TS EN ISO 18542-1
Road vehicles - Standardized repair and maintenance information (RMI) terminology - Part 1: General information and use case definition
ISO 18542 is structured in two parts: Part 1 defines a framework and a process for agreeing terms; Part 2 defines the process implementation requirements for a terminology management system and for a Registration Authority with a digital annex. The basic purpose of ISO 18542 is to facilitate searching of vehicle manufacturer (VM) repair and maintenance information (RMI) websites by independent operators (IOs). ISO 18542-1:2012 provides a general overview and structure of each part of ISO 18542. It also specifies use cases related to repair and maintenance information (RMI) terminology in order to standardize the access to RMI for IOs. The provision of the agreed automotive RMI terminology itself is outside the remit of ISO 18542 and therefore outside the scope of ISO 18542-1:2012. Rather, it is foreseen that the agreed automotive RMI terminology will follow a lifecycle beyond the timeframe of ISO 18542. It will be dependent upon the work of a Registration Authority, a Terminology Review Group for its creation and management, and of a digital annex for its publication. For the development of the digital annex, existing standards will be reviewed and elements included where appropriate and practical.
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TS EN ISO 18542-1 is the first part of the standard series for standardized repair and maintenance information (RMI) terminology for road vehicles. It establishes the common framework for understanding, organizing, and using terminology so that independent operators can more easily find the right information on vehicle manufacturers’ RMI websites.
A shared terminology framework for RMI access
In technical terms, this part is about the structure around the terms rather than a published vocabulary list itself. RMI covers repair, maintenance, diagnostics, and related technical information, and consistent terminology matters because the same concept may otherwise appear under different labels across manufacturers and portals. In general technical context, standardized terminology improves searchability, supports clearer navigation, and reduces ambiguity when users are trying to identify the correct service information.
What Part 1 does not define
ISO 18542-1 does not provide the agreed automotive RMI terminology itself. Instead, it provides a general overview of the ISO 18542 structure and defines use cases related to RMI terminology standardization. The standard also frames the broader ecosystem in which terminology is expected to evolve, including a Registration Authority, a Terminology Review Group, and a digital annex for publication. That makes this document the conceptual basis for terminology management, not the terminology content itself.
- Focus on how RMI terminology is agreed and applied for search and access
- Supports independent operators working with vehicle manufacturer information portals
- Describes use cases for standardized terminology in the RMI environment
- Places terminology publication and lifecycle management in a wider process framework
- Publication Date: 12.06.2013
- Standard Status: U (Yürürlükteki Standard/Standard)
- Publisher: TSE
- Document Language: en
- ICS Classification: 01.040.43 Karayolu Taşıtları Mühendisliği (Terimler); 43.040.15 Oto Bilişim Sistemleri.Oto Bilgisayar Sistemleri; 43.180 Teşhis Bakım ve Deney Ekipmanları *Petrol istasyonları, bkz. 75.200
- Pages: 37
- Source Standard: EN ISO 18542-1:2012
- International Equivalents: EN ISO 18542-1-EQV; ISO 18542-1-EQV
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