News from tekom Europe
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25/11/24
tekom Europe Position Paper: EC Guide to application of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, Edition 2.3
In this position paper, tekom Europe welcomes the fact that the guide opens up new perspectives for the digital provision of information for use. The paper also identifies a number of points that should be considered for the next update of the guide in order to provide even better support for the application of Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
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28/10/24
Understanding Cognitive Biases in Technical Communication
Dive into the key insights from the IUNTC talk by Prof. Quan Zhou (Metropolitan State University). This summary explores how cognitive biases—systematic thinking errors—affect users' interactions with instruction manuals. Using the RFACPR framework (Retainment, Focus, Association, Compatibility, Prospect, Relatedness), Dr. Zhou highlights how these biases influence information retention, attention, and decision-making, offering valuable takeaways for improving technical documentation.
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25/10/24
tekom Romania 15th Anniversary Conference
Around 60 people, tekom members, and interested TC professionals and students took part in the anniversary event of tekom Romania on October 25 in Cluj-Napoca.
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22/07/24
We are tekom - new e-mail domain
“We are tekom” is now also becoming a reality in our e-mail communication. Last weekend, we changed our mail domain from @tekom.de to @tekom.org for all employees of the office - regardless of whether they work for tekom Deutschland e.V., tekom Europe e.V. or tcworld GmbH. From Monday, July 22, you receive e-mails from the office from the address @tekom.org - no longer @tekom.de. Please change the data you have saved in your systems accordingly. If you overlook this, don't worry, nothing will be lost: a forwarding service has been set up for the old addresses.
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01/07/24
Recap Initiative Committee Meetings 2024
This year, the initiative committee members of the different country organizations have been holding regular IC meetings so that delegates and members of the initiative committee can exchange ideas and discuss the different issues that come up in the country organizations. In January, we discussed the annual plans of the country organizations. Various online and offline events were planned.
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26/06/24
iiRDS Request API released for comments
The iiRDS API specification enables access to data via iiRDS, thus meeting the growing requirements of the economy. It offers system providers and programmers a standardized interface, ensuring modern functionality to support seamless integration.
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18/06/24
The European Machinery Regulation with new requirements for digital instructions for use
With the publication of the Machinery Regulation 2023/1230 in the Official Journal of the European Union on June 29, 2023, the cat is finally out of the bag: From 2027 onward, instructions for use may also be published in digital form within a defined framework. The continuous lobbying of tekom and industry representatives was successful.1
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02/05/24
The right to repair is coming: Repair information is becoming increasingly important
The right to repair is on the home straight: It was adopted by the European Parliament on April 23, 2024. In the future, the repair of usable defective goods purchased by consumers will be made easier, which will apply both within and outside the liability of the seller.
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28/03/24
Easier generation of iiRDS packages with the new plugin for DITA Open Toolkit
On March 22, the tekom iiRDS Consortium published a free plugin for the DITA Open Toolkit. In fall 2023, an important milestone for the international relevance of iiRDS was reached with the publication of "IEC PAS 63485:2023". Now, with the plugin, the Consortium provides an easy-to-use and customizable tool to enable many international DITA users to easily generate iiRDS packages from the DITA environment.
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22/03/24
Update: Position Paper of tekom Europe on the European Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act
On March 13, the 705 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted on the Artificial Intelligence Act at first reading – and they approved it! A reason to celebrate for tekom Europe, which had published its position paper on the European Artificial Intelligence Act just two days earlier and sent it to the MEPs.