Date of issue: 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 have been published. The standard deals with safety colors and signs for accident prevention, fire protection, protection against health hazards and for escape routes. [...]
SCHEMA ST4 editing system - 7 days of practice Participants learn about the diverse tasks and possibilities of content management and apply them in practice. They will practice creating structures, modularizing and classifying content, publishing documents and much more in SCHEMA ST4. Introduction | User interface and data organization | Text content [...]
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 [...]
Herr Granacher, die tecteam GmbH feiert Ende dieses Jahres ihr 35-jähriges Firmenjubiläum. tecteam gehört sozusagen zu den Pionier*innen in der Technischen Dokumentation. Wie beurteilen Sie die Entwicklung der letzten 35 Jahre? Mit 35 Jahren beginnt für den Menschen ja bekanntlich die Lebensmitte, für unser Unternehmen trifft das durchaus auch zu. Es ist viel passiert [...]
Someone who knows something can check what they know for good quality, this applies everywhere, but especially in technical communication. A quality check in technical communication involves recognizing what is good, identifying errors, noticing what is missing and someone giving advice on how to make the result complete, error-free and correct [...].
A digression inspired by the tekom 2021 annual conference "Dear female readers, you are included" ... What was considered a practicable solution a few years ago to explain the use of the generic masculine in the text that follows is now increasingly understood as a way around inclusive language. One thing is certain: there is no getting around the issue, even [...]
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 [...]
The digital transformation is fundamentally changing processes in industry. Machines communicate with each other, inform each other about errors in the production process, identify scarce material stocks and reorder. The technological possibilities for linking objects, data and processes may place new demands on everyone involved: optimizing data flows and workflows, networking data and systems with one another, linking tasks and processes [...].
What is the core of terminology work? How does terminology work, what is the point of it all? And finally: What does this have to do with awareness? Warming up and warming up for terminology Shortly before Christmas 2020, I was given the opportunity to present a one-hour introduction to terminology for RWTH Aachen University in an online guest lecture. The audience was [...]
How was the tekom annual conference 2020? We'll still be asking ourselves that in a few years' time! The tekom Annual Conference 2020 is over, but the experiences from the digital event will have a lasting impact on technical communication. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the organizers and all the other people who [...]
