Re: Declaration of Conformance - a plea for accuracy of language!

2007-09-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
Nick, Don't apologize for your sensitivity - this is a pet peeve of mine as well. The terms are clearly laid out in the Directives and should be correctly used. I also agree with your comments regarding other types of certificates. My clients have enough trouble understanding the difference

RE: Declaration of Conformance - a plea for accuracy of language!

2007-09-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Declaration of Conformance - a plea for accuracy of language! From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 2:44 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: Declaration of Conformance - a plea for a

Re: Declaration of Conformance - a plea for accuracy of language!

2007-09-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message <9d04b979323dcd428297dda95108893e0d2...@bb-corp-ex2.corp.cubic.cub>, dated Tue, 18 Sep 2007, "Price, Ed" writes: >I had always assumed that the EU specifically coined the term >"Conformity" to indicate the document they wanted a manufacturer to >create. I suspect someone used Cham

RE: Declaration of Conformance - a plea for accuracy of language!

2007-09-18 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 2:44 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: Declaration of Conformance - a plea for accuracy of language! In message , dated Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Nick Williams writes: >Given

Re: Declaration of Conformance - a plea for accuracy of language!

2007-09-18 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message , dated Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Nick Williams 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

RE: Declaration of Conformance - a plea for accuracy of language!

2007-09-18 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
you received this message in error, please return to the sender. From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Nick Williams Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 2:15 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Declaration of Conformance - a plea for accuracy of language! Given the

RE: Declaration of Conformance - a plea for accuracy of language!

2007-09-18 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
Conformance - a plea for accuracy of language! 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

RE: Declaration of Conformance - a plea for accuracy of language!

2007-09-18 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
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 Declarat