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Data record gloss.traceability.usage

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The NIST policy on metrological traceability takes its definition from the international vocabulary of metrology: a measurement result is traceable when it can be tied to a reference by a documented chain of calibrations with no break in it, every link of which adds to the measurement uncertainty. The policy makes the provider of a result responsible for supporting any claim of traceability and the user of the result responsible for judging that claim, and it states that traceability by itself does not guarantee that a result is fit for a given purpose.

ProvenanceNIST Policy on Metrological Traceability supports data record gloss.traceability.usage, which is cited on the entry Traceability.SOURCENIST Policy on Metrological TraceabilityNIST Policy on Metrologi..Government workDATA RECORDgloss.traceability.usagegloss.traceability.usageVerified 2026-10-27ENTRYTraceabilityTraceabilityNo revisions
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SourceNIST Policy on Metrological TraceabilityGovernment work
Data recordgloss.traceability.usageVerified 2026-10-27
EntryTraceabilityNo revisions
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Traceability (Glossary)
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NIST Policy on Metrological Traceability, web page edition, NIST Policy on Metrological Traceability, NIST. Publisher page

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