The AnIML progress bar below shows the steps remaining for AnIML to become an ASTM standard.
| September, 2002: Organizing meeting at Shimadzu | March, 2003: E13.15 subcommittee approved | Working group convened, standard under development | March, 2004: First draft standard frozen | Working group continues development | Finalize core schema and technique files | Prepare technical documentation and user guide | Prepare ASTM Standard documentation | E13.15 ballot | Review-modify based on comments | E13.15 Re-ballot | E13 Ballot |