1、BSI Standards PublicationWB11885_BSI_StandardCovs_2013_AW.indd 1 15/05/2013 15:06Ergonomics of human-system interactionPart 125: Guidance on visual presentation of information (ISO 9241-125:2017)BS EN ISO 9241-125:2017EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN ISO 9241-125 October 2017 ICS
2、 13.180; 35.180 Supersedes EN ISO 9241-12:1998English Version Ergonomics of human-system interaction - Part 125: Guidance on visual presentation of information (ISO 9241-125:2017) Ergonomie de linteraction homme-systme - Partie 125: Recommandations relatives la prsentation visuelle dinformations (IS
3、O 9241-125:2017) Ergonomie der Mensch-System-Interaktion - Teil 125: Anleitung zur visuellen Informationsdarstellung (ISO 9241-125:2017) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 15 August 2017. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditi
4、ons for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists i
5、n three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standar
6、ds bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovaki
7、a, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels 2017 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means r
8、eserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN ISO 9241-125:2017 ENational forewordThis British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO 9241-125:2017. It is identical to ISO 9241-125:2017. Together with BS EN ISO 9241-112:2017, it supersedes BS EN ISO 9241-12:1999 which is withdrawn.The
9、 UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PH/9, Applied ergonomics.A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are resp
10、onsible for its correct application. The British Standards Institution 2017 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2017ISBN 978 0 580 86358 5ICS 13.180; 35.240.20; 35.180; 35.080Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under th
11、e authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 November 2017.Amendments/corrigenda issued since publicationDate Text affectedBRITISH STANDARDBS EN ISO 9241-125:2017EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN ISO 9241-125 October 2017 ICS 13.180; 35.180 Supersedes EN ISO 92
12、41-12:1998English Version Ergonomics of human-system interaction - Part 125: Guidance on visual presentation of information (ISO 9241-125:2017) Ergonomie de linteraction homme-systme - Partie 125: Recommandations relatives la prsentation visuelle dinformations (ISO 9241-125:2017) Ergonomie der Mensc
13、h-System-Interaktion - Teil 125: Anleitung zur visuellen Informationsdarstellung (ISO 9241-125:2017) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 15 August 2017. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standar
14、d the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English,
15、French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulga
16、ria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerl
17、and, Turkey and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels 2017 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national M
18、embers. Ref. No. EN ISO 9241-125:2017 EBS EN ISO 9241-125:2017EN ISO 9241-125:2017 (E) 3 European foreword This document (EN ISO 9241-125:2017) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 159 “Ergonomics” in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 122 “Ergonomics” the secretariat of which
19、is held by DIN. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2018, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by April 2018. Attention is drawn to the possibility
20、 that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes EN ISO 9241-12:1998. According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of t
21、he following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Nether
22、lands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Endorsement notice The text of ISO 9241-125:2017 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 9241-125:2017 without any modification. BS EN ISO 9241-125:2017ISO 9241-125:2017(E)Fore
23、word viiIntroduction viii1 Scope . 12 Normative references 13 Terms and definitions . 14 Application of ISO 9241-125 74.1 Accessibility . 74.2 General guidance for presentation of information 74.3 Guidance on the presentation of visual information 74.4 General issues for the display of visual inform
24、ation 84.4.1 Legibility of characters and symbols 84.4.2 Character height . 84.4.3 Scaling visually presented information 85 Visual structuring of information . 85.1 Arranging and labelling information . 85.1.1 Information location . 85.1.2 Required information 85.1.3 Consistent location of areas .
25、85.1.4 Density of displayed information 95.1.5 Distinction of groups 95.1.6 Sequencing .105.1.7 Use of conventions 115.1.8 Functional grouping .115.1.9 Arrangement of groups for rapid detection and discrimination .115.1.10 Consistency with paper forms 115.1.11 Labelling user interface elements 115.1
26、.12 Label designation .115.1.13 Grammatical construction of labels 115.1.14 Label position 115.1.15 Label position for individual check boxes or radio buttons 125.1.16 Separation of labels and associated information 125.1.17 Label format and alignment 125.1.18 Labels for units of measurement 125.1.1
27、9 Differentiating objects of identical type .125.2 Using windows to present information 125.2.1 Appropriateness of windows . 125.2.2 Multiple windows 135.2.3 Selection of window format 136 Using user interface elements to organize information .146.1 Lists 146.1.1 List structure 146.1.2 Item separati
28、on 146.1.3 Alphabetic information . 146.1.4 Numeric information.146.1.5 Fixed font size 146.1.6 Item numbering .156.1.7 Indication of relative position of displayed information 156.1.8 Indication of list continuation . 156.2 Tables . 156.2.1 List organization in tables 156.2.2 Maintaining column and
29、 row headings .166.2.3 Spacing as a visual technique for grouping information 16 ISO 2017 All rights reserved iiiContents PageBS EN ISO 9241-125:2017ISO 9241-125:2017(E)6.2.4 Column spacing 166.3 Entry fields 166.3.1 Entry field format .166.3.2 Entry field length 176.4 Windows 176.4.1 Unique window
30、identification . 176.4.2 Application information . 176.4.3 Default window parameters . 176.4.4 Consistent window appearance within an application .176.4.5 Consistent window appearance within a multi-application environment .176.4.6 Indication of primary/secondary window relationships 186.4.7 Identif
31、ication of window control elements186.4.8 Location of window control elements 186.4.9 Size and location across sessions .186.4.10 Duplicate or split windows 186.4.11 Resizing windows 186.4.12 Resizing window panes. 186.4.13 Predictable new window location . 186.4.14 New windows offset .186.4.15 New
32、window on top .186.4.16 Placement and size of new window .196.4.17 Placement of secondary windows . 196.4.18 Warning for application termination 196.4.19 Restoring hidden windows 196.4.20 Identification cues for iconified window .196.4.21 Predictable position of an icon representing a window .196.4.
33、22 Visual cue in icon for important events 196.4.23 Discriminable cue for application status .196.4.24 Discriminable cue for restored windows 206.4.25 Identification cues for restored window 206.4.26 Input cursor location .206.4.27 Visual cues for window with focus 206.4.28 Manipulation of the size
34、of windows 206.4.29 Feedback provided during resize . 206.4.30 Original size indicator during resize .206.4.31 Independence of resize dimensions .206.4.32 Scaling 216.4.33 Sizing effects on window contents 216.4.34 Scrolling and paging .216.4.35 Moving window contents in multiple units .216.4.36 Pro
35、vide scrolling by smallest meaningful unit 216.4.37 Provide scrolling by large units 216.4.38 Consistent direction of scrolling 216.4.39 Visual cue for group membership 227 Graphical objects .227.1 Cursors and pointers 227.1.1 Designation of cursor and pointer position 227.1.2 Cursor occlusion of ch
36、aracters . 227.1.3 Cursor and pointer location 227.1.4 Cursor “home” position . 227.1.5 Initial position for entry fields 227.1.6 Point designation accuracy 227.1.7 Different cursors/pointers . 227.1.8 Active cursor/pointer .237.1.9 Multiple cursors and pointers . 237.2 Icons 237.2.1 Guidance on des
37、ign and use of icons .237.2.2 Text alternative for icons . 23iv ISO 2017 All rights reservedBS EN ISO 9241-125:2017ISO 9241-125:2017(E)7.2.3 Neutral icons 237.2.4 Cross-cultural icons 237.2.5 Ease of learning 247.2.6 Icons containing consistent cues 247.2.7 National or international graphics 247.2.8
38、 Reuse of existing icons .247.2.9 User guidance for icons . 248 Coding techniques 248.1 General recommendations for codes 248.1.1 Introduction 248.1.2 Meeting user expectations 258.1.3 Explaining codes .258.1.4 Distinctiveness of codes 258.1.5 Consistent coding .258.1.6 Meaningfulness 258.1.7 Access
39、 to meaning of code 258.1.8 Use of standards or conventional meaning 268.1.9 Rules of code construction . 268.1.10 Codes for missing information 268.1.11 Partitioning long information items 268.2 Alphanumeric coding . 268.2.1 Length of character strings 268.2.2 Alphabetic vs. numeric codes 268.2.3 S
40、ame meaning for upper and lower case characters .268.2.4 Visually similar alphanumeric characters 278.2.5 Length of abbreviations 278.2.6 Abbreviations of different length . 278.2.7 Truncation 278.2.8 Deviation from the rules of code construction for abbreviations 278.2.9 Conventional and task relat
41、ed abbreviations 278.3 Graphical coding . 278.3.1 Distinctive states of user-interface elements .278.3.2 Levels of graphical codes . 278.3.3 Three-dimensional coding . 288.3.4 Coding with geometric shapes 288.3.5 Coding with different types of lines .288.3.6 Line orientation .288.4 Colour coding 288
42、.4.1 Redundant colour coding 288.4.2 Colour coding for people with colour deficits .288.4.3 Legend showing colour codes . 298.4.4 Redundant codes displayed in legends .298.4.5 Different use of one colour . 298.4.6 Limiting the number of colours . 298.4.7 Colour assignment to categories of informatio
43、n .298.4.8 Colour coding conventions . 308.4.9 Number of colours used . 308.4.10 Assignments based on cultural conventions 308.4.11 Cross-cultural design 308.4.12 Colour assignments for special and temporary states .308.4.13 Continuous scales.308.4.14 Coding differences .318.4.15 Coding relative val
44、ues 318.4.16 Ordered coding .318.4.17 Consistency of colour codes 318.4.18 Change of state318.4.19 Additional guidance on the use of colour 318.5 Markers. 32 ISO 2017 All rights reserved vBS EN ISO 9241-125:2017ISO 9241-125:2017(E)8.5.1 Special symbols for markers . 328.5.2 Markers for multiple sele
45、ction 328.5.3 Unique use of symbols for markers 328.5.4 Positioning of markers .328.6 Other coding techniques 338.6.1 Blink coding 338.6.2 Highlighting by blinking . 338.6.3 Size coding 338.6.4 Luminance (brightness) coding .338.6.5 Relative Lightness Levels . 338.6.6 Image polarity reversal . 338.6
46、.7 Underlining 338.6.8 Coding of areas using different coding techniques .349 Use of Colour 349.1 General recommendations. 349.2 Specific guidance on using colour . 349.2.1 Avoiding presentation of information by colour alone 349.2.2 Overuse of colours .349.2.3 Colour interpretation from memory colo
47、ur 359.2.4 Colour limits for visual search 359.2.5 Use of focal colours when accurate colour identification is needed 359.2.6 Size of character strings, data fields, and symbols when presented with colour .359.2.7 Accurate colour discrimination 369.2.8 Events in the visual periphery 369.2.9 Object s
48、eparation .369.2.10 Background colours .369.2.11 Foreground and background colours for text 369.2.12 Continuous reading 379.2.13 Unintended depth effects 379.2.14 Size and the use of blue . 379.2.15 Blue and red on dark backgrounds . 379.2.16 Spectrally extreme colours . 379.2.17 Improved colour ide
49、ntification 389.2.18 Contrast 389.2.19 Contrast enhancement .389.2.20 Realistic colours 399.2.21 Drawing attention 399.2.22 Restricted use of warning colours .39Bibliography .40vi ISO 2017 All rights reservedBS EN ISO 9241-125:2017ISO 9241-125:2017(E)ForewordISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a techni
