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PH/8 - Graphical symbols

Sector: Governance & Resilience

Categories: Graphical symbols. Specific equipment | Public information symbols | Fire protection equipment | Colour coding | Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Medical equipment. Ophthalmic | Accident and disaster control | Graphical symbols | Home economics. General | Graphical symbols. Other | Graphical symbols. General | Generalities. Terminology. Standardization. Documentation. | Fire Protection. General | Electrical engineering. General

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for the UK input to ISO/TC145, graphical symbols excluding those of an electrotechnical nature or involved in technical product documentation, standardization of letters, numerals, punctuation marks, mathematical signs and symbols and symbols for quantities and units.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (1)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO 9186-1 Graphical symbols — Test methods. Part 1: Method for testing comprehensibility

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-06-03 		Drafting
Published (5)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO 9186-3:2014 Graphical symbols. Test methods. Method for testing symbol referent association

Categories: Public information symbols

Published standard begins : 2014-10-09 		Published standard
BS ISO 9186-1:2014 Graphical symbols. Test methods. Method for testing comprehensibility

Categories: Public information symbols

Published standard begins : 2014-03-25 		Published standard
BS ISO 28564-2:2016 Public information guidance systems. Guidelines for the design and use of location signs and direction signs

Categories: Public information symbols

Published standard begins : 2016-08-24 		Published standard
BS ISO 17724:2003 Graphical symbols. Vocabulary

Categories: Generalities. Terminology. Standardization. Documentation. | Graphical symbols. General

Published standard begins : 2003-09-03 		Published standard
BS 5499-4:2000 NO TITLE

Categories: Accident and disaster control | Public information symbols

Published standard begins : 2000-08-22 		Published standard
Withdrawn (5)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO 9186:2001 Graphical symbols. Test methods for judged comprehensibility and for comprehension

Categories: Graphical symbols. General

Withdrawn begins : 2011-05-18 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 7000:2012 Graphical symbols for use on equipment. Registered symbols

Categories: Graphical symbols. Specific equipment

Withdrawn begins : 2013-06-04 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 7000:2004 Graphical symbols for use on equipment. Index and synopsis

Categories: Graphical symbols. Specific equipment

Withdrawn begins : 2023-02-28 		Withdrawn
BS 5499-5:2002 Graphical symbols and signs. Safety signs, including fire safety signs. Signs with specific safety meanings

Categories: Public information symbols | Fire Protection. General

Withdrawn begins : 2011-08-02 		Withdrawn
BS 5499-1:2002 Graphical symbols and signs. Safety signs, including fire safety signs. Specification for geometric shapes, colours and layout

Categories: Public information symbols | Fire Protection. General

Withdrawn begins : 2011-09-28 		Withdrawn