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PTB (Germany) Publications, colloquia and guidance documents from Germany's national metrology institute — including the digital calibration certificate (DCC) initiative. guide
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PTB (Germany) Publications, colloquia and guidance documents from Germany's national metrology institute — including the digital calibration certificate (DCC) initiative. guide
Acceptable routes to metrological traceability for accredited laboratories — NMIs, accredited calibration providers, and CIPM MRA-covered services. Freely available. ILAC Calibration
Requirements and test procedures for non-automatic weighing instruments — the basis for balance type approval and verification in legal metrology. Freely available. OIML Mass
…the authoritative vocabulary of metrology, defining measurement, calibration, traceability, uncertainty and hundreds of related concepts. Freely available; a 4th edition has been in committee…
The science of measurement and its application — including all theoretical and practical aspects, whatever the uncertainty and field of application. VIM (JCGM 200:2012…
The sequence of standards and calibrations used to relate a result to a stated reference — the concrete path behind a traceability claim. VIM (JCGM…
Traceability whose stated reference is the definition of a unit through its practical realization — "traceable to the SI" in its precise sense. VIM (JCGM…
Comparability of results traceable to the same reference — what shared traceability buys: results that can be meaningfully compared even from different labs and methods…
The property of a result whereby it can be related to a stated reference — usually the SI — through a documented unbroken chain of calibrations…
The international recommendation for standard weights: accuracy classes, maximum permissible errors, material and magnetism requirements, and calibration guidance. Freely available. OIML Mass
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