2014-2015年，为减少安装违规，增强标准清晰度以及全面提高ECDIS的使用度，几项与ECDIS相关的国际标准都有相应修订，即IEC 61174标准（版本4.0），IHO S-52表示库（版本4.0），IHO S-64测试标准（版本3.0）。
S-52和S-64新版本生效的日期将与IEC 61174新版本的公布日期同步。自公布之日起，新版本将适用于新ECDIS的型式批准。S-52和S-64旧版将在新标准生效日期后保持有效12个月，有可能是2015年秋天。
ECDIS2007 ECDIS Kernel发布5.20版本，主要用于检测及指示危险和警示对象。这些对象如下：
-碍航危险物
-存在特殊情况的区域
-安全等深线相关对象
SDK添加了如下新功能：
-为海图和海员设置反映修改的和新的定义，即显示分类，观察编组图层和所谓的显示选择器
-在海图更新的基础上，支持者任何过去时间或时间区间显示海图状态
-仅列出根据海图设置显示的摘取报告中对象
Kernel提供一个测试框架，包括所有S-64海图显示测试，也提供安装测试演示的原代码。
摘自SevenCs官方网站，原文见下面。
New ECDIS Standards
In 2014 and 2015 several of the international standards related to ECDIS (IEC 61174 Standard, i.e. edition 4.0; IHO S-52 Presentation Library, i.e. edition 4.0; IHO S-64 Test Standard, i.e. edition 3.0) underwent revisions in order to reduce implementation irregularities, increase the clarity of the standards, and improve the overall usability of ECDIS.
The date of entry into force of the new editions of the S-52 and S-64 standards will be synchronized with the date of publication of the new edition of IEC 61174. From that date on the new editions will be available for the type approval of a new ECDIS. The previous editions of S-52 and S-64 will remain valid for twelve months beyond the date the new editions will come into force, which is likely to be in autumn 2015.
A major focus of the EC2007 ECDIS Kernel release version 5.20 has been laid on detection and indication of danger and caution objects. Now it is specified which objects have to be treated as:
·Navigational hazards
·Areas for which special conditions exist
·Safety contour related objects
The following new functions have been added to the SDK. Now it is possible to
·reflect the revised and new definitions for the chart and mariner’s settings, i.e. display categories, viewing group layers and
so-called display selectors.
·enable the display of the status of a chart at any past time or time interval, based on the applied chart updates.
·list only those objects in a pick report which are displayed according to the chart settings
The Kernel is provided with a test frame which includes all S-64 chart display tests. For a demonstration of the implementation tests are provided as source code as well.