ICEQC-only public identity
Every public requirement, scheme, certificate and registry record uses only ICEQC names, numbers and certification claims.
Standards system constitution
These documents define how ICEQC numbers, drafts, structures, reviews, translates, approves, publishes, changes and retires every ICEQC standard and certification scheme.
Every public requirement, scheme, certificate and registry record uses only ICEQC names, numbers and certification claims.
Published text is content-hashed and cannot be silently overwritten. Normative changes create a new controlled edition or amendment.
Technical, impartiality, legal/IP, ICEQC identity, governing-body and publication authorization controls must all be satisfied.
Stable ICEQC identifiers, status, dates, relationships, replacements and translations remain readable over time.
Defines voluntary third-party certification, impartial decisions, binary conformity and the public meaning of ICEQC certification.
Defines R-A, R-B and R-C remote evidence modes, authenticity controls, sampling and escalation where remote evidence is insufficient.
Defines C, NC and justified N/A findings, mandatory closure before certification, independent decisions, complaints, appeals and surveillance.
Defines the authority, principles, bodies and controlled-document system for ICEQC standards.
Defines stable identifiers for standards, schemes, modules, clauses, versions and translations.
Classifies normative, procedural, guidance, form and register documents and their access controls.
Controls scope, structure, clause drafting, objective testability and separation of requirements from guidance.
Defines controlled terms and the meanings of shall, should, may, can, conformity, nonconformity and not applicable.
Controls immutable editions, amendments, corrections, supersession, effective dates and transition periods.
Controls authoritative languages, translation review, equivalence, corrections and language-specific publication.
Defines drafting, consultation, technical review, impartiality review, legal and intellectual-property review, approval and publication.
Requires ICEQC-only public standards and certification identity, with access-controlled separation of internal research records.