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ISO/IEC FDIS 42105, stage by stage
Every date on this page is read from the ISO public record on 2026-10-21. The planning date is the only number that is ours, and it says so.
The public facts
- Designation
- ISO/IEC FDIS 42105
- Title
- Information technology, Artificial intelligence, Guidance for human oversight of AI systems
- Edition
- 1
- Committee
- ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42, Artificial intelligence
- ICS
- 35.240.01
- Pages
- 29
- Status
- Under development
- Stage
- 50.20, Proof sent to secretariat or FDIS ballot initiated: 8 weeks
- Stage date
- 26 August 2026
- Ballot
- 8 weeks, opening 2026-08-26 and closing 21 October 2026 by our arithmetic
- Extends
- ISO/IEC TS 8200
- Official record
- https://www.iso.org/standard/86902.html
How the document reached the FDIS ballot
The table is the ISO life-cycle record, in order. The two publication rows carry no date on the public record, so this page does not invent one.
| Date | Stage | What happened | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-21 | 10.99 | New project approved | The project enters the SC 42 work programme. |
| 2023-08-21 | 20.00 | New project registered | The working group is formed and the first draft begins. |
| 2024-12-17 | 30.00 | Committee draft registered | The first committee draft is circulated. |
| 2024-12-20 | 30.20 | CD consultation initiated | National bodies comment on the committee draft. |
| 2025-03-15 | 30.60 | Close of comment period | Comments are collected for resolution. |
| 2025-08-22 | 30.99 | CD approved for registration as DIS | The committee agrees the text is ready for the enquiry stage. |
| 2025-09-22 | 40.00 | DIS registered | The Draft International Standard is registered. |
| 2025-11-24 | 40.20 | DIS ballot initiated: 12 weeks | National bodies vote on the DIS. |
| 2026-02-17 | 40.60 | Close of voting | The DIS ballot closes. |
| 2026-06-09 | 40.99 | DIS approved for registration as FDIS | The full report is circulated and the text moves to approval. |
| 2026-06-11 | 50.00 | Final text received or FDIS registered | The final draft is registered for formal approval. |
| 2026-08-26 | 50.20 | FDIS ballot initiated: 8 weeks | The final draft ballot opens. This is the stage recorded today. |
| 2026-10-21 | 50.60 | Close of voting, our arithmetic | Eight weeks from 2026-08-26. ISO has not yet stamped the stage date. |
| Not dated | 60.00 | International Standard under publication | The text enters the publication queue. ISO has announced no date. |
| Not dated | 60.60 | International Standard published | The published edition replaces the draft. |
Why the planning date is 16 February 2027
The FDIS ballot opened on 26 August 2026 for eight weeks, so it closes on 21 October 2026. Publication follows the ballot count, the secretariat's proof and the ISO publication queue. ISO has announced no date. We use 16 February 2027, 120 days from the record date of 19 October 2026, as a planning date and label it everywhere as our estimate.
That is a planning device, not a promise. If the ballot returns comments, the date moves. If publication runs long, the date moves. The change watch exists because the date is the one fact most likely to move.
The body, the clauses and the annex
The ISO page does not publish the FDIS body. This site therefore cannot state a clause number, a clause heading, an Annex A control or a quotation. It does not. What it states instead is the held oversight control set from ISO/IEC 42001:2023, ISO/IEC 42005:2025, the EU AI Act and NIST AI RMF 1.0, each cited to the clause it came from.
When the published edition appears, the register is re-baselined against it. Kit buyers receive the reissued files at no extra charge, and the watch sends the stage change.
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