CR 14270:2001

European keyboards - Guidelines and overview (ISO/IEC 9995)

This CEN report gives information on (the European national keyboards) keyboards used for European languages and shows how national bodies are using the international keyboard standards. It also considers common existing approaches on the future of  keyboards and informs on the future international standardization..
The scope for the project according to CEN/TC 304 N872 "A meeting on the Keyboard PT in Nov 1998" is the following:
EUROPEAN KEYBOARDS. The deliverable is a CEN report giving guidance on the application of international keyboard standards in Europe. It will map how national bodies are using international keyboard standards, what national standards there are and give guidance to common approaches. The team shall, in contact with ISO, investigate the future of keyboards. Special attention shall be given to the Euro Sign on keyboards.
The report addresses this scope as follows:
How national bodies are using international keyboard standards and guidance to common approaches is given in clause 5 and Annex 3
National standards are listed in Annex 2
The future of keyboard standardization is discussed in section 6
The euro sign on keyboards is discussed in clause 5.4.
Clause 4 in this report gives information on international standards for keyboards. Of these ISO/IEC 9995 and ISO 9241-4 are most commonly used. (For exact references see clause 7)
Clause 5 gives common information on the use of these standards and on the euro sign on keyboards.
Clause 6 gives some information on future standardization.
Annex 2 gives information from the National Bodies on keyboard standards used in their countries.
Annex 3 gives some more information on the layout of a number of keyboards for European languages.
The report is meant to give guidance to many parties:
· A country which decides to make its own keyboard standard may use it as background information on what other countries have standardized.
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Evropske tipkovnice – Smernice in pregled (ISO/IEC 9995)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 24-Jul-2001
• Withdrawal Date: 16-Jun-2020
• ICS: 35.180 - IT Terminal and other peripheral equipment
• ICS: 35.260 - Office machines
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 304 - Character Set Technology
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 304 - Character Set Technology
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Completion Date: 17-Jun-2020
• Ref Project: SIST-TP CR 14270:2003 - European keyboards - Guidelines and overview (ISO/IEC 9995)

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST-TP CR 14270:2003
01-oktober-2003
Evropske tipkovnice – Smernice in pregled (ISO/IEC 9995)
European keyboards - Guidelines and overview (ISO/IEC 9995)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CR 14270:2001
ICS:
35.180 Terminalska in druga IT Terminal and other
periferna oprema IT peripheral equipment
SIST-TP CR 14270:2003 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST-TP CR 14270:2003

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SIST-TP CR 14270:2003
CEN REPORT
CR 14270
RAPPORT CEN
CEN BERICHT
July 2001
ICS
English version
European keyboards - Guidelines and overview (ISO/IEC 9995)
This CEN Report was approved by CEN on 16 June 2001. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 304.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION
EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG
Management Centre: rue de Stassart, 36  B-1050 Brussels
© 2001 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. CR 14270:2001 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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SIST-TP CR 14270:2003
CR 14270:2001 (E)
Table of content
1 SCOPE.3
2 BACKGROUND .4
3 DEFINITIONS.4
4 ISO/IEC 9995 AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ON KEYBOARDS .5
4.1 ISO/IEC 9995 Information technology – Keyboard layouts for text and office systems .6
4.1.1 Part 1: General principles governing keyboard layouts.6
4.1.2 Part 2: Alphanumeric section .8
4.1.3 Part 3: Complementary layouts of the alphanumeric zone of the alphanumeric section.11
4.1.4 Part 4: Numeric section .12
4.1.5 Part 5: Editing section.12
4.1.6 Part 6: Function section .13
4.1.7 Part 7: Symbols used to represent functions.13
4.1.8 Part 8: Allocation of letters to the keys of a numeric keypad.14
4.2 Other standards for keyboards .14
4.2.1 Ergonomic requirements on keyboards in ISO 9241.14
4.2.2 Keyboard input of coded characters ISO/IEC 14755.14
4.2.3 Segmented keyboards layouts ISO/IEC 15411.16
4.2.4 Portable computer keyboard layouts ISO/IEC 15412.16
5 EUROPEAN NATIONAL STANDARDS .16
5.1 Report on the Enquiry on keyboards .16
5.2 General considerations.16
5.3 The alphanumeric section of the layout.17
5.4 Considerations on the euro sign.18
6 CONSIDERATIONS ON FUTURE STANDARDIZATION.19
6.1 Standardization of European keyboards .19
6.2 International standardization .20
7 REFERENCES .
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