ISO 14065 & ISO/IEC 17029 (Scope, Terms and definitions)

can be used as a basis for accreditation by accreditation bodies, peer assessment within peer assessment groups, or other forms of recognition of validation/verification bodies by international or regional organizations, governments, regulatory authorities, programme owners, industry bodies, companies, clients or consumers.

• ISO/IEC 17029:2019

• ISO 14065:2020

• ISO 14064-1:2019

• ISO 14064-3:2019

confirmation of a claim, through the provision of objective evidence, that the requirements for a specific intended future use or application have been fulfilled

• validation

• verification

• environmental information

• consultancy

confirmation of a claim, through the provision of objective evidence, that specified requirements have been fulfilled

• validation

• verification

• environmental information

• consultancy

person or organization responsible for developing and maintaining a specific validation programme or verification programme

• responsible party

• intended user

• programme owner

• validation/verification team

non-fulfilment of a requirement

• Nonconformity

• Complaint

• Misstatement

• Appeal

engagement that reports on the results of verification activities and does not provide an opinion

• report of factual findings

• Agreed-upon verification activities (AUP)

• Validation opinion

• Adverse opinion