ISO/IEC 24752-5:2014
(Main)Information technology — User interfaces — Universal remote console — Part 5: Resource description
Information technology — User interfaces — Universal remote console — Part 5: Resource description
ISO/IEC 24752-5:2014 is a multi-part International Standard that aims to facilitate operation of information and electronic products through remote and alternative interfaces and intelligent agents. ISO/IEC 24752-5:2014 defines syntax and semantics for describing atomic resources, resource sheets, groupings, and grouping sheets relevant to the user interface of a device or service ("target").
Technologies de l'information — Interfaces utilisateur — Console à distance universelle — Partie 5: Description des ressources
General Information
Relations
Standards Content (Sample)
INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 24752-5
Second edition
2014-12-15
Information technology — User
interfaces — Universal remote
console —
Part 5:
Resource description
Technologies de l’information — Interfaces utilisateur — Console à
distance universelle —
Partie 5: Description des ressources
Reference number
ISO/IEC 24752-5:2014(E)
©
ISO/IEC 2014
---------------------- Page: 1 ----------------------
ISO/IEC 24752-5:2014(E)
COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT
© ISO/IEC 2014
All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form
or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior
written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO’s member body in the country of
the requester.
ISO copyright office
Case postale 56 • CH-1211 Geneva 20
Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11
Fax + 41 22 749 09 47
E-mail copyright@iso.org
Web www.iso.org
Published in Switzerland
ii © ISO/IEC 2014 – All rights reserved
---------------------- Page: 2 ----------------------
ISO/IEC 24752-5:2014(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Conformance . 1
3 Normative references . 1
4 Terms and definitions . 2
5 Relation to other standards . 2
5.1 Relation to Dublin Core Metadata Element Set . 2
5.2 Relation to XML . 2
6 Atomic resource description — . 3
6.1 General . 3
6.2 The ‘about’ attribute . 3
6.3 The element . 3
6.3.1 General. 3
6.3.2 The ‘xsi:type’ attribute . 4
6.3.3 The ‘xml:lang’ attribute . 4
6.3.4 The element . 4
6.4 The element . 5
6.5 The element . 6
6.6 The element . 6
6.7 The element . 7
6.7.1 General. 7
6.7.2 The element . 7
6.7.3 More examples for .11
6.8 The element .12
6.9 The element .12
6.10 The element .13
6.11 The element .13
6.12 The element .13
6.13 The element .14
6.14 The element . .14
6.15 The element .14
6.16 The element.15
6.17 Other elements from DCMI .15
© ISO/IEC 2014 – All rights reserved iii
---------------------- Page: 3 ----------------------
ISO/IEC 24752-5:2014(E)
7 Resource sheet — .15
7.1 General .15
7.2 The ‘about’ attribute .17
7.3 The element .17
7.4 The element.17
7.5 Other resource sheet properties from DCMI .18
7.6 The element .18
7.6.1 General.18
7.6.2 The element .18
7.6.3 The element .18
7.6.4 The element .18
7.6.5 The element .19
7.6.6 The element .19
7.6.7 The element.19
7.6.8 Other resource sheet scents from DCMI .19
7.7 The element .19
7.7.1 General.19
7.7.2 Subelements of .19
7.8 Security considerations .19
8 Grouping resource — .20
8.1 General .20
8.2 The ‘about’ attribute .21
8.3 The element .21
8.4 The element .21
8.5 Elements from DCMI .22
8.6 The element .22
8.7 The element .22
8.8 The element .22
8.8.1 General.22
8.8.2 The element .22
9 Grouping sheet — .25
9.1 General .25
9.2 The ‘about’ attribute .26
9.3 The element .26
9.4 The element.27
9.5 Other grouping sheet properties from DCMI .27
9.6 The element .27
9.6.1 General.27
9.6.2 The element .28
9.6.3 The element .28
9.6.4 Other grouping sheet scents from DCMI .28
9.7 The element .28
9.7.1 General.28
9.7.2 Subelements of .28
9.8 Security considerations .28
Annex A (informative) Online resources for resource sheets and grouping sheets .29
Bibliography .30
iv © ISO/IEC 2014 – All rights reserved
---------------------- Page: 4 ----------------------
ISO/IEC 24752-5:2014(E)
Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical
Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are
members of ISO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical
committees established by the respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical
activity. ISO and IEC technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest. Other international
organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the
work. In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee,
ISO/IEC JTC 1.
The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are
described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular the different approval criteria needed for
the different types of document should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the
editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. ISO and IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details
of any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or
on the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www.iso.org/patents).
Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
constitute an endorsement.
For an explanation on the meaning of ISO specific terms and expressions related to conformity
assessment, as well as information about ISO’s adherence to the WTO principles in the Technical Barriers
to Trade (TBT), see the following URL: Foreword — Supplementary information.
The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC JTC 1, Information technology, Subcommittee
SC 35, User interfaces.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 24752–5:2008), which has been
technically revised.
ISO/IEC 24752 consists of the following parts, under the general title Information technology — User
interfaces — Universal remote console:
— Part 1: Framework
— Part 2: User interface socket description
— Part 4: Target description
— Part 5: Resource description
— Part 6: Web service integration
© ISO/IEC 2014 – All rights reserved v
---------------------- Page: 5 ----------------------
ISO/IEC 24752-5:2014(E)
Introduction
This is the second edition of this part of the International Standard. The main purpose of the revision is an
alignment with recent developments in the Web service area, in particular with the new ISO/IEC 24752-
6 on Web service integration, along with an overall simplification of the specified technologies.
This part of ISO/IEC 24752 defines a format for describing atomic resources, resource sheets, grouping
resources, and grouping sheets relevant to the user interface of a device or service (“target”). For atomic
resources that are stored in a resource sheet, a storage format is specified. For atomic resources that are
stored externally to the resource sheet, the pertinent format type specification applies.
A resource is any object that is used as an entity or to support decision making in the construction of a
concrete user interface. This part of ISO/IEC 24752 specifies how resources are described in the context
of the universal remote console (URC) framework. It defines a format for describing atomic resources,
resource sheets, grouping resources, and grouping sheets relevant to the user interface of a device or
service (“target”).
Atomic resources include text and non-text elements of a user interface such as labels, help text, keyboard
shortcuts (access keys), associated words (keywords) and location text. Non-text elements may include
icons, sounds or videos. Atomic resources can be characterized as follows.
An atomic resource is of static nature, i.e. it does not change during the user’s interaction with the target.
NOTE 1 This is not meant to exclude atomic resources that contain references (placeholders) to values of socket
variables. In this case the atomic resource itself (i.e. the static text with the reference to the socket variable)
doesn’t change, but its rendition may change when the target’s state changes.
An atomic resource can be of any form, including textual, visual, auditory, and multimodal. This is reflected
in the atomic resource’s type. Atomic resource types include text, sound, image, animation, and video clip.
In this context animations and video clips are construed as static objects because they don’t change over
the user interface’s lifetime (the recorded bits of the video clip don’t change when it is played).
An atomic resource of type “Text” is modality-independent, i.e. it can be rendered in visual, auditory, or
tactile forms. Atomic resources of types other than “Text” are modality-specific.
An atomic resource is typically specific to the cultural, language, and functional accommodation of
a user. For example, textual atomic resources are typically language specific; images can be culture-
specific; picture symbols can be used to represent concepts that can be understood by people with
certain cognitive disabilities.
An atomic resource can be replaced by a (supplemental) resource (which is itself an atomic resource).
Examples of atomic resources are the following:
— a text string used to label a window;
— a text string containing help for an interface element;
— an icon used to label a button;
— a Bliss symbol labelling a function;
— a sound file that announces help instructions;
— a text string that describes how to locate an ATM in a public building.
An atomic resource description specifies characteristics (as properties) of an atomic resource. Properties
include its type, its use context, and the atomic resource’s storage location and format. The use context
specifies the usage location (specific element in a specific user interface), usage role (e.g. label or help
text), and language context pertaining to the application of an atomic resource.
vi © ISO/IEC 2014 – All rights reserved
---------------------- Page: 6 ----------------------
ISO/IEC 24752-5:2014(E)
An atomic resource can have more than one atomic resource description, specifying additional properties
and alternative property values, and several sets of use contexts. Also, atomic resource descriptions and
the atomic resource they describe don’t have to be stored in one file or on one server necessarily. For
example, some atomic resources (e.g. images) can be stored as binary files, and their descriptions are
stored in text files.
A grouping resource (or short grouping) specifies a hierarchical grouping of user interface elements
that is external to a socket description. This part of ISO/IEC 24752 applies groupings to user interface
socket elements, but that is not a restriction in general. Groups of user interface (UI) elements can be
nested, and subgroups and UI elements can occur multiple times within different groups. Groupings
are structural hints as to how to present a concrete user interface made up of individual user interface
elements, including user interface characteristics such as layout and navigation.
Supplemental resources can replace or supplement the target resources. By choosing between a set of
alternative objects when constructing the concrete user interface, the result can be tailored towards
user preferences and user device capabilities. The mechanism of supplemental resources facilitates the
generation of specialized user interfaces that build on a common (modality-independent) user interface
model, the user interface socket provided by the manufacturer of a target.
A resource sheet is a file that contains atomic resource descriptions of related atomic resources, plus
optionally the atomic resources themselves (if they are textual). Alternatively (and for binary atomic
resources) the atomic resources can be stored in individual files separate from the resource sheet.
Typically, a manufacturer would provide one resource sheet per target and language. Third parties can
provide additional resource sheets pertaining to the same target. See Annex A for a sample resource sheet.
A grouping sheet is a file that contains groupings. Typically, a manufacturer would provide one grouping
sheet per target in a language-independent manner. Third parties can provide additional grouping
sheets pertaining to the same target. See Annex A for a sample grouping sheet.
One purpose of this part of ISO/IEC 24752 is to facilitate the development and deployment of a wide
variety of devices (from different manufacturers) that can act as URCs. The URC framework and its
components are specified in part 1, and the user interface socket in part 2 of this International Standard.
A user interface socket is a machine-interpretable description of the state and functions of the target or
a part of the target. The target description is specified in ISO/IEC 24752-4.
Within the URC framework, an atomic resource makes reference to a specific element in a user interface
socket (described in a user interface socket description), to a specific element in a target description, or
to any form of user interface implementation description.
NOTE 2 Within the URC framework, there needs to be a common set of resource types and a common format
for resource descriptions so that they can be used by any URC. This part of ISO/IEC 24752 defines both. In this part
of ISO/IEC 24752, the terms “resources” and “resource descriptions” include only those objects and descriptions
that conform to the International Standard formats defined in this part of ISO/IEC 24752. It is important to note
that URCs can employ other types of resources and resource descriptions beyond those described in this part of
ISO/IEC 24752.
© ISO/IEC 2014 – All rights reserved vii
---------------------- Page: 7 ----------------------
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC 24752-5:2014(E)
Information technology — User interfaces — Universal
remote console —
Part 5:
Resource description
1 Scope
ISO/IEC 24752 is a multi-part International Standard that aims to facilitate operation of information and
electronic products through remote and alternative interfaces and intelligent agents.
This part of ISO/IEC 24752 defines syntax and semantics for describing atomic resources, resource
sheets, groupings, and grouping sheets relevant to the user interface of a device or service (“target”).
2 Conformance
An extensible markup language (XML) fragment is an atomic resource description in conformance with
this part of ISO/IEC 24752 if it conforms to Clause 6. An atomic resource description may use language
extensions if the extensions are coded in XML syntax, and if it follows the syntax and requirements
outlined in this part of ISO/IEC 24752 for all of its non-extension parts.
An XML file is a resource sheet in conformance with this part of ISO/IEC 24752 if it conforms to Clause 7.
A resource sheet may use language extensions if the extensions are coded in XML syntax, and if it follows
the syntax and requirements outlined in this part of ISO/IEC 24752 for all of its non-extension parts.
An XML fragment is a grouping resource in conformance with this part of ISO/IEC 24752 if it conforms
to Clause 8. A grouping resource may use language extensions if the extensions are coded in XML syntax,
and if it follows the syntax and requirements outlined in this part of ISO/IEC 24752 for all of its non-
extension parts.
An XML file is a grouping sheet in conformance with this part of ISO/IEC 24752 if it conforms to Clause 9.
A grouping sheet may use language extensions if the extensions are coded in XML syntax, and if it follows
the syntax and requirements outlined in this part of ISO/IEC 24752 for all of its non-extension parts.
NOTE URC manufacturers are encouraged to implement their URCs so that unrecognized markup (that may
belong to unknown language extensions) is ignored without failing.
3 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO/IEC 10646:2011, Information technology — Universal Coded Character Set (UCS)
ISO 15836:2009, Information and documentation — The Dublin Core metadata element set
ISO/IEC 24752-1, Information technology — User interfaces — Universal remote console — Part 1: Framework
ISO/IEC 24752-2, Information technology — User interfaces — Universal remote console — Part 2: User
interface socket description
© ISO/IEC 2014 – All rights reserved 1
---------------------- Page: 8 ----------------------
ISO/IEC 24752-5:2014(E)
ISO/IEC 24752-4, Information technology — User interfaces — Universal remote console — Part 4:
Target description
4 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO/IEC 24752-1, ISO/IEC 24752-2
and ISO/IEC 24752-4, and the following apply.
4.1
anonymous atomic resource
atomic resource that has no global identifier
4.2
anonymous resource
resource that has no global identifier
4.3
language extension
a
...
Questions, Comments and Discussion
Ask us and Technical Secretary will try to provide an answer. You can facilitate discussion about the standard in here.