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IEC TR 62687 ® Ed i ti on 201 5-1 TECHNICAL REPORT colour i n sid e I E C TR 62 687: 01 5-1 2(en ) Graphical symbols for use on equipement – Vocabulary International Electrotechnical Commission T H I S P U B L I C AT I O N I S C O P YRI G H T P RO T E C T E D C o p yri g h t © I E C , G e n e v a , S wi tz e rl a n d Al l or ri g h ts by re s e rve d an y e i th e r m eans, IEC c o p y ri g h t yo u r IEC 3, or or l ocal I EC C e n t l ru e de CH -1 21 I E C's h a ve U n l es s o th e rwi s e e l e c t ro n i c or m em be r an N ati o n a l e n q u i ry m em be r s p e c i fi e d , m e ch a n i c a l , a bo u t N a ti o n a l no p a rt i n cl u d i n g C o m m i t te e o b ta i n i n g C o m m i tt e e th e p u b l i c a ti o n c o u n t ry a d d i ti o n a l fo r O ffi c e in of th i s p h o t o c o p yi n g fu rt h e r ri g h t s an d of th e to th i s Tel : + 41 22 91 02 1 F a x: +41 22 91 03 00 G e n e va i n fo @ i e c c h 20 be re p ro d u c e d re q u e s t e r wi t h o u t If p u b l i c a ti o n , yo u h a ve pl eas e or u ti l i z e d p e rm i s s i o n an y c o n t a ct in in q u e s ti o n s th e an y fo rm wri t i n g fro m ab o u t a d d re s s I EC bel ow or i n fo rm a t i o n V a re m b é S wi t ze rl a n d m ay m i c ro fi l m , www i e c c h Ab ou t th e I E C Th e I n t e rn a ti o n a l I n t e rn a t i o n a l E l e c t ro t e c h n i c a l S t a n d a rd s fo r al l Com m i ssi o n e l e c t ri c a l , (I E C ) e l e c t ro n i c and is th e re l a t e d l ea d i n g g l obal o rg a n i z a t i o n th a t p re p a re s an d pu bl i sh es tech n o l o g i es Ab o u t I E C p u b l i ca ti o n s Th e tech n i cal l ates t e d i ti o n , co n te n t a of IEC c o rri g e n d a p u b l i c a ti o n s or an is ke p t am en d m en t u n d er might c o n s ta n t h a ve been I E C C atal og u e - webs tore i ec ch /catal og u e Th e s ta n d - a l o n e b i b l i o g p h i ca l Te ch n i ca l a p p l i cati o n i n fo rm ati o n on S p eci fi cati o n s , d o cu m e n ts Ava i l a b l e fo r fo r I EC PC, M ac th e I n te rn a ti o n a l An d ro i d e n ti re S ta n d a rd s , Re p o rts OS, an d o th e r Ta b l ets an d i Pad a d va n ce d va ri e ty of s e a rch e n a b l es cri te ri a com m i tte e , … ) an d th e Th e wo rl d ' s e l e ctri ca l wi th d wn It to (re fe re n ce al so g i ve s fi n d I EC i n fo rm ati o n on P l e as e m a ke s u re th a t yo u h a ve th e E n g l i sh an d l an g u ag es on l i n e co n ta i n i n g F re n ch , Al s o wi th kn o wn as d i cti o n a ry 20 00 e q u i va l e n t th e of te rm s e l e ctro n i c an d te rm s I n te rn a ti o n a l an d d efi n i ti o n s in in a d d i ti o n a l E l ectro tech n i ca l on l i n e I E C G l os s ary - s td i ec ch /g l os s ary p u b l i ca ti o n s n u m b e r, I EC l ead i n g te rm s Vo ca b u l a ry (I E V) I E C pu bl i cati on s s earch - www i ec ch /s earch pu b Th e by E l ectroped i a - www el ectroped i a org co n s u l ti n g Te ch n i ca l re vi e w pu bl i sh ed te xt, by a tech n i cal p ro j e cts , re p l a ce d 65 000 F re n ch I EC e l e ctro te ch n i ca l e xtra cte d p u b l i cati o n s co l l ecte d p u b l i ca ti o n s from from i ss u ed e a rl i e r te rm i n o l o g y th e Te rm s s i n ce 2002 p u b l i ca ti o n s e n tri e s an d S om e of in En g li sh D e fi n i ti o n s I EC e n tri es TC 37, an d cl a u s e h a ve 7, of been 86 an d C I S P R I E C J u s t Pu bl i s h ed - webs tore i ec ch /j u s tpu bl i s h ed S ta y up d e ta i l s al so to al l o n ce d ate n ew a on al l n ew p u b l i cati o n s m o n th b y em a i l I EC p u b l i ca ti o n s re l ea s e d J ust Ava i l a b l e P u bl i sh ed on l i n e an d I E C C u s tom er S ervi ce C en tre - webs tore i ec ch /cs c If yo u n eed wi s h C e n tre : International Electrotechnical Commission to g i ve us fu rth e r a ss i s ta n ce , csc@ i ec ch yo u r fe e d b a ck p l e as e ta ct on th e th i s p u b l i ca ti o n or C u s tom e r S e rvi ce I E C TR 62 687 ® Ed i ti on 201 5-1 TE C H N I C AL RE PORT colour i n sid e G raph i cal s ym bol s for u s e on eq u i pem en t – Vocabu l ary I N TERN ATI ON AL ELECTROTECH N I CAL COM MI SSI ON I CS 01 080 40 I SB N 978-2-8322-3042-8 Warn i n g ! M ake s u re th at you obtai n ed th i s pu bl i cati on from an au th ori zed d i stri bu tor ® Reg i stered trad emark of th e I n ternati on al El ectrotech ni cal Commi ssi on International Electrotechnical Commission – – I EC TR 62687: 201 © I EC 201 C O N TE N TS F O R E W O RD I N T RO D U C T I O N S cope N o rm a ti ve re fe re n ce s T e rm s a n d d e fi n i ti o n s An n e x A ( i n fo rm a ti ve ) S o m e te rm s e xp l a i n e d b y e xa m p l e s B i b l i o g p h y International Electrotechnical Commission I E C TR 68 7: 01 © I E C 201 – – I N TE RN ATI O N AL E L E C TRO TE C H N I C AL C O M M I S S I O N GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS FOR USE ON EQUIPEMENT – VOCABULARY F O RE W O RD 1) T h e I n te rn a ti o n a l E l e ct ro t e ch n i c a l C o m m i s s i o n ( I E C ) i s a wo rl d wi d e o rg a n i z a ti o n fo r s t a n d a rd i z a t i o n co m p ri s i n g al l n a ti o n a l e l e c tro t e ch n i c a l co m m i t te e s (I E C N ati o n a l C o m m i tt e e s ) Th e o bj ect of I EC is to p ro m o te i n te rn a ti o n a l co - o p e t i o n o n a l l q u e s t i o n s co n ce rn i n g s ta n d a rd i za t i o n i n th e e l e ct ri c a l a n d e l e c tro n i c fi e l d s T o th i s e n d and T e ch n i c a l in a d d i ti o n Re p o rts , to o t h e r a cti vi ti e s , P u bl i cl y Ava i l a b l e I E C p u b l i s h e s I n te rn a ti o n a l S p e ci fi ca t i o n s (P AS ) an d S t a n d a rd s , G u i d es T e ch n i ca l ( h e re a ft e r S p e ci fi ca ti o n s , re fe rre d to as “I EC P u b l i ca ti o n ( s ) ” ) T h e i r p re p a t i o n i s e n t ru s t e d to te ch n i ca l c o m m i tte e s ; a n y I E C N a ti o n a l C o m m i tte e i n te re s t e d in th e s u bj ect d eal t wi th m ay p a rt i ci p a t e in th i s p re p a t o ry wo rk I n t e rn a ti o n a l , g o ve rn m e n t a l an d n on - g o ve rn m e n ta l o rg a n i z a ti o n s l i a i s i n g wi th th e I E C a l s o p a rti ci p a te i n th i s p re p a t i o n I E C co l l a b o te s cl o s e l y wi th th e I n t e rn a ti o n a l O rg a n i z a ti o n fo r S ta n d a rd i z a t i o n (I S O) in a cco rd a n ce wi t h co n d i t i o n s d e te rm i n e d by a g re e m e n t b e t we e n th e t wo o rg a n i za ti o n s 2) T h e fo rm a l d e c i s i o n s o r a g re e m e n ts o f I E C o n t e ch n i ca l m a t te rs e xp re s s , a s n e a rl y a s p o s s i b l e , a n i n t e rn a t i o n a l co n s e n s u s of opi n i on on th e re l e va n t s u b j e c ts s i n ce e a ch te ch n i ca l c o m m i tt e e h as re p re s e n ta ti o n fro m al l i n te re s te d I E C N a ti o n a l C o m m i t te e s 3) I E C P u b l i c a t i o n s h a ve th e fo rm o f re co m m e n d a t i o n s fo r i n t e rn a t i o n a l u s e a n d a re a c ce p t e d b y I E C N a ti o n a l C o m m i tte e s i n t h a t s e n s e W h i l e a l l re a s o n a b l e e ffo rt s a re m a d e t o e n s u re th a t th e te ch n i ca l co n t e n t o f I E C P u b l i ca ti o n s is a ccu te , IEC can n ot be h el d re s p o n s i b l e fo r th e wa y in wh i ch th e y a re used or fo r an y m i s i n t e rp re t a t i o n b y a n y e n d u s e r 4) In o rd e r t o p ro m o te t n s p a re n t l y to i n te rn a t i o n a l th e m a xi m u m u n i fo rm i ty, e xt e n t I EC possi bl e in N ati o n a l th e i r C o m m i tt e e s n a ti o n a l an d u n d e rta ke re g i o n a l to appl y I EC p u b l i ca ti o n s P u b l i ca t i o n s An y d i ve rg e n c e b e t we e n a n y I E C P u b l i ca t i o n a n d t h e co rre s p o n d i n g n a ti o n a l o r re g i o n a l p u b l i ca ti o n s h a l l b e cl e a rl y i n d i ca te d i n t h e l a tt e r 5) I E C i ts e l f d o e s n o t p ro vi d e a n y a tt e s ta ti o n o f co n fo rm i ty I n d e p e n d e n t c e rt i fi c a t i o n b o d i e s p ro vi d e co n fo rm i ty a s s e s s m e n t s e rvi ce s a n d , i n s o m e a re a s , a c ce s s t o I E C m a rks o f co n fo rm i t y I E C i s n o t re s p o n s i b l e fo r a n y s e rvi c e s c a rri e d o u t b y i n d e p e n d e n t ce rt i fi ca t i o n b o d i e s 6) 7) Al l u s e rs s h o u l d e n s u re th a t t h e y h a ve t h e l a t e s t e d i ti o n o f th i s p u b l i ca ti o n N o l i a b i l i t y s h a l l a t t a ch to I E C o r i ts d i re c to rs , e m p l o ye e s , s e rva n t s o r a g e n ts i n cl u d i n g i n d i vi d u a l e xp e rts a n d m e m b e rs o f i ts t e ch n i c a l co m m i tt e e s a n d I E C N a t i o n a l C o m m i tt e e s fo r a n y p e rs o n a l i n j u ry, p ro p e rt y d a m a g e o r oth e r d am a g e e xp e n s e s o f a n y n a tu re a ri s i n g ou t of th e wh a ts o e ve r, wh e th e r d i re ct o r i n d i re ct , p u b l i ca ti o n , use o f, or re l i a n ce u pon, o r fo r co s t s th i s IEC ( i n cl u d i n g P u b l i ca ti o n l eg al fe e s ) an d any o th e r I EC or P u bl i cati o n s 8) At te n t i o n i s d wn t o th e N o rm a t i ve re fe re n c e s ci t e d i n t h i s p u b l i c a t i o n U s e o f t h e re fe re n ce d p u b l i ca ti o n s i s i n d i s p e n s a b l e fo r th e co rre ct a p p l i ca ti o n o f th i s p u b l i c a ti o n 9) At te n t i o n i s d wn t o th e p o s s i b i l i t y th a t s o m e o f th e e l e m e n ts o f th i s I E C P u b l i ca ti o n m a y b e t h e s u b j e ct o f p a te n t ri g h ts I E C s h a l l n o t b e h e l d re s p o n s i b l e fo r i d e n t i fyi n g a n y o r a l l s u ch p a t e n t ri g h ts T h e m a i n ta s k o f I E C te ch n i ca l co m m i tte e s i s to p re p a re I n te rn a ti o n a l S ta n d a rd s H o we ve r, a te c h n i c a l co m m i tte e m a y p ro p o s e th e p u b l i c a ti o n o f a te c h n i ca l re p o rt wh e n i t h a s co l l e cte d d a ta o f a d i ffe re n t ki n d fro m th a t wh i ch i s n o rm a l l y p u b l i s h e d a s a n I n te rn a ti o n a l S ta n d a rd , fo r e xa m p l e " s ta te o f th e a rt" I EC 62687, s ym b o l s wh i ch i s a te ch n i c a l re p o rt, fo r use on e q u i p m e n t, of h a s b e e n p re p a re d b y s u b c o m m i tte e C : G p h i ca l I EC te ch n i ca l co m m i tte e 3: I n fo rm a ti o n s tru c tu re s , d o cu m e n ta ti o n a n d g p h i ca l s ym b o l s Th i s s e co n d e d i ti o n ca n ce l s an d re p l a ce s th e fi rs t e d i ti o n pu blish ed in 201 Th i s e d i ti o n co n s ti tu te s a te ch n i c a l re vi s i o n a n d i n c l u d e s th e fo l l o wi n g s i g n i fi ca n t te c h n i ca l ch a n g e s wi th re s p e c t to th e p re vi o u s e d i ti o n : a) T h e ti tl e h a s ch a n g e d fro m " te rm i n o l o g y" to " vo c a b u l a ry" ; b) An n e x A h a s b e e n a d d e d International Electrotechnical Commission – – I EC TR 62687: 201 © I EC 201 T h e te x t o f th i s te ch n i ca l re p o rt i s b a s e d o n th e fo l l o wi n g d o c u m e n ts : E n q u i ry d ft Re p o rt o n vo t i n g C /2 / D T R C /2 1 / RVC F u l l i n fo rm a ti o n o n th e vo ti n g fo r th e a p p ro va l o f th i s te c h n i ca l re p o rt ca n b e fo u n d i n th e re p o rt o n vo ti n g i n d i c a te d i n th e a b o ve ta b l e T h i s p u b l i c a ti o n h a s b e e n d fte d i n a cc o rd a n c e wi th th e I S O /I E C D i re cti ve s , P a rt T h e c o m m i tte e h a s d e c i d e d th a t th e c o n te n ts o f th i s p u b l i ca ti o n wi l l re m a i n u n ch a n g e d u n ti l th e s ta b i l i t y d a te i n d i c a te d on th e I EC we b s i te u n d e r " h ttp : //we b s to re i e c ch " in th e d a ta re l a te d to th e s p e c i fi c p u b l i ca ti o n At th i s d a te , th e p u b l i c a ti o n wi l l b e • re co n fi rm e d , • wi th d wn , • re p l a c e d b y a re vi s e d e d i ti o n , o r • am en d ed A b i l i n g u a l ve rs i o n o f th i s p u b l i c a ti o n m a y b e i s s u e d a t a l a te r d a te I M P O RT AN T th a t it – u n d e rs t a n d i n g c o l o u r p ri n t e r International Electrotechnical Commission Th e co n ta i n s of ' co l ou r c o l o u rs i ts i n si de' wh i ch c o n te n ts l og o a re U s e rs on th e cover c o n s i d e re d sh ou l d p ag e to t h e re fo re of th i s be p ri n t p u b l i cati on u s e fu l th i s fo r i n d i c a te s th e d ocu m e n t c o rre c t u si n g a IEC TR 68 7: 01 © I EC 201 – – I N T RO D U C T I O N Th e p u b l i ca ti o n s s o u rc e Th e fo r t h e t e rm s bu t i n a re som e International Electrotechnical Commission c i te d in g l o s s a ry i n p ri m a r i l y ca ses th e th i s B i b l i o g p h y, Tech n i ca l c o l l e c te d t e rm s a re al so fro m ta ke n pu bl i sh ed by I EC, I SO and I TU co n s ti tu te th e re p o rt Clause fro m 3, “ T e rm s o t h e r p a rt s an d d e fi n i t i o n s ” of th es e o f th e s e p u b l i c a ti o n s p u b l i ca ti o n s – – I EC TR 62687: 201 © I EC 201 G R AP H I C AL S YM B O L S F O R U S E O N E Q U I P E M E N T – VO C AB U L AR Y Th i s S cop e T e ch n i ca l p u b l i ca ti o n s i n Re p o rt c o n ta i n s th e fi e l d a co l l e cti o n o f te rm s ( g l o s s a ry) o f g p h i c a l s ym b o l s fo r u s e o n used in I E C, e q u i pm en t i n cl u d i n g I SO and I TU s o m e re l a te d fi e l d s S o m e te rm s a re a n n o ta te d a n d /o r m o d i fi e d fo r th e p u rp o s e o f cl a ri fi c a ti o n N o rm a t i ve re fe re n c e s T h e fo l l o wi n g d o c u m e n ts , i n wh o l e o r i n p a rt, a re n o rm a ti ve l y re fe re n ce d i n th i s d o c u m e n t a n d a re i n d i s p e n s a b l e fo r i ts a p p l i ca ti o n F o r d a te d re fe re n ce s , o n l y th e e d i ti o n c i te d a p p l i e s F o r u n d a te d re fe re n ce s , th e l a te s t e d i ti o n of th e re fe re n ce d d ocu m en t ( i n cl u d i n g an y a m e n d m e n ts ) a p p l i e s N on e T e rm s a n d d e fi n i t i o n s F o r th e p u rp o s e s o f th i s d o c u m e n t, th e fo l l o wi n g te rm s a n d d e fi n i ti o n s a p p l y ca u ti o n s i g n a l wo rd u s e d to i n d i c a te a p o te n ti a l l y h a za rd o u s s i tu a ti o n wh i c h , i f n o t a vo i d e d , m a y re s u l t i n m i n o r o r m o d e te i n j u ry [S O U RC E : I S O 7 : 0 , ] d an g er si g n al wo rd used to i n d i ca te a n i m m i n e n tl y h a za rd o u s s i tu a ti o n wh i ch , i f n o t a vo i d e d , may re s u l t i n d e a th o r s e ri o u s i n j u ry [S O U RC E : I S O 7 : 0 , ] 3 d yn a m i c g p h i c a l g p h i ca l s ym b o l s ym b o l fo r u s e o n a m o n i to r s cre e n an d a s ol e d i s p l a y wh o s e co l o u r a n d /o r a p p e a n c e c h a n g e i n a c co rd a n c e wi th th e i n te rn a l s ta tu s o f th e p i e c e o f e q u i p m e n t g l yp h re co g n i za b l e a b s tra ct g p h i c s ym b o l wh i c h i s i n d e p e n d e n t o f a n y s p e ci fi c d e s i g n [S O U RC E : I S O /I E C - : 9 , ] g l yp h i m ag e i m a g e o f a g l yp h , a s o b ta i n e d fro m a g l yp h re p re s e n ta ti o n d i s p l a ye d o n a p re s e n ta ti o n s u rfa c e International Electrotechnical Commission IEC TR 68 7: 01 [S O U RC E : © I EC I S O /I E C 201 – 9541 -1 : 991 , – 5] g p h i c s y m b o l vi s u a l re p re s e n t a t i o n [S O U RC E : I S O /I E C of a g p h i c c h a c t e r o r o f a 0646-1 : 993, co m p o s i te se q u en ce 4.1 9] g p h i c c h a c t e r c h a c t e r , p ri n t e d , o th e r th a n a c o n t ro l fu n c t i o n , th at h as a vi s u a l re p re s e n t a t i o n n o rm a l l y h a n d w r i t t e n , o r d i s p l a ye d [S O U RC E : I S O /I E C 064 6-1 : 93, 8] g p h i c a l vi s u a l l y s ym b o l p e rc e p t i b l e fi g u re wi th a p a rt i c u l a r m ean i n g used to t n s m i t i n fo rm a t i o n i n d e p e n d e n tl y o f l a n g u a g e N o te l e t t e rs N o te to e n t ry: and to l e a rn i n g Th e unique p u n ctu a ti o n e n t ry : on th e G p h i c a l p a rt n a t u re m a rk s as s ym b o l s o f u s e rs to of g p h i c a l g p h i c a l ta ke a re on [S O U RC E : I EC 8041 6-1 : 2008, [S O U RC E : I SO 7724: 2003, s ym b o l s s ym b o l u su al l y is e l e m e n ts a b s tra ct th e i r l an g u ag e sh ou l d be i n d epe n d en ce T h e re fo re , th e u se of a vo i d e d re p re s e n t a t i o n s th a t s tan d fo r s o m eth i n g bu t th at r e q u i re th e i r m e a n i n g 4] 31 ] g p h i c a l s ym b o l fo r u s e o n g p h i c a l s ym b o l fo r use eq u i pm en t on a s s o ci a te d assem bl i es i n te n d e d to a ch i e ve a d e fi n e d fi n a l o b j e cti ve [S O U RC E : D e ri v e d fro m IEC 8041 6-1 : 2008] i co n g p h i c a l N o te th e N o te – to re s u l t to s ym b o l e n t ry: p re s e n t e d I co n s of eq u i pm en t e n t ry : u ser – s ym b o l – o b j e ct FCD s ta ti c, s c re e n i n t e c t i v e d e fi n i t i o n s [ s ym b o l 1 581 -1 0, o r co m b i n a ti o n of be a or d i s pl a y and ch a n g e as th e re s u l t of u ser input or d yn a m i c an d ch a n g e as s ta tu s A l t e rn a t i v e i n t e rfa c e [ I S O /I E C ca n on m a n i p u l a ti o n / o b j e ct] a on d om n s re p re s e n t i n g an a re as o b j e ct fo l l o ws : or a fu n c t i o n of th e co m p u te r s ys t e m m o d i fi e d ] o f s ym b o l s of d epen d i n g in fu n c t i o n g p h i c a l of th e u s e r i n t e rfa c e s co m p u te r re p re s e n t i n g s ys t e m t h ro u g h a fu n c t i o n g p h i c a l of th e u ser co m p u te r s ys te m i n t e rfa c e s fo r co m p u te r a pp l i cati on s • I s sh ou l d • I s h a ve d yn a m i c • I s m ay be b e t we e n [S O U RC E : International Electrotechnical Commission be th ose I SO g p h i c a l re p r e s e n t a t i o n s n a t u re e n t i re l y d epen d i n g a b s t c t , l i ke e xt re m e s 804 -4 : 200 5, 3] on th a t th e c o n v e y i n fo rm a t i o n fu n c t i o n g p h i c a l o f th e s ym b o l s , or wi th a minimum re l i a n c e on l an g u ag e c o m p u t e r s ys t e m p i c t o ri a l , l i ke p i c t o g m s , or fa l l at som e poi n t – – IEC TR 62687: 201 © I EC 201 1 p i c t o g m s i m p l i fi e d c e rt a i n N o te to re l i a n c e N o te p i c t o ri a l re p r e s e n t a t i o n s , u sed to guide peopl e an d te l l th em how to a c h i e ve a m inim um of goal e n t ry: on P i c t o g m s sh ou l d be g p h i c a l r e p re s e n t a t i o n s th a t co n ve y i n fo rm a t i o n wi t h a l an g u ag e to e n t ry : P i c t o g m s to e n t ry : P i c t o ri a l a re , as fa r a s possi bl e, s e l f- e x p l a n a t o r y , an d re q u i re l i ttl e or no l e a rn i n g on th e p a rt of u s e rs N o te [S O U RC E : re p r e s e n t a t i o n I TU -T E : 006 , ca n , be t wo - o r t h re e - d i m e n s i o n a l m o d i fi e d ] s a fe t y re l a t e d g p h i c a l a n d /o r ri s k i s N o te to eq u i pm en t to e n t ry: to I SO fo r s ym b o l use on s a fe t y eq u i pm en t an d th a t is th a t not c o n v e ys q u a l i fi e d as a a m essag e s a fe t y wi th sign, a e g re l a t i o n to b e ca u s e p e rs o n a l th e re l a t e d c o m p a t i ve l y l o w re l a t e d g p h i c a l s ym b o l a A s a fe t y s p e c i fi c 3864 I t ca n h a z a rd be re l a t e d g p h i c a l ( C a u ti o n ! s t a n d a rd i z e d ), in s ym b o l h o we v e r i t I EC 6041 m ay is n ot or I S O e g e xp re s s re q u i re d to a u se p ro h i b i t i o n th e s a fe t y (D o n ot co l o u rs an d ! ) or a sh apes wa rn i n g a c c o rd i n g 7000 3 s a fe t y s i g n si gn wh i c h g e o m e tri c g i ve s sh ape a an d g e n e l wh i c h , s a fe t y by th e m essag e, a d d i ti o n of ob tai n ed a by g p h i c a l a c o m b i n a ti o n s ym b o l , g i ve s a of co l o u r p a rt i c u l a r and s a fe t y m essag e [S O U RC E : I SO 7724: 2003, 68] si g n c o n fi g u t i o n a g i ve n of vi s u a l e l e m e n ts i n cl u d i n g s ym b o l s , te xt and sh apes i n te n d e d to co m m u n i ca te m ean i n g [S O U RC E : ISO 7724: 2003, 71 ] si g n al wo rd w o rd th a t ca l l s [S O U RC E : a tte n ti o n ISO to a 7724: 2003, p o t e n t i a l l y o r i m m i n e n t l y h a z a rd o u s s i tu a ti o n 73] s ym b o l vi s u a l fi x e d N o te (au d ibl e or ta cti l e ) si g n , single l e t t e r, n u m e l , p u n ctu a ti o n m a rk e a ch of wh i ch h as a m ean i ng to e n t ry : S ym b o l s a re u su al l y g p h i c a l r e p re s e n t a t i o n s th a t co n ve y i n fo rm a t i o n wi t h l i ttl e re l i a n c e on l an g u ag e N o te on th e N o te to e n t ry : S ym b o l s p a rt o f u s e rs to s ym b o l s , International Electrotechnical Commission e n t ry: to ta ke a re on E xa m p l e s m a th e m a ti ca l u su al l y a b s t c t re p re s e n t a t i o n s th a t s tan d fo r s o m eth i n g but th a t re q u i re l e a rn i n g th e i r m e a n i n g of s ym b o l s , s ym b o l s m u s i ca l a re g p h i c a l s ym b o l s , s ym b o l s , s e x s ym b o l s , g p h i c s tatu s s ym b o l s , s ym b o l s , c h a c t e r ta cti l e s ym b o l s , s ym b o l s , au d i bl e ch e m i ca l s ym b o l s IEC TR 68 7: 01 © I EC 201 – – w a rn i n g si gn al w o rd re s u l t i n [S O U RC E : International Electrotechnical Commission used d ea th to i n d i ca te o r s e ri o u s ISO a i n j u ry 7724: 2003, 84] p o te n ti a l l y h a za rd o u s s i tu a ti o n wh i c h , if n ot a vo i d e d , cou l d – 10 – I EC TR 62 687: 201 © I EC 201 An n e x A ( i n fo rm a ti ve ) S o m e te rm s e x p l a i n e d b y e xa m p l e s T e rm s E xa m p l e s 3 d yn a m i c g p h i c a l s ym b o l g p h i c a l s ym b o l fo r u s e o n a m o n i to r s c re e n a n d a c o n s o l e d i s p l a y wh o s e c o l o u r a n d /o r a p p e a n c e c h a n g e i n a c c o rd a n c e wi t h th e i n te rn a l s ta tu s o f th e p i e c e o f eq u i pm ent I E C 604 -55 76 I E C 04 -55 76 -1 I E C 60 -55 -2 I E C 604 -55 76 -3 (2 0 -1 -0 ) (2 -0 -0 ) (2 -0 9-1 5) (2 -0 9-0 ) I EC 62774: 201 4, I EC 62774: 201 4, I EC 62774: 01 4, I EC 62774: 201 4, An n e x A An n e x A An n e x A An n e x A I E C 604 -55 46 I E C -6 3 A-1 I E C -6 3 A-2 (2 0 -0 -0 ) (2 -0 5-0 ) (2 -0 5-0 ) g l yp h re c o g n i za b l e a b s t c t g p h i c s ym b o l wh i c h i s i n d e p e n d e n t A o f a n y s p e c i fi c d e s i g n N O TE T h i s e xa m p l e i s ta ke n fro m I S O /I E C 6 , U + 0 g l yp h i m ag e i m a g e o f a g l yp h , a s o b ta i n e d A fro m a g l yp h re p re s e n ta ti o n d i s p l a ye d o n a p re s e n t a ti o n s u rfa c e g p h i c s ym b o l vi s u a l re p re s e n ta ti o n o f a g p h i c c h a c te r o r o f a A c o m p o s i te s e q u e n c e g p h i c c h a c t e r c h a c t e r, o th e r t h a n a c o n tro l fu n c t i o n , th a t h a s a vi s u a l re p re s e n ta ti o n n o rm a l l y h a n d wri tt e n , p ri n t e d , o r d i s p l a ye d International Electrotechnical Commission A I E C TR 68 7: 01 © I E C 201 – 11 – T e rm s E xa m p l e s g p h i c a l s ym b o l vi s u a l l y p e rc e p t i b l e fi g u re wi th a p a rt i c u l a r m e a n i n g u s e d to t n s m i t i n fo rm a t i o n i n d e p e n d e n tl y o f l a n g u a g e N OTE U n i q u e n a t u re o f g p h i c a l s ym b o l s i s l a n g u a g e i n d e p e n d e n c e T h e re fo re , th e I E C 04 -50 I E C 04 -50 82 I E C 604 -51 72 I E C 604 -51 79 u s e o f l e t te rs a n d p u n c t u a ti o n (20 06 -0 8-2 5) (20 02 -1 0-0 7) (2 03 -0 -1 ) (2 02 -1 0-0 7) I S O /I E C 1 - I S O /I E C 1 - I S O /I E C 1 - I S O /I E C 1 - (2 1 -1 2-1 7), (2 1 -1 -1 ), (2 1 -1 -1 ), (2 1 -1 2-1 7), I E C 04 -59 I E C 04 -6 96 I E C 604 -52 (20 02 -1 0-0 7) (20 -1 -0 2) (2 02 -1 -0 ) I E C 04 -6 42 I E C 04 -6 66 (20 -1 -2 6) (20 -0 7-1 4) m a rks a s g p h i c a l s ym b o l e l e m e n ts s h o u l d b e a v o i d e d N OTE G p h i c a l s ym b o l s a re u s u a l l y a b s t c t re p re s e n t a t i o n s t h a t s ta n d fo r s o m e th i n g b u t t h a t re q u i re l e a rn i n g o n th e p a rt o f u s e rs to ta ke on th e i r m e a n i n g i co n g p h i c a l s ym b o l p re s e n t e d o n a s c re e n o r d i s p l a y ( E xa m p l e s we re ta ke n fro m I S O /I E C 1 - : 1 ) 1 p i c to g m s i m p l i fi e d p i c to ri a l re p re s e n ta ti o n s , u s e d t o g u i d e p e o p l e a n d t e l l t h e m h o w to a c h i e ve a c e rta i n g o a l ( E xa m p l e wa s t a k e n fro m I T U - T R e c E ( /2 0 ) ) s a fe t y re l a t e d g p h i c a l s ym b o l g p h i c a l s ym b o l fo r u s e o n e q u i p m e n t t h a t c o n ve ys a m e s s a g e wi t h a re l a t i o n to p e rs o n a l a n d /o r e q u i p m e n t s a fe t y a n d th a t i s n o t q u a l i fi e d a s a s a fe ty s i g n , e g b e c a u s e t h e re l a te d ri s k i s c o m p a ti v e l y l o w International Electrotechnical Commission – 12 – T e rm s I EC TR 62 687: 201 © I EC 201 E xa m p l e s 3 s a fe t y s i g n s i g n wh i c h g i ve s a g e n e l s a fe t y m e s s a g e , o b ta i n e d b y a c o m b i n a ti o n o f c o l o u r a n d g e o m e tri c s h a p e a n d wh i c h , b y t h e a d d i t i o n o f a g p h i c a l s ym b o l , g i v e s a p a rt i c u l a r s a fe t y m e s s a g e I S O -W I S O -W 0 (2 1 -0 5-2 ) (2 1 -0 5-2 ) sign c o n fi g u ti o n o f vi s u a l e l e m e n ts i n c l u d i n g s ym b o l s , t e xt a n d s h a p e s i n te n d e d t o com m u n i cate a g i ven m e an i n g s ym b o l vi s u a l ( a u d i b l e o r t a c ti l e ) s i g n , s i n g l e l e tt e r, n u m e l , p u n c t u a t i o n m a rk e a c h o f wh i c h h a s a fi xe d m e a n i n g N OTE S ym b o l s a re u s u a l l y g p h i c a l re p re s e n t a t i o n s t h a t c o n v e y i n fo rm a t i o n wi th l i t tl e re l i a n c e o n l a n g u a g e N OTE S ym b o l s a re u s u a l l y a b s tra c t re p re s e n t a t i o n s th a t s ta n d fo r s o m e t h i n g b u t t h a t re q u i re l e a rn i n g o n th e p a rt o f u s e rs t o ta ke o n th e i r m e a n i n g N OTE E xa m p l e s o f s ym b o l s a re g p h i c a l s ym b o l s , g p h i c s ym b o l s , c h a c te r s ym b o l s , c h e m i c a l s ym b o l s , m a t h e m a t i c a l s ym b o l s , m u s i c a l s ym b o l s , s e x s ym b o l s , s t a t u s s ym b o l s , t a ct i l e s ym b o l s , a u d i b l e s ym b o l s International Electrotechnical Commission ∝ I E C TR 68 7: 01 © I E C 201 – 13 – B i b l i o g p h y I EC 6041 7, Graphical symbols for use on equipment Basic principles for graphical symbols for use on equipment – Part : Creation of graphical symbols for registration I EC 8041 6-1 : 2008, I S O /I E C - : 9 , Information technology – Font information interchange – Part : Architecture I S O /I E C 6 - : 9 , Information technology – Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) – Part : A rchitecture and Basic Multilingual Plane I S O /I E C T R : 9 , Information technology – A n operational model for characters and glyphs I S O /I E C 1 - : , Information technology – User interface icons – Part 0: Framework and general guidance I S O ( a l l p a rts ) , I SO 7000, Graphical symbols – Safety colours and safety signs Graphical symbols for use on equipment – Index and synopsis I SO 7724: 2003, Graphical symbols – Vocabulary 0 , Basic principles for graphical symbols for use on equipment – Part 4: Guidelines for the adaptation of graphical symbols for use on screens and displays (icons) I SO 8041 6-4: I T U - T Re c o m m e n d a ti o n E 21 : 2004, Pictograms, symbols and icons to assist users of the telephone and telefax services International Electrotechnical Commission International Electrotechnical Commission International Electrotechnical Commission INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION 3, rue de Varembé PO Box 31 CH-1 21 Geneva 20 Switzerland Tel: + 41 22 91 02 1 Fax: + 41 22 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