ISO 30301 revision: the questions buyers ask
Five short answers, each with the source behind it. They are written for someone who has to decide what to do next, not for someone who wants a summary of the standard.
What is ISO 30301?
ISO 30301 is the international standard for a management system for records.
Read the answerWhen will the next edition of ISO 30301 be published?
ISO records ISO/PRF 30301 at stage 50.00, final text received or FDIS registered for formal approval, dated 7 September 2026.
Read the answerWhat changes in the next edition of ISO 30301?
The public record does not publish the PRF clause text, so this site does not state the draft changes.
Read the answerHow should we prepare for the ISO 30301 revision?
Prepare the work that is right under either edition: the 8.2 records analysis, the Annex A process and control map, the documented information controls, and the evidence an auditor asks for.
Read the answerThe rules this is built from
Every line names its source. The 25 clause-level records and the 3 Annex A records for the requirements that apply today are written from the published ISO 30301:2019, in our words; the evidence and the common gaps are our reading, cited to the clause. The revision layer is read from the public ISO stage record and the committee's published comparison. Where the record is silent, the page says so. Read from the real rules, not invented.
ISO 30301:2019, clause by clause
Each clause page states the requirement in our words, the evidence, the gaps and what to do before the revision lands.
Open the clause indexAnnex A, normative
Processes, controls and systems. Requirements, not guidance, and each one has its own page.
Open Annex AWhat changed in 2019
The committee's own comparison of the 2011 and 2019 editions, with the old clause and its new home.
Read the comparisonThe ISO 30301:2019 text is not reproduced. The ISO/PRF 30301 text is not public and is not reproduced. The record this site reads is linked on the standards page.