SIST EN ISO 15535:2004

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2004
Splošne zahteve za pripravo podatkovnih baz (ISO 15535:2003)
General requirements for establishing anthropometric databases (ISO 15535:2003)
Allgemeine Anforderungen an die Einrichtung anthropometrischer Datenbanken (ISO
15535:2003)
Exigences générales pour la création de bases de données anthropométriques (ISO
15535:2003)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 15535:2003
ICS:
13.180 Ergonomija Ergonomics
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 15535
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
May 2003
ICS 13.180
English version
General requirements for establishing anthropometric databases
(ISO 15535:2003)
Exigences générales pour la création de bases de données Allegemeine Anforderungen an die Einrichtung
anthropométriques (ISO 15535:2003) anthropometrischer Datenbanken (ISO 15535:2003)
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Foreword
This document (EN ISO 15535:2003) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 159
"Ergonomics" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 122 "Ergonomics", the
secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of
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the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 15535:2003 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 15535:2003 without any
modifications.
NOTE Normative references to International Standards are listed in Annex ZA (normative).
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Normative references to international publications
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This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other
publications. These normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the
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applies (including amendments).
NOTE Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated
by (mod.), the relevant EN/HD applies.
Publication Year Title EN Year
ISO 3166-1 1997 Codes for the representation of names EN ISO 3166-1 1997
of countries and their subdivisions -
Part 1: Country codes
ISO 7250 1996 Basic human body measurements for EN ISO 7250 1997
technological design
ISO 8601 1988 Data elements and interchange EN 28601 1992
formats - Information interchange -
Representation of dates and times
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 15535
First edition
2003-05-01
General requirements for establishing
anthropometric databases
Exigences générales pour la création de bases de données
anthropométriques
Reference number
ISO 15535:2003(E)
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ISO 15535:2003(E)
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ISO 15535:2003(E)
Contents Page
Foreword. iv
Introduction . v
1 Scope. 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions. 1
4 Data collection design. 2
4.1 General. 2
4.2 Definitions, techniques and conditions of measurement. 2
4.3 Sampling techniques . 3
5 Data-collection requirements. 3
5.1 Basic demographic description of subjects . 3
5.2 Detection and treatment of measurement errors . 3
5.3 Instrument accuracy. 3
5.4 Sample composition . 3
5.5 Sample size. 3
5.6 Data-storage system. 4
5.7 Type of clothing . 4
5.8 Measurer training and quality control. 4
5.9 Diurnal variation. 4
6 Database format . 4
7 Database contents . 5
7.1 Required background data. 5
7.2 Recommended background data . 5
7.3 Anthropometric data. 5
7.4 Complementary data. 5
8 Anthropometric data sheets . 5
9 Statistical processing. 5
Annex A (normative) Method for estimating the number of subjects needed on a sample . 7
Annex B (normative) Anthropometric data sheet . 10
Annex C (informative) Example of an anthropometric data sheet. 12
Annex D (informative) Method of calculating decimal notation date and age . 13
Annex E (normative) Age stratification at specified growth period. 15
Annex F (normative) Procedure for preparing data and statistics. 16
Annex G (informative) Recommended scientific and technical objectives for setting up
internationally compatible databases. 18
Annex H (informative) Application of measurements. 19
Bibliography . 20

ISO 15535:2003(E)
Foreword
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ISO 15535 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 159, Ergonomics, Subcommittee SC 3,
Anthropometry and biomechanics.
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ISO 15535:2003(E)
Introduction
The well-being of people is very much dependent on their proportional and geometric relationship with several
factors, such as growth, design principles for clothing, transportation, workplace and homes, as well as
sporting and recreational activities. Implementation of databases on body dimensions of a population supports
essential health and safety requirements, International Standards in the field of machinery safety and personal
protective equipment, and has acquired importance in devising computer-generated manikins of the human
body.
One of the major difficulties in formulating international databases on anthropometry is that the numerous
existing studies of peoples are rarely comparable in the strictest sense. Difficulties arise in comparing one
study with another because either the methods used differ or they are not sufficiently well described. The
anthropometric standards used for the data collection are fundamental to setting up any anthropometric
databases.
This Internationa
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