Please excuse the cross-posting.
ISO 18901:2002 Imaging materials – Processed silver-gelatin type black-and-white films – Specifications for stability. This group is generally not concerned with specification documents or test methods, but this particular standard contains the limits for residual silver and residual hypo in film. It is currently being updated and a new version should be out by early 2011.
18902:2007 Imaging materials – Processed imaging materials – Albums, framing and storage materials. This standard has been recently revised and will be up for review again in 2010.
ISO 18906:2000 (R2005) Imaging materials – Photographic films – Specifications for safety film. This document was reaffirmed in 2005 and it will be up for review again in 2010.
ISO 18911:2000 (R2005) Imaging materials – Processed safety photographic films – Storage practices. This document is undergoing revision and is out for DIS ballot. It is expected to be published in early 2009.
ISO 18913:2003 Imaging materials –Stability – Vocabulary This document is undergoing revision and, with any luck, may be approved for fast track.
ISO 18916:2007 Imaging materials – Processed imaging materials – Photographic activity test for enclosure materials. This is probably the only test method that may be of interest. A technical corrigendum was submitted last Fall and the standard will be up for review again in 2010.
ISO 18918:2000 (R2005) Imaging materials – Processed photographic plates – Storage practices. This document was reaffirmed in 2005 and will be up for review again in 2010.
ISO 18920:2000 (R2005) This document is currently under revision. I recall that it is going out for another DIS ballot and is expected to be published late 2010.
ISO 18923:2000 (R2005) Imaging materials – Polyester base magnetic tape – Storage practices. This document was reaffirmed in 2005 and will be up for review again in 2010.
ISO 18925:2008 Imaging media – Optical disc media – Storage. This is a revision of ISO 18925:2000 and was published October 15, 2008.
ISO 18928:2002 (R2007) Imaging materials – Unprocessed photographic films and papers – Storage practices. This document was reaffirmed in 2007 and will be up for review again in 2012. (Does anyone still have any unprocessed silver-halide-based photographic materials still around?)
ISO 18929:2003 Imaging materials – Wet-processed silver-gelatine type black-and-white photographic reflection prints – Specifications for dark storage. This specification document deals with silver-gelatin photographic prints that will be stored in the dark. The reason for this qualification is because of the problem with RC prints exposed to light. After almost 20 years of trying to produce a test method for this problem that was accurate and reproducible, we finally had to accept defeat. Even the simple method of simply framing samples and putting them into sunny windows failed to produce the same deterioration that is observed when real images are framed and illuminated by sunny windows. For this group, this document contains maximum residual silver and maximum residual hypo (thiosulfate) levels and is therefore of potential interest to this group. This document is due for review this year.
ISO TR18931:2001 Imaging materials – Humidity measurement and control. This document is a technical report and does not require review.
ISO 18932 Imaging materials – Adhesives – Specifications for use This document is undergoing a minor revision due to a withdrawn standard in the references. The withdrawn document was not an ISO standard. Corrected text has been sent to ISO and the document will be up for review again in 2013.
ISO 18933:2006 Imaging materials – Magnetic tape – Care and handling for extended usage. This document will be up for review in 2009.
ISO 18934:2006 Imaging materials – Multiple media archives – Storage environment. This document will be up for review in 2009.
ISO 18938:2008 Imaging materials – Optical discs – Care and handling for extended storage. This new document was published September 15, 2008 and will be up for review in 2011.
We are apparently the most active standards group within ISO and currently have standard numbers 18901 through 18948 either published or in progress.
For titles of other standards not mentioned above, go to http://www.iso.org/iso/store.htm and enter a 189XX number up to 18935.
-Doug
Douglas Nishimura
Image Permanence Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
Member ANSI committee IT9
Member ISO
Member ISO TC42/WG5