Re: Standards for warning icons

[Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>]

Nancy Allison wrote:
> I need resources to figure out an intelligent standard for warning icons ...

It's almost certain that each target country already has a standard, 
that some of the standards require English, some require another 
language, some require there be no language, and some avoid requiring 
language. (I'm particularly disgusted with the "no language" or 
"one-size-fits-all" heiroglyphics that nobody can understand. My camera 
has a lightning bolt. It means "flash on" not "hazard of shock". Or does 
it?)

The standards will differ from each other, and some will be deficient in 
ways you cannot imagine. Luckily, in most countries the lawyers do not 
have as high a level of tort law as is available in the US, so the 
consequences of failure of the documentation are more limited. You will 
not go to prison.

How have you gotten saddled with this problem? Isn't it up to the 
client's legal department to do the necessary research and present you 
with vetted icons and standards for each country?
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