BS IEC 60050‑871 gives the general terminology used in active assisted living, as well as general terms pertaining to specific applications and associated technologies. BS IEC 60050‑871 has the status of a horizontal standard in accordance with IEC Guide 108, Guidelines for ensuring the coherency of IEC publications – Application of horizontal standards.
This terminology is consistent with the terminology developed in the other specialized parts of the IEV.
BS IEC 60050‑871 is primarily intended for use by technical committees in the preparation of standards in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 108.
BS IEC 60050‑871- INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL VOCABULARY for AAL is useful for:
The terminological entries follow a hierarchical classification scheme part/section/concept; within the sections, the terminological entries are organized in a systematic order.
The terms and definitions (and possibly non-verbal representations, examples, notes to entry and sources) in the entries are given in two or more of the three IEC languages, that is French, English and Russian (principal IEV languages). The IEV (IEC 60050, International Electrotechnical Vocabulary) allows you to access a general-purpose multilingual vocabulary covering the field of electrotechnology, electronics and telecommunication. BS IEC 60050‑871 provides about 22 000 terminological entries, each corresponding to a concept.
BS IEC 60050‑871 facilitates extent to which products, systems, services, environments and facilities can be used by people from a population with the widest range of user needs, characteristics and capabilities to achieve identified goals in identified contexts of use. Thus, this comprehensive set of terminologies relates to active assisted living helps you make lives of people better.
IEC 60050-871:2018