Project Details:

Compilation and Clarification of Quality Assurance Related Nomenclature Series: Quality Assurance

Project No.:501-9-97
Start date:1997-01-01
End date:1999-12-31
Division:Analytical Chemistry Division
Objective:

Definitions related to quality assurance, quality control, reference materials, analytical chemistry, related statistics, etc., are spread over IUPAC publications, number of ISO standards and guides, documents of other international organizations (WHO, EURACHEM, etc.). The objective of this project is to prepare an index which lists terms alphabetically and indicates in which source document(s) the definition(s) of the term can be found, if indeed definition(s) exist. Related activities: Compilation to be published in an appropriate international journal (e.g. Journal for Accreditation and Quality Assurance) to be internationally reviewed and elaborated. After having this compilation in hand it would be possible for the IUPAC to propose the most appropriate term(s) to be generally used taking into account expected future changes of definitions of VIM (International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metrology).

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Progress:
Project Completed - The result of the project is a compilationof approximately 1400 terms from 18 literature sources - mainly standards,in alphabetical order with identification of the source where the termcan be found as well as an indication whether the definition of thesame term in different sources is the same or not. Compilation entitled: 'Terminology and definitons: Alphabetical index of defined terms andwhere they can be found Part I, II and III' are published in the journalAccreditationand Quality Assurance in three parts:
  • Accred Qual Assur 4 (1999)12, pp. 525-530 > abstract
  • Accred Qual Assur 5 (2000)2, pp. 77-82 > abstract
  • Accred Qual Assur 5 (2000)4, pp. 159-164 > abstract

Compilation might be used as a source of informationalso at the discussion on the revision of VIM (Vocabulary on Basic andGeneral Terms in Metrology). This work was completely carried out byD. Holcombe, LGC UK.