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{{shortShort description|Type of testing for standards, contracts and regulations}}

'''Conformance testing''' — an element of '''conformity assessment''', and also known as '''compliance testing''', or '''type testing''' — is [[Test method|testing]] or other activities that determine whether a process, product, or service complies with the requirements of a [[specification]], [[technical standard]], [[contract]], or [[regulation]].<ref name="TrenkaevInter03">{{cite book |chapter-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 |author1=Trenkaev, V. |author2=Kim, M. |author3=Seol, S. |editor1=Hogrefe, D. |editor2=Wiles, A. |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |year=2003 |pages=226–242 |isbn=9783540401230}}</ref><ref name="WareTheNeed90">{{cite book |chapter-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 |chapter-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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213213606/http://www.incits.org/tc_home/m1htm/docs/m1050067.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 |archive-date=13 December 2006 |access-date=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 |access-date=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 may be undertaken by the producer of the product or service being assessed, by a user, or by an [[accredited]] independent organization, which can sometimes be the author of the standard being used. When testing is accompanied by [[certification]], the products or services may then be [[Advertising|advertised]] as being certified in compliance with the referred [[technical standard]]. Manufacturers and suppliers of products and services rely on such certification including listing on the certification body's website, to assure quality to the end user and that competing suppliers are on the same level.

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== Standardization and agreements ==

Several international standards relating to conformance testing are published by the [[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]] |author-link = International Organization for Standardization |title = 03.120.20: Product and company certification. Conformity assessment |url = http://www.iso.org/iso/products/standards/catalogue_ics_browse.htm?ICS1=03&ICS2=120&ICS3=20& |access-date=2009-04-10}}</ref> and ICS 23.040.01 for technical.<ref name=pcpg>{{cite web |last = [[International Organization for Standardization]] |author-link = International Organization for Standardization |title = 23.040.01: Pipeline components and pipelines in general |url = http://www.iso.org/iso/products/standards/catalogue_ics_browse.htm?ICS1=23&ICS2=040&ICS3=01& |access-date=2009-04-10}}</ref> Other standalone ISO standards 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]] |author-link = International Organization for Standardization |title = ISO/TR 13881:2000 Petroleum and natural gas industries -- Classification and conformity assessment of products, processes and services |url = http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=23137 |access-date=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]] |author-link = International Organization for Standardization |title = ISO 18436-4:2008 Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machines -- Requirements for qualification and assessment of personnel -- Part 4: Field lubricant analysis |url = http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=37395 |access-date=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]] |author-link = International Organization for Standardization |title = ISO/IEC 18009:1999 Information technology -- Programming languages -- Ada: Conformity assessment of a language processor |url = http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=31051 |access-date=2009-04-10}}</ref>

===Conformity assessment and mutual recognition agreements===

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== References ==

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