Re: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14 - validation

2003-04-25 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Rich Nute ri...@sdd.hp.com wrote (in 200304251532.iaa00...@epgc264.sdd.hp.com) about 'Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14 - validation' on Fri, 25 Apr 2003: I take this to mean that the group is given the definition and then asked to identify the symbol

Re: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14 - validation

2003-04-25 Thread Rich Nute
Hi Pete: This usually means developing a focus group and getting them to pick it out of a group of symbols when asked to identify the symbol for 'XXX'. I take this to mean that the group is given the definition and then asked to identify the symbol that matches the definition.

RE: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14 - validation

2003-04-25 Thread Pete Perkins
Ok gang, Lots of chatter on this subject, but... We don't randomly pick symbols to represent a message... The US standard, ANSI Z535, allows folks to generate a new symbol, but it must be properly evaluated and verified by use of technical means. This usually means developing

Re: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14 - validation

2003-04-24 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Pete Perkins peperkin...@cs.com wrote (in 001f01c30a82$2f97a740$1522c6ac@oemcomputer) about 'Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14 - validation' on Thu, 24 Apr 2003: I'd like to see the validation evaluation for each of the symbols in IEC 60417. Who can