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Here are a few standards (from ISTC web site) that may be of
use/interest. Mix of general and tech comm standards plus info on where
you can get them. Bit British/European orientated but may still be
useful.
OBTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT STANDARDS
The following links to the various standards organisations web sites may
be used to search for and purchase copies of standards:
GENERAL STANDARDS USED IN THE COMPUTER AND OTHER INDUSTRIES
* BS 5760 Reliability of systems, equipment and components (multipart
standard, 1986 - 2003).
* BS 7137,1989 Specification for user documentation and cover
information for consumer software packages.
* BS EN ISO 9001: Quality management systems (multipart standard).
* Quality management and quality assurance standards (multipart
standard, 1994 - 2000).
* ISO 9001 Quality management systems
* ISO/IEC 11581 - Information Technology - Icon symbols and functions
(multipart standard, parts 1, 2, 3 and 6 have been published).
* ISO/IEC 13251 - Information Technology - Collection of graphical
symbols for office equipment (in final development stage).
* BS ISO/IEC 14143-1:1998 Information technology. Software measurement.
Functional size measurement. Definition of concepts.
* ISO TS 16071:2003 - Guidance on accessibility for human-computer
interfaces.
* ISO/IEC 18035:2003 - Information technology - Icon symbols and
functions for controlling multimedia software applications.
* ISO/IEC 18036:2003 - Information technology - Icon symbols and
functions for World Wide Web browser toolbars.
TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION STANDARDS
* National Occupational Standards
* BS EN ISO 216:2001 - Writing paper and certain classes of printed
matter. Trimmed sizes. A and B series (replaced BS 4000:1983).
* BS 308-1.16:1997 (BS EN ISO 2203:1997) and BS 308-2.3:1995 (BS EN ISO
1660:1996) Technical Drawings.
* BS 308-1.17:1996 (BS EN ISO 2162.1:1996), BS 308-1.18:1996 (BS EN ISO
2162.2:1996) and BS 308-1.19:1996 (BS EN ISO 2162.3:1996) Technical
product documentation.
* BS 3700:1988 Recommendations for preparing the indexes to books,
periodicals and other documents.
* BS 3811:1993 Glossary of terms used in terotechnology.
* BS 4884 Technical manuals (three parts, 1992 - 1993).
* BS 4899 Guide to user's requirements for technical manuals (based on
the principles of BS 4884) (two parts, 1991 & 1992).
* BS 5097:1974 Specification for loose leaf binders. Ring binders with
metal mechanisms.
* BS 5261 Copy preparation and proof correction (three parts, 1976 -
2001).
* BS EN ISO 5261:1999 Technical drawings. Simplified representation of
bars and profile sections.
* BS 5444:1977 Recommendations for preparation of copy for microcopying.
* BS 5605:1990 Recommendations for citing and referencing published
material.
* BS 5641:1982 Recommendations for loose-leaf publications.
* BS 5775 (ISO 31) Specification for quantities, units and symbols
(multipart standard).
* BS 7581:1992 Guide to presentation of tables and graphs.
* IEEE 1063:2001 - Standard for software user documentation
* ISO 216:2001 - Sizes of paper and board - Specification for A and B
series of trimmed sizes of writing paper and certain classes of printed
materials.
* ISO 6357:1985 Recommendations for the presentation of spine titles.
* ISO/IEC 6592:2000, Information Technology, Guidelines for the
documentation of computer-based application systems.
* ISO/IEC 9127:1988 User documentation and cover information for
consumer software packages (under revision).
* ISO/IEC TR 9294: 2005 - Guidelines for the management of software
documentation (see overview on page 48 of the Communicator, Spring
2005).
* ISO/IEC 15910:1999, Information technology - Software user
documentation process (based upon Australian/New Zealand standard AS/NZS
4258).
* ISO/IEC 18019 Software and systems engineering - Guidelines for the
design and preparation of user documentation for application software
(replaces BS 7649 and BS 7830).
* BS EN 80416 - Basic principles for graphical symbols for use on
equipment (4 part standard, parts 1, 2 and 3 have been published.)
Aviation industry standards
* BS 5750 - Quality Systems, Part 1 - Specification for
Design/Development, Production, Installation and Servicing.
* ISO 9001 - Quality Systems - Model for Quality Assurance in
Design/Development, Production, Installation and Servicing.
* BS 5261 - Part 2 - Approved Marks Symbology for Text Proofreading and
Correction.
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