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EVS-EN ISO 22532:2026
Health informatics - Identification of medicinal products - Core vocabulary (ISO 22532:2026)
Scope: This document defines the terms used in the ISO standards on the identification of medicinal products (IDMP) and their related technical specifications.
Base documents: ISO 22532:2026; EN ISO 22532:2026
CEN/TR 18359:2026
Public transport – Common Glossary
Scope: The scope of this TR is a Public Transport common glossary to harmonise terms and definitions from existing data dictionaries.
The methodology consisting of highlighting the differences between various use contexts arises from a number of factors, many of them practical:
1) The facts of history. Many of the legislations, as noted (especially EU Regulations, EC Delegated Regulations and EC Implementing Decisions), already have mandatory application of varying scope, and the regulatory bodies would be most unlikely to consider it worthwhile to actually modify them in line with some list of precise terms developed after the fact.
2) The diversity of practices and use-cases which have been included in the Public Transport domain. Especially as a result of the need for this domain to cover multi-modality and developing technologies, and the increasing requirement for Public Transport to interact with wider domains such as Road Traffic Management, there are bound to be some deeply embedded terms which have been used in different senses in different domains.
3) The differing nature and working practices involved in the legislative, regulatory and technical standardisation processes, and their relationship both to one another and to real-world implementors of Public Transport services.
4) The prior existence of a well-established and precise set of Conceptual Models, including terms and definitions, in the Transmodel ecosystem. This is self-consistent and clearly defined and is being maintained on a continuous basis. However, its use in a legislative context is by “delegation”, which may do little to decrease the possibility of regulations themselves making use of some terms in a sense not intended by Transmodel itself.
The format of the glossary will be structured around following sections:
- Contexts: Summary of the contexts in which the term or phrase is defined.
- Related terms: Phrases in which the term is used, either as an element in a compound (e.g. the term “access” vs “access right” or where a related term is used which carries a notably different association (e.g. the term “access” vs “accessibility”, where the latter has a precise meaning in some contexts).
- Concept: Where it is possible to identify a unifying concept among the various definitions. An informal or explanatory summary of that concept. Where it is not possible, a note of that fact.
- Harmonisation: Containing references and links to the definitions in their contexts and the suggested conventions for citing them in contexts other than those where they are defined.
- Source references: Links to definitions of the exact term in their contexts.
- Usage recommendations: Recommendations for how the terms should be cited in contexts outside that in which the term is defined.
The methodology consisting of highlighting the differences between various use contexts arises from a number of factors, many of them practical:
1) The facts of history. Many of the legislations, as noted (especially EU Regulations, EC Delegated Regulations and EC Implementing Decisions), already have mandatory application of varying scope, and the regulatory bodies would be most unlikely to consider it worthwhile to actually modify them in line with some list of precise terms developed after the fact.
2) The diversity of practices and use-cases which have been included in the Public Transport domain. Especially as a result of the need for this domain to cover multi-modality and developing technologies, and the increasing requirement for Public Transport to interact with wider domains such as Road Traffic Management, there are bound to be some deeply embedded terms which have been used in different senses in different domains.
3) The differing nature and working practices involved in the legislative, regulatory and technical standardisation processes, and their relationship both to one another and to real-world implementors of Public Transport services.
4) The prior existence of a well-established and precise set of Conceptual Models, including terms and definitions, in the Transmodel ecosystem. This is self-consistent and clearly defined and is being maintained on a continuous basis. However, its use in a legislative context is by “delegation”, which may do little to decrease the possibility of regulations themselves making use of some terms in a sense not intended by Transmodel itself.
The format of the glossary will be structured around following sections:
- Contexts: Summary of the contexts in which the term or phrase is defined.
- Related terms: Phrases in which the term is used, either as an element in a compound (e.g. the term “access” vs “access right” or where a related term is used which carries a notably different association (e.g. the term “access” vs “accessibility”, where the latter has a precise meaning in some contexts).
- Concept: Where it is possible to identify a unifying concept among the various definitions. An informal or explanatory summary of that concept. Where it is not possible, a note of that fact.
- Harmonisation: Containing references and links to the definitions in their contexts and the suggested conventions for citing them in contexts other than those where they are defined.
- Source references: Links to definitions of the exact term in their contexts.
- Usage recommendations: Recommendations for how the terms should be cited in contexts outside that in which the term is defined.
Base documents: CEN/TR 18359:2026
Replaced standards
Drafts
prEN IEC 60073:2026
Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification - Coding principles for indicators and actuators
Scope: This International Standard establishes general rules for assigning particular meanings to certain visual, acoustic and tactile indications in order to a) increase the safety of persons, property or the environment through the safe monitoring and control of the equipment or process;
b) facilitate the proper monitoring, control and maintenance of the equipment or process;
c) facilitate the rapid recognition of control conditions and HMI actuator positions.
This standard is for general application:
– from simple cases such as single indicator lights, push-buttons, mechanical indicators, light emitting diodes (LEDs) or video display screens to extensive control stations which may include a wide variety of devices for controlling an equipment or process;
– where the safety of persons, property or the environment is involved, and also where the above-mentioned codes are used to facilitate the proper monitoring and controlling of equipment;
– where a particular kind of coding is to be assigned by a technical committee to a special function.
This BASIC SAFETY PUBLICATION focusing on SAFETY essential requirement is primarily intended for use by technical committees in the preparation of SAFETY publications in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 104 and ISO/IEC Guide 51.
One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is, wherever applicable, to make use of basic safety publications in the preparation of its publications.
b) facilitate the proper monitoring, control and maintenance of the equipment or process;
c) facilitate the rapid recognition of control conditions and HMI actuator positions.
This standard is for general application:
– from simple cases such as single indicator lights, push-buttons, mechanical indicators, light emitting diodes (LEDs) or video display screens to extensive control stations which may include a wide variety of devices for controlling an equipment or process;
– where the safety of persons, property or the environment is involved, and also where the above-mentioned codes are used to facilitate the proper monitoring and controlling of equipment;
– where a particular kind of coding is to be assigned by a technical committee to a special function.
This BASIC SAFETY PUBLICATION focusing on SAFETY essential requirement is primarily intended for use by technical committees in the preparation of SAFETY publications in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 104 and ISO/IEC Guide 51.
One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is, wherever applicable, to make use of basic safety publications in the preparation of its publications.
Base documents: 3/1785/CDV; prEN IEC 60073:2026