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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 216, Footwear, in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 309, Footwear, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 19952:2005), which has been technically revised.

The main changes are as follows:

— additional terms were added, such as antimicrobial footwear, bottom wall, boxing footwear, bridge, components in contact with the skin, critical substances, drawn-up toe, extended sole spike heel, stiletto heel, etc.;
— synonyms were combined, such as box toe and toe puff, runner and through sole, built heel and stack heel etc.;
— some definitions were reviewed, such as bottom assembly, children’s footwear, etc.;
— terms were updated based on industry developments, for example double sole was changed to multilayer sole;
— some unnecessary terms were deleted, such as school footwear/children’s school footwear.

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ISO 19952:2025

Footwear. Vocabulary

Current

Published:

29 Jan 2025

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