Issue date: December 2022 DIN EN ISO 7010/A4, A5 and A6: Graphical symbols - Safety colors and safety signs - Registered safety signs - Amendment 4 to 6 Three supplemented drafts of DIN EN ISO 7010 were published in December. The standard deals with safety colors and signs for accident prevention, fire protection, protection against health hazards and for [...]
Date of issue: June 2022 DIN ISO 24495-1: Plain language - Part 1: Principles and guidelines DIN ISO 24495-1 has recently been published as a draft. The standard contains principles and guidelines for creating documents in plain language. Four principles are defined for this purpose: Relevance, Findability, Comprehensibility, Applicability. These are intended to make it easier for the creator of a document [...]
Date of issue: February 2022 DIN EN ISO 15223-1: Medical devices - Symbols to be used with medical device labels, labeling and information to be supplied - Part 1: General requirements A new version of Part 1 of DIN EN ISO 15223 has been published this month. It specifies requirements for symbols to be used on medical devices. This part of the [...]
Issue date: November 2021 DIN EN ISO 25649-2: Floating leisure articles for use on and in water - Part 2: Consumer information A new draft of the DIN EN ISO 25649-2 standard was published in November. The standard deals with all forms of information for users of floating leisure articles. These can be inflatable objects in the form of [...]
In May of this year, a new Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG) was passed, which will come into force on January 1, 2022. The aim of the new version is to further reduce electronic waste and improve sortability. Manufacturers are obliged to make certain parts of electrical items easier to separate (easily and non-destructively). This primarily concerns batteries [...]
A fundamental issue when creating instructions for use is defining the target groups. Only when it is clear who is supposed to do what with a product can target-oriented instructions be created. Instructions for everyday products such as a coffee machine or a cell phone must inform users about everything they need to know to use, maintain and [...].
Date of issue: December 2020 DIN EN ISO 16972: Respiratory protective devices - Terms and graphic symbols This international standard lists terms and graphic symbols for respiratory protective devices. It replaces the European standard EN 132. The standard is available in German and English. DIN EN ISO 7010/A1: Graphical symbols - Safety colors and safety signs - Registered safety signs [...]
Date of issue: May 2020 DIN ISO 26162-1: Management of terminology resources - Terminology databases - Part 1: Design This standard specifies general principles for the creation of terminology databases. It is intended to enable the creation, processing and use of high-quality terminology. The target group of this standard are terminologists, translators, interpreters, technical writers and language planners. The standard can be used for the creation [...]
Date of issue: January 2020 DIN EN 15494: Candles - Product safety labeling DIN EN 15494 was released in January. The standard specifies the minimum safety information with which candles must be labeled when sold. This concerns safety information and the presentation of product safety labeling. Optional safety information is also specified. They can either [...]
Issue date: May 2019 DIN EN ISO/IEC 17000 Conformity assessment - Terminology and general principles A new draft of DIN EN ISO/IEC 17000 on the subject of conformity assessment was published in May. The standard deals with both the terminology for conformity assessment and a description of the functional approach to conformity assessment. It can be used for the legally regulated [...]
