Re: [Conformance] Definition of Compliance vs. conformance

I hear Gregg Vanderheiden in my ear saying "You comply with laws and
conform to standards" from years ago. Not sure he trumps standards
bodies....

On Thu, Dec 9, 2021, 4:45 PM Mary Jo Mueller <maryjom@us.ibm.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> After the meeting I was addressing some input from a colleague on
> definitions and what is already defined and available in ISO and IEC
> standards.  Since standards harmonization is a definite concern, it seems
> there's a variety of usage and definition of "Compliance", "Comply",
> "Conformance", Conform" and in ISO and IEC standards there are multiple
> instances where the definition of one of these terms includes the other
> term. So I'm not sure how successful we will be trying to tease apart terms
> that have been clearly used interchangeably for a while.
>
> Here's a link to the ISO standards page where you can perform a search on
> terms to see how they are defined and in what standards they are defined.
>
>    - *ISO* Online Browsing Platform (OBP) *https://www.iso.org/obp/ui*
>    <https://www.iso.org/obp/ui>and select the *Terms & Definitions* radio
>    button
>    - *IEC* maintains its own platform, similar to ISO
>    https://www.electropedia.org/and check the *Search also in definitions*
>    checkbox.  For example:
>
>
> For example from an IEC Internet of Things standard:
>
> *compliance*
> characteristic
> <https://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=741-01-06> of
> conformance to rules, such as those defined by a law, a regulation
> <https://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=901-02-10>,
> a standard
> <https://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=901-02-02>,
> or a policy
>
> So maybe we should just concede that these are used interchangeably and
> use this definition.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mary Jo
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> Accessibility Standards Program Manager
> IBM Accessibility
>
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