ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 1503 Second edition 2008-08-15 Spatial orientation and direction of movement Ergonomic reguirements Orientation spatiale et sens du mouvement - Exigences ergonomiques Reference number ISO 1503:2008(E) @ ISO 2008 by IHS under lic itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 1503:2008(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 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 the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ ISO2008 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, 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 @ ISO 2008 - All rights reserved edwithoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale ISO 1503:2008(E) Contents Page Foreword. Introductior 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Design of spatial orientation and direction of movement. 4.1 General.. 4.2 Ergonomic design of user interface (Ul) with respect to orientation and direction 4.3 Stepsindirectiondesign....... 4.4 Design requirements/recommendations for human-machine interface (HMl) 4.5 Design recommendations for graphical user interfaces (GUl) 1 4.6 Design recommendations for combined control systems... 17 5 Conformance. .18 5.1 Applyingrequirementsandrecommendations 5.2 Evaluation of products.... .18 Annex A (informative) Constituent factors of usability .. ..19 Annex B (normative) Reference model for spatial orientation and direction of movement.. .20 Annex C (informative) Flow of human-centred design activities . ...31 Annex D (informative) Spatial orientation and direction of movement design checklist.. .32 Bibliography. Copyrigh Intenational Organizaion for Standardization'ghts reserved ii HS und se from IHS Not for Resale