ISO Standards (was Re: REstricting PDF Copying)

[Damien Braniff]

> Which ISO standards should I become familiar with for a technical 
> writing position?

It very much depends - there are three basic answers:
1	None at all - ISO standards don't apply to what you're
documenting.

2	Product specific standards - standards that relate to what
you're documenting need to be taken into account (e.g. aviation
standards).

3	Depending on the TC policy where you work there are various
standards that are specific to tech comm that may be followed by your
company (e.g. ISI/IEC 18019 - Software and systems engineering,
Guidelines for the design and preparation of user documentation for
application software)

For more standards relating to Techcomm, see the ISTC page:
http://www.istc.org.uk/pages/standardstoc.php

Some of the site is 'members only' but this is a 'general' page.

HTH
Damien

Damien Braniff
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