OSD release notes


Version 3.30 - June 2023

This new versionis a milestone which now allows us to cover CCDV and PRVC stages 

In addition,this new versionprovidestechnical and performance improvements as well as new features for authoring and bug resolution.  

What’s new?  

General evolution

  • First phase of parallel editing and commenting in Enquiry stage:
    • CCDV = Parallel Editing and Commenting: The NC managers and commenters comment the standard in OSD whilst the editor edits it in parallel.
    • PRVC = the leader and authors will be able to visualize both the national comments as well as all the editor's work within the same OSD document. 
  • Read-only accessfor WG/PT/MT team to all OSD documents at commenting and voting stages (depending on the TC/SC documents permissions in Experts) 
  • Optimization of pdf rendering  

In Fonto editor (Authoring)

  • Document history: new module for version creation and version comparison.
  • Removal of the "boxed text" option 
  • Allow terms to contain graphics 
  • Warning message when attempting to delete a clause if comments are still attached to it. 
  • Change the label “Legend” by “Key” in “Insert legend” for figures and formulae 
  • Bug fixes 

In Fonto editor ( national commenting)

  • New labels for the “thumbs up” function in comment cards 
    • Label « Agree» becomes « I support» 
    • Label « Disagree» becomes « I do not support» 

In symphony

  • New filter enabling research ofuser’s profiles per TC(s) 
  • New setup to edit OSD NC Manager and OSD NC Commenter’s profile (enable to editTCs/SCs and stages permission) 

In the voting system

  • CD stage

    • Once all your national comments have been resolvedin the OSD platform within your respective national mirror committee, it is no longer necessary for your voter to upload the comment form to the IEC Voting System anymore. Instead, please use the following radio buttons in the IEC Voting System to indicate whether or not your National Committee has submitted comments in the OSD.
  • CCDV stage
    • Before the CDV closing date, please cast your vote – In favour, Against, Abstain – to indicate your national position in the traditional way, using the IEC Voting System. 

Version 3.20 - April 2023

This new version provides technical and performance improvements as well as new features for commenting and bug resolution for authoring.

What’s new?

• Leaders can create draft resolutions for National comment (accepted, partially accepted, not accepted, noted, deferred)

• Improved drag and dropping

• New system that checks certain structural rules that are not allowed. They will provide a warning for clauses that are not in the correct position (e.g. clause 3 always needs to be Terms & Definitions), elements that are not supported (preformat, colgroup) or "hanging paragraphs" (clauses that have content but also have subclauses)

• The terminology clause (Clause 3) can now contain 2 levels of subclauses.

• In the terms the "definition" is now required and cannot be removed anymore.

• Notes can now be added to formulas.

• Bug fixes:

    • where notes and examples weren't always correctly numbered.
    • where the title in the overview tab didn't update correctly.
    • where converting between normative and bibliographic references cause duplicate references to appear.
    • where the buttons in the footer of the proposal resolve form were not aligned properly.
    • where the formatting of numbering for a reference to annexes was incorrect.

• Visibility of user role in the Fonto menu, next to the user’s name

• Improved UI (user Interface) and UX (user experience) for commenting cards

• Read-only mode for users that are not actively implicated at a stage (with a prerequisite of having the permission to access the relevant TC/SC/SyC)

Version 3.10 - December 2022

Authoring and rendering improvements: Sub figures, numbered paragraphs content quality rules, and performance improvement

Version 3.07 - September 2022

Enhancements to member commenting features

Version 3.0 - June 2022

New member commenting features, comment resolution features and UI enhancements

Comment resolution features enhancements:

Commenting:

  • Comments are now directly visible to other members of the WG during the Preparatory stage to improve collaboration.

UI enhancement:

  • The outline now available on the left side of the draft
  • Track changes, Comments & Proposals, and Quality check options are now available in a collapsible and expandable “bubble" toolbar on the top right hand corner.
  • New resolve comments tab available for leaders
  • Content quality check, Comments &Proposals and Track changes are deactivated by default and needs to be activated manually at each login
  • Manage comments dashboard can be accessed from new button on the top menu bar.
  • A new widget in the Manage Comments dashboard to display the number of comments per country (only visible at committee stage) is available
  • New icon for comments that have lost their position

Member commenting features:

With the release of this version, the OSD platform can now support the member commenting process on ISO and IEC International Standards during Committee Stage. This will allow the OSD member commenting process to take place within the OSD platform.

These options are visible to NC administrators and NC Mirror Committee experts.

The new features include:

  • How to acccess the document 
  • How to provide comments in the OSD
  • How to manage comments, communicate with the NC mirror commitee expert and submit national position to IEC

Version 2.0 - February 2022

Enhanced commenting and comment resolution features and technical upgrade:

Version 1.6 - December 2021

Enhanced authoring and collaboration features and technical upgrade:

    • Quick term creation from any word in the draft along with automatic cross referencing
    • Possibility to link a word in the publication (Cross referencing) to a terminological entry
    • Possibility to create Term entries at 3rd level
  • New element: possibility
    • Unlock all clauses (for Leaders only) 
    • Unlock all my clauses: users can unlock all clauses locked by themselves.
  • Technical upgrade
    • Performance improvement
    • Bug fixes

Version 1.5.1 - October 2021

Improved commenting features:

  • Unique identifier number automatically applied to comments for easy referencing
  • UTC and local time automatically applied to comments placed
  • Possibility to Agree/Disagree (via a button click) with comments
  • Improved management of comments on locked clauses
  • Improved management of tags by leaders
  • Automatic resolution of proposed changes when accepted.
  • New comment filtering options: filter by commentor's name, date, element type (e.g. table, figure, formula)

Version 1.5 - September 2021

Bug fixes and performance improvements

Improved authoring features:

  • Improved numbering (Introduction, notes, examples, Annexes, Bibliography)
  • New feature to enable cross references to list items
  • Improved table authoring and styling
  • Improved terminology management

Improved user interface:


  • Improved visualization of lock statuses in the sheet frame headers of clauses

Content quality:

  • Spell checker now available from the content quality check

Comment and comment resolution

  • Export comments and/or resolution to excel

Version 1.4 - July 2021

Commenting | Read more:Add comments and proposals, Manage tags

  • Possibility to create proposed change (including motivation field)
  • Proposed change available on any element
  • Specific proposed changes for equations and figures
  • Possibility to tag comments with custom labels
  • Feature for leaders to create and manage custom tags
  • New filter pane available to review comments

Comment resolution | Read more: Resolve comments

  • New resolution types available to reflect directives
  • Possibility to apply proposed changed automatically (Text, Equations and Figures)

Export to Word:

  • Export to word available for Project Leader

Version 1.3 - June 2021

  • Document Structure
    • The Structure menu at the top is no longer available.
    • Possibility to create clauses, sub-clauses, term entries, and additional annexes with one button click. 
    • Adding clauses and sub clauses from Foreword, and Normative references is no longer possible.
  • Outline: Drag and Drop Clauses | Read more: Manage clauses
    • An appropriate message is displayed when drag and drop action for a clause via the Outline tab is not allowed.
  • Removing mandatory clauses | Read more:Manage clauses
    • Mandatory clauses such as Foreword and Normative References can no longer be removed.
  • Commenting mode | Read more:Visualization tools
    • A new mode called Commenting mode to view the document is now available. This mode has limited features enabled: 
      • Possibility to view the document in read only mode.
      • The right hand panel is by default collapsed. It contains only the following tabs: Outline, Comments, and Search.
      • In this mode, it is only possible to comment on the document
    • This is the only mode available to users with Contributor permissions.
    • Users with Leader and Author permissions can switch between default view/edit mode and review mode.
  • Terminological entries | Read more: Terms and definitions
    • Terminological entries can be inserted from anywhere in the document. 
    • The Term entry will automatically be added under clause 3 Terms and Definitions
  • Tables | Read more:Manage tables
    • Enhanced possibility to format tables.
    • Cell(s) selection using mouse drag and drop is possible.
  • Normative References | Read more:Normative and Bibliographic references
    • Possibility to filter and search by organization while inserting a normative reference.
  • Authoring | Read more:Copy, cut and paste
    • Possibility to copy paste of hyperlinks from external application such as MS Word.
    • Inserting symbols adds the symbol to a list of recently used symbols for easier inserting later.
  • Content Quality | Read more: Content quality check
    • Quality check tab is no longer available on the right side.
    • Quality check options are now available under Tools menu.
    • Content quality options are now JIT (Just in time) compatible, ensuring that it is activated for entire document and not just for currently loaded clauses.
    • Content quality can be filtered by categories.

Version 1.2 - March 2021

  • Technical upgrade

Version 1.1 - January 2021

  • Table styling
    • The options to manage the layout of tables have been enriched with borders, border styles and colors.
    • It is now possible to choose a set of cells / rows / columns on which you want to apply this styling.
    • All options are available via the "TABLE STYLING" menu:
  • Outline improvements
    • It is now possible to see in the outline the clauses that you are currently locking.
    • Improvements have been made when moving clauses in the outline. It is possible to move unloaded clauses.
  • Improvements to normative / Bibliographic references
    • Management of normative/bibliographic references to journals, books, websites,
    • Possibility to delete existing references from the Clause 2 and the Bibliography, with a control on the presence of the reference in the tex
  • Minor improvements & Bug fixing
    • Improvements in managing Footnotes, copying and pasting footnotes.
    • Improvements to the search engine.
    • Improvements to lists and lists behaviors.
    • Improvements to the management of terminological entries.
    • Numbering improvements.
    • Bug fixing, performance improvements.
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