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'''Conformance testing''' or '''type testing''' is testing to determine whether a product or system or just a medium complies with the requirements of a [[specification]], [[contract]] or [[regulation]]. This may apply to various technical terms as well as to pure formal terms with respect to obligations of the contractors. '''Conformity assessment''', also known as '''compliance assessment''',<ref name=rihc>{{cite web |last = [[International Committee for Information Technology Standards]] |first = |authorlink = |author2 = |title = Report on Issues for Harmonizing Conformity Assessment to Biometric Standards |work = |publisher = |date = |url = http://www.incits.org/tc_home/m1htm/docs/m1050067.pdf |format = |doi = |accessdate = 2009-04-12 April 2009 }}</ref><ref name=sfsm>{{cite web |last = [[International Software Benchmarking Standards Group]] |first = |authorlink = |author2 = |title = ISO Standard for Functional Size Measurement |work = |publisher = |date = |url = http://www.isbsg.org/ISBSGnew.nsf/WebPages/C5908EE2873DA659CA25734E00175B3C |format = |doi = |accessdate = 2009-04-12 April 2009}}</ref><ref name=trtm>{{cite web |last = [[NIST]] |first = |authorlink = |author2 = |title = Part 3 Testing Requirements - Chapter 5: Test Methods |work = |publisher = |date = |url = http://xsun.sdct.itl.nist.gov/tgdc/vvsg/part3/chapter05.php |format = |doi = |accessdate = 2009-04-12 April 2009}}</ref> is any activity to determine, directly or indirectly, that a process, product, or service meets relevant [[technical standard]]s and fulfills relevant requirements.<ref>[http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=39976&ICS1=1&ICS2=120&ICS3=&scopelist=CATALOGUE ISO/IEC Guide 2:2004]</ref>

Conformity assessment activities may include:

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==Standardization==

The international standards of the topic are published by [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] and covered in the divisions of ICS 03.120.20 for management<ref name=pccc>{{cite web |last = [[International Organization for Standardization]] |first = |authorlink = |author2 = |title = 03.120.20: Product and company certification. Conformity assessment |work = |publisher = |date = |url = http://www.iso.org/iso/products/standards/catalogue_ics_browse.htm?ICS1=03&ICS2=120&ICS3=20& |format = |doi = |accessdate = 2009-04-10 April 2009}}</ref> and ICS 23.040.01 for technical.<ref name=pcpg>{{cite web |last = [[International Organization for Standardization]] |first = |authorlink = |author2 = |title = 23.040.01: Pipeline components and pipelines in general |work = |publisher = |date = |url = http://www.iso.org/iso/products/standards/catalogue_ics_browse.htm?ICS1=23&ICS2=040&ICS3=01& |format = |doi = |accessdate = 2009-04-10 April 2009}}</ref> Other standalone [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] standards for the topic include

* ''ISO/TR 13881:2000 Petroleum and natural gas industries—Classification and conformity assessment of products, processes and services''<ref name=pngi>{{cite web |last = [[International Organization for Standardization]] |first = |authorlink = |author2 = |title = ISO/TR 13881:2000 Petroleum and natural gas industries -- Classification and conformity assessment of products, processes and services |work = |publisher = |date = |url = http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=23137 |format = |doi = |accessdate = 10 April 2009-04-10}}</ref>

* ''ISO 18436-4:2008 Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machines—Requirements for qualification and assessment of personnel—Part 4: Field lubricant analysis''<ref name=cmdm>{{cite web |last = [[International Organization for Standardization]] |first = |authorlink = |author2 = |title = ISO 18436-4:2008 Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machines -- Requirements for qualification and assessment of personnel -- Part 4: Field lubricant analysis |work = |publisher = |date = |url = http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=37395 |format = |doi = |accessdate = 10 April 2009-04-10}}</ref>

* ''ISO/IEC 18009:1999 Information technology—Programming languages—Ada: Conformity assessment of a language processor'' <ref name=itpl>{{cite web |last = [[International Organization for Standardization]] |first = |authorlink = |author2 = |title = ISO/IEC 18009:1999 Information technology -- Programming languages -- Ada: Conformity assessment of a language processor |work = |publisher = |date = |url = http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=31051 |format = |doi = |accessdate = 10 April 2009-04-10

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==External links==

* {{cite web|url=http://www.iso.org/iso/home/about/conformity-assessment.htm|title=What is conformity assessment?|publisher=ISO|accessdate=16 September 2016-09-16}}

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