Conformity assessment
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 technical standards and fulfills relevant requirements.[4]
Conformity assessment activities may include:
- Testing
- Surveillance
- Inspection
- Auditing
- Certification
- Registration
- Accreditation
Additionally, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) governs conformity assessment through the Agreement on Mutual Recognition in Relation to Conformity Assessment (Signed July 4, 2000)
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]
Notes and references
- ↑ International Committee for Information Technology Standards. "Report on Issues for Harmonizing Conformity Assessment to Biometric Standards". Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- ↑ International Software Benchmarking Standards Group. "ISO Standard for Functional Size Measurement". Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- ↑ NIST. "Part 3 Testing Requirements - Chapter 5: Test Methods". Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- ↑ ISO/IEC Guide 2:2004
- ↑ International Organization for Standardization. "03.120.20: Product and company certification. Conformity assessment". Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- ↑ International Organization for Standardization. "23.040.01: Pipeline components and pipelines in general". Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- ↑ International Organization for Standardization. "ISO/TR 13881:2000 Petroleum and natural gas industries -- Classification and conformity assessment of products, processes and services". Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- ↑ 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". Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- ↑ International Organization for Standardization. "ISO/IEC 18009:1999 Information technology -- Programming languages -- Ada: Conformity assessment of a language processor". Retrieved 10 April 2009.
See also
- Conformance testing
- Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance
- Quality infrastructure
- Standards organizations