DIN EN 82079-1

What does DIN EN 82079-1 regulate?

The DIN EN 82079-1 - the mother of all norms in technical communication. It defines principles and general requirements for user information for products (instruction manuals) to ensure that they are comprehensible, safe and user-friendly.

The norm applies to all types of usage information including web pages, messages on controls, signs, etc. and covers all types of products, e.g. consumer products, industrial products, medical products, software, services.

Contents of DIN EN 82079-1

DIN EN 82079-1 covers the conformity assessment of an instruction and the basic principles, defines requirements for the information management process and for the content, structure and design of usage information as well as for the competencies of process participants.

DIN EN 82079-1 & the new version of the norm

Blog article

DIN EN 82079-1 is considered the "mother of all norms" for technical documentation. Find out how this important guideline has been revised and what consequences this has for technical writing in this blog article.

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What is the focus of the revised norm?

As already comprehensively described in the blog article, the following important key points can be found in the revised version of IEC 82079-1:

  • Target group orientation: the information must be usable and relevant for the target group
  • Minimalism: only relevant information should be provided to the respective target group
  • Comprehensibility: the information should be easy to understand and provided in the relevant context of use. Videos and animations help to make the information understandable
  • Digital documentation is supported

The CCMS TIM, Content Delivery & DIN EN 82079-1

With the CCMS TIM and our Content Delivery  you can easily fulfill these new requirements:

 

  • TIM works according to the " building block principle ". Documentation is broken down into individual building blocks so that each building block answers a specific question, thus laying the foundation for new information transfer.
  • These building blocks can easily be played out into our Content Delivery portal, while the interface to TIM guarantees that the information is always up to date.
  • Through intelligent navigation structures and a sophisticated (synonym) search, users can find the right answer in Content Delivery instantly.
  • With the possibility of integrating animations, 3D graphics and videos into TIM (and outputting them via Content Delivery or HTML5 WebApp), comprehensibility for the user is raised to a new level.
  • In TIM, you can easily create QR codes to link to the appropriate documentation.

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