ISO Reference Pack for AI Compliance

A free-to-read reference pack on the ISO/IEC standards most relevant to building and governing AI systems responsibly. Every guide below is an original summary written by On The Ground, with a citation back to its source — not a copy of the source text.

Compiled to accompany App Design in Legal, an SMU Academy course conducted by trainers from Straits Interactive. The course — its scope and choice of standards — originates from Straits Interactive's trainers (Harish Pillay, Mario Novello, and Cyndi Chua), not from On The Ground. This pack is independently-compiled reference material supporting that course, not the course material itself. Practitioner summaries below are OTG's paraphrase of secondary interpretations, not the ISO/IEC standard text, which is paywalled. See Methodology for sourcing rules and what was excluded from each source during rewriting.

Aggregators & Trackers

ISO/IEC 23894 — AI Risk Management

ISO/IEC 42001 — AI Management System

ISO/IEC 5338 — AI System Life Cycle

ISO/IEC 5339 — Guidance for AI Applications

ISO/IEC 8183 — Data Life Cycle

ISO/IEC TR 24030 & TR 5469 — Use Cases & Functional Safety

Related Standards (OTG supporting research)

Templates & Documentation Practices