Examining the standards and standardization proposals within the Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) technology and specific within CBM systems, conclusions might be drawn as to where the technical development are or perhaps should be heading. Reviewing the standardization proposals promoted by the organizations of MIMOSA and OSA-CBM and the published standards IEEE Std 1451, IEEE Std 1232, and ISO 13373-1 it can be concluded that the future technical development might or should be heading towards prognostication and calculations of remaining useful life.