<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">I am very pleased to announce that CalConnect is now officially listed as an international standards body by the World Trade Organization: <a href="https://tbtcode.iso.org/sites/wto-tbt/contents/json/185.html" class="">https://tbtcode.iso.org/sites/wto-tbt/contents/json/185.html</a>. The document describing our alignment with WTO principles may be found here: <a href="https://standards.calconnect.org/csd/cc-10100.html" class="">https://standards.calconnect.org/csd/cc-10100.html</a>. </div><br class="">CalConnect now has active liaisons with several international organizations including 10 liaisons with ISO committees: ISO/TC 37, ISO TC/46, ISO TC 154, ISO/TC 211, ISO/PC 317 and ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 27. We are participating in the work program of most of of these in particular in areas such as date/time formats, time zone management, structured name and address standards, and privacy by design.<br class=""><br class="">For a full list of CalConnect liaisons and involvement, please see <a href="http://www.calconnect.org/about/liaisons-and-relationships" class="">http://www.calconnect.org/about/liaisons-and-relationships</a>. <br class=""><br class="">On behalf of CalConnect I would like to thank Ronald Tse of Ribose, our Director of External Relations, for supporting and driving our standards program, together with everyone who is representing CalConnect in standards activities. <br class=""><br class="">Dave Thewlis<br class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">
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