Software Certification Consortium

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The goal of certification is to systematically determine, based
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theory, whether an artefact satisfies accepted, well defined
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Current revision as of 18:18, 11 June 2008

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The Software Certification Consortium (SCC)

Objectives of SCC

  1. To promote the scientific understanding of software certification and the standards on which it is based;
  2. To promote the effective deployment of software certification standards;
  3. To promote public, government and industrial understanding of the concept of software certification and the acceptance of the need for certification standards for software related products;
  4. To co-ordinate software certification initiatives and activities to further objectives 1-3 above.


Definition of Certification

Definition
Certification is the process of systematically determining, based on the principles of science, engineering and measurement theory, whether an artifact satisfies accepted, well defined and measurable criteria.

The Goal of Software Certification

The goal of certification is to systematically determine, based on the principles of science, engineering and measurement theory, whether an artefact satisfies accepted, well defined and measurable criteria.

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