ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 24738 First edition 2006-12-01 Information technology Icon symbols and functions for multimedia link attributes Technologies de I'information - Symboles et fonctions d'icones pour lesattributsdeliensmultimedias Reference number ISO/IEC 24738:2006(E) IEC ISo @ISO/IEC2006 ISO/IEC 24738:2006(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The Iso Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In ? ISO/IEC2006 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any fom or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing 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 [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO/IEC 2006 - All rights reserved ISO/IEC 24738:2006(E) Contents Page Foreword. iv Introductior 1 Scope 2 Conformance 3 Normative references 4 Terms and definitions. 5 Reguirementsandrecommendations 5.1 Requirements 5.2 Recommendations 6 Icon specifications. 6.1 General structure of link attribute icons 6.2 Temporal attribute of links.... 6.3 Attributesofdestinationsoflinks 6.4 Link history attributes .. 15 Annex A (informative) Implementation issues for link attribute icons .. Annex B (informative) Developers of this technical report... 19 n All rights reserved ili ISO/IEC 24738:2006(E) Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnica Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of ISO or TEC participate in thedevelopment 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. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2. The main task of the joint technical committee is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the joint technical committee are circulated to national bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote. 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. Subcommittee SC 35, User interfaces. @ISO/IEC 2006 - All rights reserved ISO/IEC 24738:2006(E) Introduction Link attribute icon symbols enable users to decide on the suitability of following associated hyperlinks. Information provided by these icon symbols may also be made available via text. This International Standard provides guidance on the graphics to be used by implementers of isO 14915-2, Software ergonomics for multimedia user interfaces