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 > _____________________________________________ > *Mary Jo Mueller* > Accessibility Standards Program Manager > IBM Accessibility > > "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and > become more, you are a leader." *~John Quincy Adams* > >Received on Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:57:39 UTC
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