ISO 8000

ISO 8000, Data quality, is an ISO standard under development. It will be published as a number of separate documents, which ISO calls "parts".

ISO 8000 is being developed by ISO technical committee TC 184, Automation systems and integration, sub-committee SC 4, Industrial data. Like other ISO and IEC standards, ISO 8000 is copyrighted and is not freely available.

Published parts

The following part has already been published:

• ISO/TS 8000-100:2009, Data quality — Part 100: Master data: Exchange of characteristic data: Overview
• ISO 8000-102:2009, Data quality — Part 102: Master data: Exchange of characteristic data: Vocabulary
• ISO 8000-110:2009, Data quality — Part 110: Master data: Exchange of characteristic data: Syntax, semantic encoding, and conformance to data specification
• ISO/TS 8000-120:2009, Data quality — Part 120: Master data: Exchange of characteristic data: Provenance
• ISO/TS 8000-130:2009, Data quality — Part 130: Master data: Exchange of characteristic data: Accuracy
• ISO/TS 8000-140:2009, Data quality — Part 140: Master data: Exchange of characteristic data: Completeness

Parts under development

The following parts are currently under development within ISO TC 184/SC 4:

• ISO/TS 8000-1, Data quality — Part 1: Overview, principles and general requirements
• ISO/TS 8000-2, Data quality — Part 2: Vocabulary
• ISO/TS 8000-150, Data quality — Part 150: Master data: Quality management framework

Further reading

Benson, Peter (2009), "ISO 8000 Data Quality — The Fundamentals, Part 1", Real-World Decision Support (RWDS) Journal 3 (4), http://www.ewsolutions.com/resource-center/rwds_folder/rwds-curr-issue/issue.2009-10-12.0790666855/document.2009-10-12.3367922336 

Benson, Peter (2008), NATO Codification System as the foundation for ISO 8000, the International Standard for data quality (Oil IT Journal), http://www.oilit.com/papers/Benson.pdf 

Benson, Peter (2009), ISO 8000 - A New International Standard for Data Quality, http://www.dataqualitypro.com/data-quality-home/iso-8000-a-new-international-standard-for-data-quality.html 

Benson, Peter (2010), Peter Benson Discusses the Certification Options of ISO 8000 (Live Recording), http://www.dataqualitypro.com/data-quality-home/peter-benson-discusses-the-certification-options-of-iso-8000.html 

Grantner, Emily (2007), "ISO 8000 — A Standard for Data Quality", Logistics Spectrum (Oct.-Dec.), http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3766/is_/ai_n27997242 

West, Matthew (2009), "ISO 8000 — the Emerging Standard for Data Quality", IAIDQ's Information and Data Quality Newsletter 5 (3), http://iaidq.org/publications/west-2009-07.shtml  (full article requires no cost registration to access)