National foreword

This British Standard reproduces verbatim ISO 6196‑3:1997 and implements it as the UK national standard. It supersedes BS 6054‑3:1984 which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee IDT/1/3, DOCUMENT IMAGING APPLICATIONS — GENERAL ISSUES, which has the responsibility to:

aid enquirers to understand the text;
present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;
monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

Cross-references

The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Find” facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue.

A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the DISC Board, was published under the authority of the Standards Board and comes into effect on 15 March 1998

Foreword

ISO (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 technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.

Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote.

ISO 6196‑3 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 171, Document imaging applications, Subcommittee SC 3, General issues.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 6196‑3:1983), of which it constitutes a technical revision.

ISO 6196 consists of the following parts, under the general title Micrographics — Vocabulary:

Part 01: General terms
Part 02: Image positions and methods of recording
Part 03: Film processing
Part 04: Materials and packaging
Part 05: Quality of images, legibility, inspection
Part 06: Equipment
Part 07: Computer micrographics
Part 08: Use

Introduction

Micrographics gives rise to numerous international exchanges of both an intellectual and a material nature. These exchanges often become difficult, either because of the great variety of terms used in various fields or languages to express the same concept, or because of the absence or imprecision of the definitions of useful concepts.

To avoid misunderstandings and to facilitate such exchanges it is essential to clarify the concepts, to select terms to be used in various languages or in various countries to express the same concept, and to establish definitions providing satisfactory equivalents for the various terms in different languages.

The purpose of ISO 6196 is to provide definitions that are rigorous, uncomplicated and which can be understood by all concerned. The scope of each concept defined has been chosen to provide a definition that is suitable for general application. In those circumstances, where a restricted application is concerned, the definition may need to be more specific.

However, while it is possible to maintain the self-consistency of this individual standard, the reader is warned that the dynamics of language and the problems associated with the standardization and maintenance of vocabularies may introduce duplications and inconsistencies among other standards.

Section 1 General

1.1 Scope

This part of ISO 6196 is intended to facilitate international communication in micrographics. It presents, in two languages, definitions of selected concepts used in micrographics and identifies relationships between the entries.

In order to facilitate their translation into other languages, the definitions are drafted so as to avoid, as far as possible, any peculiarity attached to a language.

1.2 Normative references

1.3 Principles and rules followed

Section 2 Terms and definitions

BS ISO 6196-3:1997

Micrographics. Vocabulary - Film processing

Current, Under Review

Published:

15 Mar 1998