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Secretariat: SIS
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Chairperson (until end 2024):Dr Torgny Carlsson
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ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:
- Creation date: 1947
Scope
Standardization of units and symbols for quantities and units (and mathematical symbols) used within the different fields of science and technology, giving, where necessary, definitions of these quantities and units. Standard conversion factors between the various units.
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This committee contributes with 17 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 12
The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 12:
Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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IEC/TC 25 | Quantities and units | IEC |
IEC/TC 29 | Electroacoustics | IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 | Data management and interchange | ISO/IEC |
ISO/TC 37 | Language and terminology | ISO |
ISO/TC 43 | Acoustics | ISO |
ISO/TC 43/SC 1 | Noise | ISO |
ISO/TC 43/SC 3 | Underwater acoustics | ISO |
ISO/TC 69 | Applications of statistical methods | ISO |
ISO/TC 85 | Nuclear energy, nuclear technologies, and radiological protection | ISO |
ISO/TC 215 | Health informatics | ISO |
Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 12
ISO/TC 12 can access the documents of the committees below:
Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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CIE | International Commission on Illumination | ISO |
IEC/TC 1 | Terminology | IEC |
IEC/TC 25 | Quantities and units | IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 | Data management and interchange | ISO/IEC |
ISO/TC 37 | Language and terminology | ISO |
ISO/TC 43 | Acoustics | ISO |
ISO/TC 43/SC 1 | Noise | ISO |
ISO/TC 43/SC 3 | Underwater acoustics | ISO |
ISO/TC 69 | Applications of statistical methods | ISO |
ISO/TC 85 | Nuclear energy, nuclear technologies, and radiological protection | ISO |
ISO/TC 215 | Health informatics | ISO |
Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym | Title | Category |
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BIPM | International Bureau of Weights and Measures | A |
CIE | International Commission on Illumination | A |
EURAMET | European Association of National Metrology Institutes | A |
IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency | A |
ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization | A |
ICRU | International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements | A |
Infoterm | International Information Centre for Terminology (Infoterm) | A |
ITU | International Telecommunication Union | A |
IUCr | International Union of Crystallography | A |
IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry | A |
IUPAP | International Union of Pure and Applied Physics | A |
OASIS | Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) | A |
OIML | International Organization of Legal Metrology | A |
UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | A |
WCO | World Customs Organization | A |
WHO | World Health Organization | A |
WMO | World Meteorological Organization | A |
EC - European Commission | European Commission | B |
IMO | International Maritime Organization | B |
Date | Month | Location | TC/SC | Note |
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15 | May 2025 | Virtual () | ISO/TC 12 | ** |
* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional
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