In message <p06240821c315ebec2ece@[192.168.1.24]>, dated Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Nick Williams <nick.willi...@conformance.co.uk> writes:
>Given the name I chose for my company, I'm particularly (some would >probably say overly) sensitive to this issue, but here goes... > >There is no such thing as a "Declaration of Conformance". The proper >name for the document is (in the case of the European CE marking >directives) is an "EC Declaration of Conformity". Well, this word 'conformance' doesn't exist, according, I believe to the rather little-known ISO/IEC Guide 2. I don't know which philologist decided that, but it clearly DOES exist, formed from the verb 'conform' in the same way as 'performance' from 'perform'. On the other hand, '*performity' doesn't! There is little logic in the English language. The Guide also says that 'products conform, manufacturers comply', maybe not in that terse form. But we very often see 'This product complies with...' or, less often, I hope, 'This product does not comply with...'. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk There are benefits from being irrational - just ask the square root of 2. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
