IEC 62368
E481598
IEC 62368 is a safety standard for audio/video, information, and communication technology equipment that uses a hazard-based approach to risk assessment and protection.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IEC 62368 canonical | 2 |
| IEC 62368-1 | 2 |
| IEC 62368 Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment – Safety requirements | 1 |
| IEC 62368-3 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4942698 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEC 62368 Context triple: [IEC 60000 series, hasPart, IEC 62368]
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A.
IEC 62591
IEC 62591 is an international standard that defines the WirelessHART industrial wireless communication protocol for process automation and control applications.
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B.
IEC 60601-1
IEC 60601-1 is an international standard that specifies general safety and essential performance requirements for medical electrical equipment and systems.
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C.
IEC 60601-1-8
IEC 60601-1-8 is a collateral standard within the IEC 60601 series that specifies requirements for alarm systems in medical electrical equipment and systems to ensure safe and effective clinical use.
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D.
IEC 60601-1-6
IEC 60601-1-6 is a collateral standard in the IEC 60601 series that specifies usability engineering requirements for medical electrical equipment and systems to help ensure safety and effectiveness in clinical use.
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E.
IEC 60000 series
The IEC 60000 series is a comprehensive family of international electrotechnical standards that define requirements and guidelines for electrical, electronic, and related technologies worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEC 62368 Target entity description: IEC 62368 is a safety standard for audio/video, information, and communication technology equipment that uses a hazard-based approach to risk assessment and protection.
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A.
IEC 62591
IEC 62591 is an international standard that defines the WirelessHART industrial wireless communication protocol for process automation and control applications.
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B.
IEC 60601-1
IEC 60601-1 is an international standard that specifies general safety and essential performance requirements for medical electrical equipment and systems.
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C.
IEC 60601-1-8
IEC 60601-1-8 is a collateral standard within the IEC 60601 series that specifies requirements for alarm systems in medical electrical equipment and systems to ensure safe and effective clinical use.
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D.
IEC 60601-1-6
IEC 60601-1-6 is a collateral standard in the IEC 60601 series that specifies usability engineering requirements for medical electrical equipment and systems to help ensure safety and effectiveness in clinical use.
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E.
IEC 60000 series
The IEC 60000 series is a comprehensive family of international electrotechnical standards that define requirements and guidelines for electrical, electronic, and related technologies worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IEC standard
ⓘ
safety standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IEC 62368 ⓘ |
| appliesTo | equipment with rated voltage not exceeding specified limits ⓘ |
| approach |
hazard-based safety engineering
ⓘ
risk-based approach ⓘ |
| basedOn |
application of appropriate safeguards
ⓘ
classification of energy sources ⓘ identification of energy sources ⓘ |
| conformsTo | hazard-based safety engineering principles ⓘ |
| defines |
safety requirements for AV equipment
ⓘ
safety requirements for ICT equipment ⓘ |
| field |
audio/video equipment
ⓘ
communication technology equipment ⓘ electrical safety ⓘ information technology equipment ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
protection against electric shock
ⓘ
protection against fire ⓘ protection against injury from energy sources ⓘ |
| fullName |
IEC 62368 Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment – Safety requirements
ⓘ
linked to:
IEC 62368
|
| hasPart |
requirements for electrically-caused fire
ⓘ
requirements for injury caused by sound ⓘ requirements for moving parts ⓘ requirements for optical radiation ⓘ |
| includesRequirementsFor |
components and subassemblies
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fire enclosure and spread of fire ⓘ insulation and creepage distances ⓘ mechanical strength ⓘ safeguards against energy sources ⓘ safety instructions and markings ⓘ thermal requirements ⓘ wiring and connections ⓘ |
| objective |
harmonize safety requirements for AV and ICT equipment
ⓘ
reduce risk of injury to users ⓘ |
| publishedBy | International Electrotechnical Commission ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
IEC 62368-1
ⓘ
linked to:
IEC 62368
IEC 62368-3 ⓘ
linked to:
IEC 62368
|
| replaces |
IEC 60065
ⓘ
IEC 60950 ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
manufacturers of AV and ICT equipment
ⓘ
regulatory authorities ⓘ testing laboratories ⓘ |
| usedFor |
conformity assessment
ⓘ
product safety compliance ⓘ |
| usedIn |
IT equipment
ⓘ
consumer audio/video equipment ⓘ professional audio/video equipment ⓘ telecommunications equipment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IEC 62368 Description of subject: IEC 62368 is a safety standard for audio/video, information, and communication technology equipment that uses a hazard-based approach to risk assessment and protection.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.