The publication estimate and what it depends on
The planning date is 2027-02-16, one hundred and twenty days from the build date. It is an estimate drawn from the stage position, not a date ISO has stated.
The requirement in plain English
The planning date is 2027-02-16, one hundred and twenty days from the build date. It is an estimate drawn from the stage position, not a date ISO has stated.
What the public record says
ISO records 50.00 on 2026-08-21. It records no 50.20 date, no 60.00 date and no 60.60 date.
Why it matters to you
A planning date is useful and a false certainty is not. The estimate is built from the stage sequence: an eight-week FDIS ballot, then proof and publication. It can move if the ballot returns comments, if the secretariat is slow, or if a corrigendum is needed. The practical use is to set your own milestones backwards from it: the evidence freeze, the board paper, the internal audit. If the date moves, the milestones move with it, which is why the watch carries the stage as well as the date.
Evidence a reviewer asks for
- The date arithmetic written down, with the stage position it starts from.
- A board paper that labels the date an estimate and names the source.
- A review trigger for the day the stage changes.
- The milestones that depend on the date, each with an owner.
Checks to run this month
- Is the date labelled an estimate everywhere it appears?
- Does any contract or supplier answer treat it as fixed?
- What is the first milestone that would slip if publication moved by a quarter?
Dates
Estimate 2027-02-16. Basis: stage 50.00 on 2026-08-21, no later stage dated.
Cross-references
- The stage record, from new project to FDIS
- The clauses the public view does not carry
- Write the sampling and perturbation plan
What this page does not state
ISO has not stated a publication date.