Standards with relevance for technical documentation - May to October 2019

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 [...]

Standards with relevance for technical documentation - April 2019

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, [...]

Standards with relevance for technical documentation - October 2018 to February 2019

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 [...]

Standards with relevance for technical documentation - July to October 2018

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 [...]

Curiosities from the world of standards - Part 5

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 [...]

Standards with relevance for technical documentation - February - May 2018

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 [...]

DIN EN ISO 20607 - a new star in the sky of documentation standards?

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 [...]

Curiosities from the world of standards - Part 4

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 [...]

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Warnings with standardized symbols

A note in advance: This text is not to be understood as binding legal information, but contains the personal opinion of the authors, formed on the basis of researched standards. We do not consider the content and wording of warnings in this blog post. There are two specific reasons for this blog post. One was a few years ago, [...].

Standards with relevance for technical documentation - January 2018

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 [...]

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