ISO/IEC 11581-40:2011

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 11581-40
First edition
2011-10-01


Information technology — User interface
icons —
Part 40:
Management of icon registration
Technologies de l'information — Icônes d'interface utilisateur —
Partie 40: Gestion de l'enregistrement des icônes





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ISO/IEC 11581-40:2011(E)
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ISO/IEC 11581-40:2011(E)
Contents Page
Foreword . iv
Introduction . v
1  Scope . 1
2  Normative references . 1
3  Terms and definitions . 1
4  Procedures . 2
4.1  Overview . 2
4.2  Preliminary activities . 3
4.3  Normal database procedure 1 . 6
4.4  Normal database procedure 2 . 6
5  Requirement of Change Request with associated icons . 7
5.1  Requirement of Change Request . 7
5.2  Requirement of the proposed changes to the icon database . 7
6  Appeals . 8
Bibliography . 9

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ISO/IEC 11581-40:2011(E)
Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical
Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of
ISO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical committees
established by the respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical activity. ISO and IEC
technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest. Other international organizations, governmental
and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the work. In the field of information
technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee, ISO/IEC JTC 1.
International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The main task of the joint technical committee is to prepare International Standards. Draft International
Standards adopted by the joint technical committee are circulated to national bodies for voting. Publication as
an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. ISO and IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO/IEC 11581-40 was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,
Subcommittee SC 35, User interfaces.
ISO/IEC 11581 consists of the following parts, under the general title Information technology — User interface
icons:
 Part 1: Introduction to and overview of icon standards [Technical Report]
 Part 2: Object icons
 Part 3: Pointer icons
 Part 5: Tool icons
 Part 6: Action icons
 Part 10: Framework and general guidance
 Part 40: Management of icon registration
 Part 41: Data structure to be used by the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35 icon database [Technical Report]
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ISO/IEC 11581-40:2011(E)
Introduction
This part of ISO/IEC 11581 defines supplementary procedural information, requirements and criteria that
apply to a collection of icon standards published as a web-accessible icon database. It is based on the second
paragraph of Annex ST, Procedure for the development and maintenance of standards in database format of
the ISO/IEC Directives — Supplement — Procedures specific to ISO. This part of ISO/IEC 11581 is not in
conflict with Annex ST or the ISO/IEC Directives.
The advantages of the collection of icon standards as an electronic database include the following:
 the database represents a serious source one can rely on;
 the graphic of an icon is better shown on a display (in terms of resolution, i.e. pixels);
 downloaded icons can be immediately used for implementation in their standardized form; and
 the database can be easily maintained and updated.

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC 11581-40:2011(E)

Information technology — User interface icons —
Part 40:
Management of icon registration
1 Scope
This part of ISO/IEC 11581 defines supplementary procedural information, requirements and criteria that
apply to a collection of icon standards published as a web-accessible icon database. They are based on
Annex ST of the ISO/IEC Directives – Supplement – Procedures Specific to ISO. This part of ISO/IEC 11581
also defines the method of adding, changing or withdrawing icons in an electronic database of standard icons.
NOTE Annex ST of the ISO Supplement is followed unless otherwise specified in this part of ISO/IEC 11581 for
management of icon registration.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO/IEC TR 11581-41, Information technology — User interface icons — Part 41: Data structure to be used by
1)
the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35 icon database
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
maintenance team
MT
group of experts that may be set up by a parent committee following the rules in the ISO/IEC Directives for the
establishment of Working Groups
NOTE 1 The convener of the MT should be the same person as the convener of the validation team (VT).
NOTE 2 The MT may be called upon by the VT convener to provide expertise in the preparation of Change Requests
or icons for evaluation or validation.
3.2
validation team
VT
permanent “executive” group of individuals appointed by and acting as delegates on behalf of their National
Bodies, A-liaison organizations and committee-internal liaisons committed to execute evaluation and
validation of Change Requests and vote for their release as part of a web-accessible icon database

1) To be published.
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NOTE 1 All P-members, A-liaison organizations and committee-internal liaisons have the right to appoint one member
to the team. A validation team comprises a minimum of 5 P-members. Representatives of P-members have the right to
comment and vote; representatives of A-liaisons and committee-internal liaisons do not have the right to vote, but may
submit comments.
NOTE 2 The described procedure asks for very short response times from the validation team members. Therefore,
the National Bodies will appoint one or more deputies that can take over the task when the official member is unavailable
(due to travel, business, etc.).
NOTE 3 The appointing bodies decide on the duration of an appointment. They will also organize any supporting
network of experts at national level.
NOTE 4 The SC 35 secretariat manages the validation team, which is numbered and called VT 11581 for the web-
accessible icon database.
3.3
proposer
body allowed to submit a Change Request
NOTE The proposer is the body having the right to submit the NP in terms of the ISO/IEC Directives.
3.4
web-accessible icon database
database standard
standard in database format for which a valid form of publication is a publicly accessible database, containing
the standardized icons and non-normative translations (where provided by appropriate national bodies)
NOTE The term “standards as database” may be used as a synonym.
3.5
icon
database standard separately identified and managed structured object in a database, composed of a user
interface symbol representing a function of the computer system, together with an internal identifier, a label,
description of its function, specific instance, graphic component(s), state variation(s), specific variation(s) and
reference(s)
3.6
Change Request
CR
task description for addition, withdrawal or change of one or more icons in a database standard, submitted by
an authorized person or body, which will be reviewed and updated by the convener of a validation team,
possibly with the support of a maintenance team, for evaluation and validation by the validation team
NOTE It is possible that changes to the database standard resulting from several Change Requests are combined, or
that a single Change Request is subdivided, at any stage in the process.
3.7
work package
set of one or more icons associated with a Change Request
4 Procedures
4.1 Overview
The procedure described in this part of ISO/IEC 11581 assumes the use of a web-accessible database and
electronic communication. As far as possible, automated database functions shall be applied to ensure that
the content of the database is consistent. Due care shall be tak
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