Conformity assessment

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Conformity assessment, also known as compliance assessment [1], [2], [3], is any activity to determine, directly or indirectly, that a process, product, or service meets relevant standards and fulfills relevant requirements.[4]

Conformity assessment activities may include:

Additionally, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) governs conformity assessment through the Agreement on Mutual Recognition in Relation to Conformity Assessment (Signed July 4th, 2000)

[edit] Standardization

The international standards of the topic are published by ISO and covered in the divisions of ICS 03.120.20 for management [5] and ICS 23.040.01 for technical [6]. Other standalone ISO standards for the topic include

  • ISO/TR 13881:2000 Petroleum and natural gas industries -- Classification and conformity assessment of products, processes and services [7]
  • ISO 18436-4:2008 Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machines -- Requirements for qualification and assessment of personnel -- Part 4: Field lubricant analysis [8]
  • ISO/IEC 18009:1999 Information technology -- Programming languages -- Ada: Conformity assessment of a language processor [9]

[edit] Notes & References

  1. ^ International Committee for Information Technology Standards. "Report on Issues for Harmonizing Conformity Assessment to Biometric Standards". http://www.incits.org/tc_home/m1htm/docs/m1050067.pdf. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  2. ^ International Software Benchmarking Standards Group. "ISO Standard for Functional Size Measurement". http://www.isbsg.org/ISBSGnew.nsf/WebPages/C5908EE2873DA659CA25734E00175B3C. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  3. ^ NIST. "Part 3 Testing Requirements - Chapter 5: Test Methods". http://xsun.sdct.itl.nist.gov/tgdc/vvsg/part3/chapter05.php. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  4. ^ ISO/IEC Guide 2:2004
  5. ^ International Organization for Standardization. "03.120.20: Product and company certification. Conformity assessment". http://www.iso.org/iso/products/standards/catalogue_ics_browse.htm?ICS1=03&ICS2=120&ICS3=20&. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  6. ^ International Organization for Standardization. "23.040.01: Pipeline components and pipelines in general". http://www.iso.org/iso/products/standards/catalogue_ics_browse.htm?ICS1=23&ICS2=040&ICS3=01&. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  7. ^ International Organization for Standardization. "ISO/TR 13881:2000 Petroleum and natural gas industries -- Classification and conformity assessment of products, processes and services". http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=23137. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  8. ^ International Organization for Standardization. "ISO 18436-4:2008 Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machines -- Requirements for qualification and assessment of personnel -- Part 4: Field lubricant analysis". http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=37395. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  9. ^ International Organization for Standardization. "ISO/IEC 18009:1999 Information technology -- Programming languages -- Ada: Conformity assessment of a language processor". http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=31051. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

[edit] See also

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