Index


Foreword

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1 Scope

This is an example for tagging of the English terminology from ISO/IEC Directives, Part 3, 1997.

2 Normative references

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3 Definitions

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
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
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
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
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
publication containing material on general matters related to international standardization
3.4 normative elements
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
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
those elements that provide additional information intended to assist the understanding or use of the standard
3.6 required element
element the presence of which in a standard is obligatory
3.7 optional element
element the presence of which in a standard is dependent on the provisions of the particular standard
3.8 provision
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
provision that conveys information

[ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996, definition 7.2]

3.8.2 instruction
provision that conveys an action to be performed

[ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996, definition 7.3]

3.8.3 recommendation
provision that conveys advice or guidance

[ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996, definition 7.4]

3.8.4 requirement
provision that conveys criteria to be fulfilled

[ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996, definition 7.5]

3.9 state of the art
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]