Index
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This is an example for tagging of the English terminology from
ISO/IEC Directives, Part 3, 1997.
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For the purposes of this part of the ISO/IEC Directives, the terms and
definitions given in ISO/IEC Guide 2 (some of which are repeated below
for convenience) and the following apply.
- 3.1 standard
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document, established by consensus and approved by a recognized body,
that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or
characteristics for activities or their results, aimed at the
achievement of the optimum degree of order in a given context
NOTE 1
Standards should be based on the consolidated results of science,
technology and experience, and aimed at the promotion of optimum
community benefits.
[ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996, definition 3.2]
- 3.1.1 international standard
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standard that is adopted by an international standardizing/standards
organization and made available to the public
[ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996, definition 3.2.1.1]
NOTE 2 International standards published by ISO and IEC are written with a
capital "I" and "S", i.e. "International Standard".
- 3.2 Technical Report
- 3.2.1 type 1 Technical Report
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publication for which the required support for approval as an
International Standard cannot be obtained, or for which there is doubt
on whether consensus has been achieved
NOTE 3 The content of a type 1
Technical Report, including its annexes, may include information that
is of a normative nature, although the document itself is not of a
normative nature.
- 3.2.2 type 2 Technical Report
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publication of work still under technical development, or where for
any other reason there is the future, but not immediate, possibility
of agreement on an International Standard
NOTE 4 The content of a type 2
Technical Report, including its annexes, may include information that
is of a normative nature, although the document itself is not of a
normative nature.
- 3.2.3 type 3 Technical Report
-
informative publication containing collected data of a different kind
from that which is normally published as an International Standard
NOTE 5 Such data may include, for example, data obtained from a survey
carried out among the national bodies, data on work in other
international organizations or data on the "state of the art" in
relation to standards of national bodies on a particular subject.
- 3.3 Guide
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publication containing material on general matters related to
international standardization
- 3.4 normative elements
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those elements setting out the provisions to which it is necessary to
conform in order to be able to claim compliance with the standard
- 3.5 informative elements
- 3.5.1 preliminary elements
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those elements that identify the standard, introduce its content and
explain its background, its development and its relationship with
other standards
- 3.5.2 supplementary elements
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those elements that provide additional information intended to assist
the understanding or use of the standard
- 3.6 required element
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element the presence of which in a standard is obligatory
- 3.7 optional element
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element the presence of which in a standard is dependent on the
provisions of the particular standard
- 3.8 provision
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expression in the content of a normative document, that takes the form
of a statement, an instruction, a recommendation or a requirement
NOTE 6 These types of provision are distinguished by the form of wording
they employ; e.g. instructions are expressed in the imperative mood,
recommendations by the use of the auxiliary "should" and requirements
by the use of the auxiliary "shall".
[ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996, definition 7.1]
- 3.8.1 statement
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provision that conveys information
[ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996, definition 7.2]
- 3.8.2 instruction
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provision that conveys an action to be performed
[ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996, definition 7.3]
- 3.8.3 recommendation
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provision that conveys advice or guidance
[ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996, definition 7.4]
- 3.8.4 requirement
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provision that conveys criteria to be fulfilled
[ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996, definition 7.5]
- 3.9 state of the art
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developed stage of technical capability at a given time as regards
products, processes and services, based on the relevant consolidated
findings of science, technology and experience
[ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996, definition 1.4]