— regulators are increasing the required number of product markings and statements on products to

— third party test or certification organizations are developing registered trademark symbols to be

— product conformance to new standards and regulations on domains, such as “Environmental,” leads

The physical limitations to accommodate the proliferation of printed compliance labels and information

cause confusion among regulators and end-users. An alternative method using an electronic system to

communicate product compliance information, used in conjunction with existing labelling practices or

as an alternative to them, allows the regulatory objectives to be achieved with better uniformity of