The ISAN Standard was prepared within ISO Technical Committee (TC) 46, Subcommittee (SC) 9 which is responsible for ISO International Standards for the identification and description of information resources.
The ISAN standardization project was administered by AGICOA (Association of International Collective Management of Audiovisual Works), CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers) and FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations), all three representing several international and national organizations involved with audiovisual production.Experts from the whole audio-visual industry spent within ISO over seven years developing this standard with contributions and feedback from dozens of media companies, studios, producers, authors and collecting societies, as well as broadcast standards organizations. The ISAN ISO Standard has been made by and for the audio-visual Industry.