Standards and regulations

There are a number of international and British standards that anyone involved in information design should be aware of

ISO DIS 13407:1999 Human centred design for interactive systems

BS EN ISO 9000:2005 Quality management systems - fundamentals and vocabulary

BS 8888:2006 Technical product specification

BS 4884-1:1992 Technical manuals - specification for presentation of essential information

BS 4884-3:1993 Technical manuals - guide to presentation

BS 4899-2:1992 Guide to user's requirements for technical manuals, (based on the principles of BS 4884) - presentation

BS 4811:1972 Specification for the presentation of research and development reports

BS ISO 999:1996 Information and documentation - guidelines for the content, organisation and presentation of indexes

BS EN ISO 9241-8:1998 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) - requirements for displayed colours

BS EN ISO 9241-11:1998 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) - guidance on usability

BS EN ISO 9241-12:1999 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) - presentation of information

BS EN 62079:2001, 62079:2001 Preparation of instructions - structuring, content and presentation

BS ISO 690-2:1997 Information and documentation - bibliographic references, electronic documents or parts thereof

BS 7581:1992 Guide to the presentation of tables and graphs

BS 1991:1976 Letter symbols, signs and abbreviations

BS 1629:1989 Recommendations for references to published materials

BS 5848:1980 Specification for numbering of divisions and sub-divisions in written documents (point-numbering)

BS 5555:1993 Specification for SI units and recommendations for the use of their multiples and of certain other units