Glossary

Karl,

I'm not sure where the "validation" definition came from. Tying validation 
to a document is way too restrictive.   The definition we usually use is 
"the process necessary to perform conformance testing in accordance with a 
prescribed procedure and an official test suite."

Mark



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Mark Skall
Chief, Software Diagnostics and Conformance Testing Division
Information Technology Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8970
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8970

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Received on Thursday, 23 May 2002 22:21:32 UTC