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Secretariat: BSI
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Chairperson (until end 2025):Mr Graham Rae Dulmage
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ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:
- Creation date: 1970
Scope
Standardization in the field of graphical symbols as well as of colours and shapes, whenever these elements form part of the message that a symbol is intended to convey, e.g. a safety sign.
Establishing principles for preparation, coordination and application of graphical symbols. General responsibility for the review and the coordination of those already existing, those under study, and those to be established. The standardization of new graphical symbols, when requested by a technical committee, or where it does not fall within the activity of an existing technical committee.
Excluded:
- standardization of letters, numerals, punctuation marks, mathematical signs and symbols, and symbols for quantities and units. However, such may be used as a component of a graphical symbol.
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Reference | Title | Type |
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ISO/TC 145/SC 1 | Public information symbols, signs and guidance system | Subcommittee |
ISO/TC 145/SC 2 | Safety identification, signs, shapes, symbols and colours | Subcommittee |
ISO/TC 145/SC 3 | Graphical symbols for use on equipment | Subcommittee |
ISO/TC 145/AG | Advisory Group | Working group |
ISO/TC 145/WG 7 | Testing of the usability of graphical symbols | Working group |
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 145
The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 145:
Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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IEC/SC 3C | Graphical symbols for use on equipment | IEC |
IEC/TC 3 | Documentation, graphical symbols and representations of technical information | IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1 | Information technology | ISO/IEC |
ISO/TC 10/SC 1 | Basic conventions | ISO |
ISO/TC 20 | Aircraft and space vehicles | ISO |
ISO/TC 20/SC 9 | Air cargo and ground equipment | ISO |
ISO/TC 20/SC 16 | Uncrewed aircraft system | ISO |
ISO/TC 22 | Road vehicles | ISO |
ISO/TC 22/SC 39 | Ergonomics | ISO |
ISO/TC 23 | Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry | ISO |
ISO/TC 27/SC 1 | Coal preparation: Terminology and performance | ISO |
ISO/TC 37 | Language and terminology | ISO |
ISO/TC 39 | Machine tools | ISO |
ISO/TC 59/SC 16 | Accessibility and usability of the built environment | ISO |
ISO/TC 67 | Oil and gas industries including lower carbon energy | ISO |
ISO/TC 70 | Internal combustion engines | ISO |
ISO/TC 96 | Cranes | ISO |
ISO/TC 110 | Industrial trucks | ISO |
ISO/TC 171/SC 2 | Document file formats, EDMS systems and authenticity of information | ISO |
ISO/TC 173/SC 7 | Assistive products for persons with impaired sensory functions | ISO |
ISO/TC 181 | Safety of toys | ISO |
ISO/TC 184/SC 5 | Interoperability, integration, and architectures for enterprise systems and automation applications | ISO |
ISO/TC 215 | Health informatics | ISO |
ISO/TC 269/SC 3 | Operations and services | ISO |
Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 145
ISO/TC 145 can access the documents of the committees below:
Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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CIE | International Commission on Illumination | ISO |
IEC/SC 3C | Graphical symbols for use on equipment | IEC |
IEC/TC 3 | Documentation, graphical symbols and representations of technical information | IEC |
ISO/TC 110 | Industrial trucks | ISO |
ISO/TC 215 | Health informatics | ISO |
Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym | Title | Category |
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CIE | International Commission on Illumination | A |
EC - European Commission | European Commission | A |
Date | Month | Location | TC/SC | Note |
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28-29 | October 2024 | London (United Kingdom) | ISO/TC 145 |
* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional
ISO/TC 145 - Secretariat
BSI [United Kingdom]
London W4 4AL
United Kingdom