Issue date: April 2019 DIN 5008 Writing and design rules for text and information processing In April, a new draft of DIN 5008 will be published with some changes. Among other things, the sections "Terms" and "Symbols to clarify the rules" have been updated. Furthermore, the content of various sections and appendices has been revised or supplemented. Finally, [...]
Issue date: October 2018 VDI Guideline VDI 2770 Sheet 1 Operation of process plants - Minimum requirements for digital manufacturer information for the process industry - Basic principles VDI Guideline VDI 2770 Sheet 1 deals with the transfer of manufacturer information, such as declarations of conformity, certificates and other product-related information to the operator. To this end, the guideline specifies the [...]
Date of issue: July 2018 DIN EN ISO 9687 Dentistry - Graphical symbols for dental equipment In July, DIN EN ISO 9687 will be published in a supplemented form. Four symbols will be added. Among other things, there will be a symbol for the electronic instructions for use. The symbol indicates that the instructions for use are available in electronic form. The [...]
As always, we take an amusing look at the topic of standardization. After a long time with nothing really out of the ordinary to report, we can now present a few curious standards again. Tongue twister One interesting standard is certainly DIN EN 17250, which deals with "Foodstuffs - Determination of ochratoxin A [...]
Issue date: February 2018 DIN EN 13306: Maintenance - Maintenance terms DIN EN 13306 has been available since this month. The standard deals with the definition of terms for the maintenance of all types of objects. Software is excluded, unless the software is part of an object. The standard is interesting for [...]
Was bedeutet diese neue Norm für unsere Arbeit und wie gehen wir damit um? Mit dem Ausgabedatum 02-2018 ist - neben der bereits bekannten DIN EN 82079-1 ein Entwurf einer neuen Norm im Bereich der Technischen Dokumentation erschienen. Diese Norm wird für viele Redakteurinnen und Redakteure in Zukunft relevant. Da ich mich bei tecteam [...]
As regular readers may have noticed, there hasn't been much news in the world of standards for a long time. With the start of the new year, however, we are once again coming across one or two standards that are worth mentioning. Showers with a difference DIN EN 62947 (VDE0705-2947) seems interesting here. This standard deals with "Toilet seats with electric [...]
Date of issue: January 2018 DIN EN ISO 20607: Safety of machinery - Instruction handbooks - General principles for design DIN EN ISO 20607 has been available as a draft since this month. The standard deals with requirements for the design of operating instructions for machinery. These requirements are a supplement to chapter 6.4 of DIN EN ISO 12100, in [...]
Issue date: November 2017 VDI 4500-6: Technical documentation - Documentation process - Publishing VDI Guideline 4500-6 has been available as a draft since this month. The guideline looks at the entire publication process within technical documentation. To this end, the guideline deals with the management of content, the production, management and distribution of the publication through to archiving [...].
Date of issue: October 2017 DIN ISO 3864-2: Graphical symbols - Safety colors and safety signs - Part 2: Design principles for safety signs for application to products A revised version of DIN ISO 3864-2 is now available as a standard. DIN ISO 3864-2 has been adopted unchanged from ISO 3864-2. Furthermore, the changes made in May [...]
