GB/T 48000.4-2026 Standard digitalization—Part 4: Requirements for collaboration development English, Anglais, Englisch, Inglés, えいご
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ICS 13.220.10
CCS H 57
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
GB/T 48000.4-2026
Standard digitalization - Part 4: Requirements for collaboration development
标准数字化 第4部分：协同制定要求
Issue date: 2026-01-28 Implementation date: 2027-02-01
Issued by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China
the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative References
3 Terms and Definitions
4 General Requirements
4.1 Overview
4.2 Collaboration Environment
4.3 Data Management
4.4 Process Management
4.5 Safety Management
5 Stakeholder Roles
5.1 Role Definition
5.2 Role Permissions
5.3 Role Collaboration
6 Drafting Process
6.1 Overview
6.2 Preliminary Stage
6.3 Proposal Stage
6.4 Preparatory Stage
6.5 Committee Stage
6.6 Enquiry Stage
6.7 Approval Stage
6.8 Publication Stage
6.9 Review Stage
6.10 Withdrawal Stage
Annex A (Informative) Permissions of Different Stakeholder Roles in Each Stage of Collaborative Drafting
Bibliography
Standard Digitalization - Part 4: Requirements for Collaborative Drafting
1 Scope
This document specifies the general requirements for the collaboration environment, data management, process management, and safety management, as well as specific requirements regarding stakeholder roles, the standard drafting process, etc., in standard collaborative drafting activities.
This document applies to the online collaborative drafting activities of standards, primarily conducted by standardization technical organizations, in a digital environment. Other situations may refer to this document.
NOTE: Collaborative drafting activities for standards include both the development and revision of standards. Where not specified, the term "drafting" in this document refers to "development and/or revision".
2 Normative References
The following documents contain provisions which, through normative reference in this text, constitute essential provisions of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition (including any amendments) applies.
GB/T 1.1 Directives for standardization - Part 1: Rules for the structure and drafting of standardizing documents
GB/T 20000.1 Guidelines for standardization - Part 1: Standardization and related activities - General vocabulary
GB/T 48000.1 Standard digitalization - Part 1: General guidance
3 Terms and Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in GB/T 1.1, GB/T 20000.1, GB/T 48000.1 and the following apply.
3.1 collaboration
A process or capability by which two or more agents (3.2) or systems interact or cooperate through technical tools, according to established rules, to jointly accomplish a specific objective.
3.2 agent
An entity that plays a primary role in specific activities, possessing autonomy and the capacity for action.
NOTE: Agents in standard digitalization refer to entities participating in or engaged in standard digitalization activities, such as individuals, associations, standards bodies, etc.
[SOURCE: GB/T 48000.1—2025, 3.10]
4 General Requirements
4.1 Overview4.2.2 The collaboration environment should integrate, but not be limited to, the following core functions:
——Project and task management: Achieving overall control and management of the entire process and various tasks of collaborative drafting projects;
——Document collaboration: Supporting operations such as online editing, version management, and rights control to ensure document collaboration;
——Communication and information synchronization: Providing online comments, real-time interaction, etc., to ensure timely and accurate information transmission;
——Data resource integration: Integrating resources such as databases and standard templates to provide data support for collaborative drafting.
4.2.3 File naming within the collaboration environment should be automatically assigned using a unified rule and should meet the following requirements:
——The file name describing the standard information is unique;
——The file name reflects collaborative elements (e.g., standard drafting stage code, type, version). Segments may be used to represent individual collaborative elements, with the same segment separated by specified delimiters, and kept as brief as possible;
——The file name complies with relevant computer naming requirements.
4.3 Data Management
4.3.1 Data, as the foundation of collaborative drafting activities, mainly includes:
——Standard content data such as standard clauses, figures, tables, and formulas generated during the collaborative drafting process;
——External reference data such as literature and technical reports related to standard development;
——Management data such as processes, versions, and opinions during the standard drafting process, as well as organizational data such as personnel, roles, and permissions.
4.3.2 Implement structured management of data within the collaboration environment, establish unified data definitions and relationships, and enable data sharing and collaboration through unified data access interfaces.
4.3.3 The following data management mechanisms should be established, but not limited to:
——Data Collaboration Mechanism: Ensuring data collaboration across different drafting stages and among different stakeholder roles through methods such as interface integration, data sharing, system integration, and dynamic linkage.
——Data Flow Mechanism: Managing the flow and transfer of data during the collaborative drafting process based on a unified data workflow, ensuring orderly data transfer among all relevant parties.
——Data Quality Verification Mechanism: Allowing only data that has passed quality verification to be created and used by pre-setting data quality rules and constraints.
——Data Integrity Verification Mechanism: For multi-user editing scenarios, ensuring data traceability by regularly saving historical versions, and ensuring non-repudiation of actions by setting storage rules.
4.4 Process Management
4.4.1 The standard drafting process should be managed within the collaboration environment. The standard drafting process includes stages such as preliminary stage, proposal stage, preparatory stage, committee stage, enquiry stage, approval stage, publication stage, review stage, and withdrawal stage. Each stage is further divided into sub-stages such as registration, start of main work, end of main work, and decision.
NOTE: "Decision" in the sub-stages mainly includes categories such as return to previous stage, repeat current stage, terminate/proceed to next stage, etc.
4.4.2 Standard drafting tasks should be managed based on a unified workflow, including but not limited to task creation, assignment, status management, rights management, completion and submission, withdrawal and termination. Simultaneously, a bidirectional collaborative workflow combining top-down coordination and bottom-up feedback should be established, supporting an iterative standard drafting model.
4.4.3 The division of labor, operational permissions, and management rules for relevant parties involved in collaborative drafting should be clearly defined, and uniformly assigned and managed based on the collaboration environment.
