Joint Statement of Intent on the Digital Transformation in the International Scientific and Quality Infrastructure

The ISC, its Committee on Data (CODATA), the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML), the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO) signed a Joint Statement of Intent On the digital transformation in the international scientific and quality infrastructure on 30 March 2022.

The statement provides a platform for the signatory organizations to come together to indicate their support, in ways that are appropriate to each particular organization, for the development, implementation, and promotion of the International System of Units (SI) Digital Framework as part of a wider digital transformation of the international scientific and quality infrastructure. Other international organizations are expected to sign the statement in the future.

The statement is part of an ongoing initiative by the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) and its Task Group on the Digital SI (CIPM-TG-DSI) to develop and establish a world-wide uniform and secure data exchange format based on the International System of Units. Professor J. Ullrich, Chair of the CIPM-TG-DSI, commented that the signing of the joint statement marks a ground-breaking step in transforming the highly successful international scientific and quality infrastructure, with the SI acting as an anchor of trust into the era of digitalization. 

The Joint Statement also supports the 2022 World Metrology Day theme, Metrology in the Digital Era. This theme was selected because digitalisation and digital in accordance with the interests of these groups’ membership.

In signing the statement, the ISC aims to continue to support the objectives of its members, as well as that of each signatory organization’s members.

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