SOURCES
The sources behind every line
There are three kinds of source here, and the pages say which one a line comes from: the published standard that applies today, the public record of the proof, and the committee's own comparison and guidance. The ISO 30301:2019 text is not reproduced. The ISO/PRF 30301 requirement text is not public and is not reproduced.
| Source | Kind | What it is used for | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hero photograph: a man sorting files in an archive aisle Pexels, photographer Luis F Rodriguez Jimenez | free photograph | Pexels licence, free commercial use, credit appreciated. The same photograph composes the social card. | Open 2026-10-22 |
| ISO/PRF 30301, standard page 89772 ISO | official record | Edition 3, proof, ISO/TC 46/SC 11. Stage 50.00, Final text received or FDIS registered for formal approval, dated 2026-09-07. The page says the draft will replace ISO 30301:2019. The requirement text is not public. | Open 2026-10-22 |
| ISO 30301:2019, standard page 74292 ISO | published standard | Second edition, 2019-02, 16 pages, ISO/TC 46/SC 11. The edition a certificate is issued against today. Its requirement set is the base of every clause page, in our words. | Open 2026-10-22 |
| ISO 30301:2019 public preview: cover, copyright and contents ISO, public preview | public preview | Three pages: cover, copyright and the full contents list to Annex A. Used for the clause titles, the number set and the annex structure. It does not carry the requirement text. | Open 2026-10-22 |
| ISO/TC 46/SC 11/WG 8 N 163, Comparison ISO 30301:2011 versus ISO 30301:2019, implementation consequences ISO/TC 46/SC 11 | committee document | The committee's own clause-by-clause comparison, quoting each 2019 main-clause requirement and recording the Annex A restructure. The primary source for the crosswalk and the paraphrase check. | Open 2026-10-22 |
| Guidance for implementing the documented information clause using processes and controls of ISO 30301:2019 ISO/TC 46/SC 11, explanatory paper, July 2021 | committee guidance | Explains how the Annex A processes and controls implement documented information duties. Used for the Annex A reading, never quoted as requirement text. | Open 2026-10-22 |
| Global ACI transition documents Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated | accreditation body record | Global ACI publishes the current transition requirements, succeeding the IAF arrangements. On 22 October 2026 the list carried ISO 9001:2026 and ISO 14001:2026 but no ISO 30301 document. Used only as a labelled precedent for the transition scenario. | Open 2026-10-22 |
| Compliance library, ISO 30301:2019 control set The Art of Service | framework export | 28 clause-level records, each with the evidence an auditor asks for and the ways it commonly fails. The export is our reviewed clause record and the base of every clause page. | Open 2026-10-22 |
Guidance in the same family, named only
ISO 30300:2020 (vocabulary), ISO 30302:2022 (implementation guidance), ISO 15489-1:2016 (concepts and principles), ISO/TR 26122 (work process analysis), ISO/TR 21946 (appraisal), ISO/TR 18128 (risk assessment) and the ISO 23081 series (metadata) are in the same family. They support topics this standard names, but this product does not hold their text. They are named here so a reader knows where the guidance stops and the requirement begins. See the the ISO catalogue, iso.org.
How the sources are used
- The requirement today is written from our ISO 30301:2019 clause record. The evidence and the common gaps come from the same held record.
- The clause titles and the number set are taken from the public preview contents of ISO 30301:2019.
- The crosswalk and the clause substance are taken from the committee's own comparison of the 2011 and 2019 editions (WG 8 N 163), which quotes each main-clause requirement.
- The Annex A reading uses the committee's explanatory paper on documented information, named on the Annex pages.
- The dates are from the ISO stage record and the Global ACI transition documents. The planning date and the window are estimates, labelled as such. No ISO 30301 transition document has been issued.
If a source changes. The refresh script re-downloads the public sources, diffs them against the record and fails loudly on a change. That diff is what the change watch sends. A correction is made in the record and regenerates every page, not patched on one page.
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