Warning, danger, caution, risk, hazard... All these things are related. The personal injury is just a particular case for this broad meaning which is to ask people to be careful before going forward, and read the notice.
The symbol is also used as a street sign, or various dangers on roads, when there's no other specific sign, or for temporary signs (e.g. to signal a nearby accident. In almost all case, it does not come alone, there's a label or sentence explaining the kind of danger or risk to which one could be exposed (risks are not necessarly on health or death, they may be virtual. It is commonly used in softwares in warning prompt dialogs that signal a problem for which something should be investigated, or before continuing with an action destroying data in an unrecoverable way (or only in a way that offers no warranty of success or reliability). The name of the symbol is descriptive enough "WARNING SIGN". Adding extra info would incorrectly limit its broad usage. 2014-06-03 16:25 GMT+02:00 Papendick, Michelle <mpapend...@vermeer.com>: > Good Day – > > > > Just wondering if Unicode provides for or anyone know of documentation for > standard usage around the following symbol: > > > > [image: cid:image001.png@01CF7C48.A6D54D00] > > > > Noticed that is it used in many applications as a general warning or error > symbol, but upon research it is also the symbol for personal injury so > appears to be a conflict of meaning. > > > > Any information around standard usage of the symbol in software > applications is appreciated. > > > > Thank you! > Michelle > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Unicode mailing list > Unicode@unicode.org > http://unicode.org/mailman/listinfo/unicode > >
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