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It doesn't help that getting a copy of the actual standard costs an arm and a leg[1,2], especially if you want both parts of the 2019 edition.

[1] https://www.iso.org/standard/70907.html

[2] https://www.iso.org/standard/70908.html

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To be fair nobody* actually uses final ISO standards even if they refer to them. I think JPEG is an example of where the "draft" became the de facto official standard because that's what everybody used instead of paying for the actual standard.

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