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'''Conformance testing''' — also known as '''conformity assessment''', '''compliance testing''', or '''type testing''' — is [[Test method|testing]] or other activities that determine whether a process, product, or services complies with the requirements of a [[specification]], [[technical standard]], [[contract]], or [[regulation]].<ref name="TrenkaevInter03">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ta5rLb1CkkC&pg=PA226 |chapter=Interoperability Testing Based on a Fault Model for a System of Communicating FSMs |title=Testing of Communicating Systems: 15th IFIP International Conference, TestCom 2003 |author=Trenkaev, V.; Kim, M.; Seol, S. |editor=Hogrefe, D.; Wiles, A. |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |year=2003 |pages=226–242 |isbn=9783540401230}}</ref><ref name="WareTheNeed90">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FQf_pCCUeUC&pg=PA14 |chapter=Chapter 2: The Need for Mutual Recognition of Test Laboratories |title=Test Quality for Construction, Materials and Structures: Proceedings of the International RILEM/ILAC Symposium |author=Ware, J.E. |editor=Fickelson, M. |publisher=CRC Press |year=1990 |pages=12–18 |isbn=9780412394508}}</ref><ref name="WerstiukRelay07">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HCMDxjJnnF8C&pg=PA13 |chapter=Chapter 2: Relay Testing Fundamentals |title=The Relay Testing Handbook: Relay Testing Fundamentals |author=Werstiuk, C. |publisher=Valence Electrical Training Services |year=2007 |pages=13–52 |isbn=9781934348017}}</ref><ref name="INCITSReport05">{{cite web |url=http://www.incits.org/tc_home/m1htm/docs/m1050067.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213213606/http://www.incits.org/tc_home/m1htm/docs/m1050067.pdf |format=PDF |title=Report on Issues for Harmonizing Conformity Assessment to Biometric Standards |author=M1 Ad-Hoc Group on Issues for Harmonizing Conformity Assessment to Biometric Standards |publisher=InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards |date=16 March 2005 |archivedate=13 December 2006 |accessdate=22 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="ISOWhatIs">{{cite web |url=https://www.iso.org/conformity-assessment.html |title=What is conformity assessment? |publisher=International Organization for Standardization |accessdate=22 February 2018}}</ref> Testing is often either [[event condition action|logical test]]ing or [[physical test]]ing. The test procedures may involve other criteria from [[test functions for optimization|mathematical testing]] or [[chemical test]]ing. Beyond simple conformance, other requirements for efficiency, interoperability or compliance may apply. Conformance testing is performed preferably by independent organizations, which may be the standards body itself, to give sound assurance of compliance. Products or services tested to conformance may then become advertised as being certified by the testing organization as complying with the referred [[technical standard]]. Equipment manufacturers, equipment suppliers, and service providers rely on such qualified data to ensure [[quality of service]] (QoS) through this conformance process.
Aside from the various types of testing, related conformance testing activities include:
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