ISO/IEC Guide 2:2004 provides general terms and definitions concerning standardization and related activities. It is intended to contribute fundamentally towards mutual understanding amongst the members of ISO and IEC and the various governmental and non-governmental agencies involved in standardization at international, regional and national levels. It is intended also to provide a suitable source for teaching and for reference, briefly covering basic theoretical and practical principles of standardization, certification and laboratory accreditation. It is not the aim of ISO/IEC Guide 2:2004 to duplicate definitions of terms adequately defined for general purposes in other authoritative international vocabularies. NOTE 1 From this point of view, particular attention is drawn to the International vocabulary of basic and general terms in metrology (VIM) jointly prepared by ISO, IEC, BIPM, IFCC, IUPAC, IUPAP and OIML, and published in 1993 (second edition). NOTE 2 In addition to the terms given in the official languages of ISO and IEC (English, French and Russian), equivalent terms provided by the relevant member bodies are given in the following languages: German (de); Spanish (es); Italian (it); Dutch (nl); Swedish (sv).
EN 45020:2006 history
2006EN 45020:2006 Standardization and related activities - General vocabulary (ISO/IEC Guide 2:2004)
1998EN 45020:1998 Standardization and related activities - General vocabulary ISO/IEC Guide 2: 1996
1993EN 45020:1993 General Terms and Their Definitions Concerning Standardization and Related Activities ISO/IEC Guide 2 : 1991, Mod.
1991EN 45020:1991 General terms and their definitions concerning standardization and related activities