Table 2. Actual development and revision process of the fNIRS standard a .
| Project stage | Important events (Month, Year) | |
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| First Edition | Second Edition | |
| Proposal stage | Nuremberg meeting (Sep 2011) | N/A |
| PWI submission (Nov 2011) | ||
| Registration as work item (Mar 2012) | ||
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| Preparatory stage | Kyoto meeting (Jun 2012) | WD preparation (2020–22) |
| WD preparation (2012–13) | ||
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| Committee stage | CD approval (Feb 2013) | CD approval (Mar 2022) |
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| Enquiry stage | CDV approval (May 2013) | Phantom campaign (2023–24) |
| CDV approval (Nov 2023) | ||
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| Approval stage | FDIS approval (Jul 2014) | FDIS registration (Jun 2024) |
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| Publication stage | IS publication (Jun 2015) | IS publication (TBD) |
| Review | Voting (Sep 2020) | (TBD) |
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PWI: preliminary work item, WD: working draft, CD: committee draft, CDV: Committee Draft for Vote, FDIS: final draft international standard, IS: international standard, N/A: not applicable, TBD: to be determined.