IEVref:901-05-01ID: 901-05-01
Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: provision
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Definition: expression in the content of a normative document, that takes the form of a statement, an instruction, a recommendation or a requirement

Note 1 to entry: These types of provision are distinguished by the form of wording they employ; e.g. instructions are expressed in the imperative mood, recommendations by the use of the auxiliary “should” and requirements by the use of the auxiliary “shall”.


Publication date:2013-11
SourceISO/IEC Guide 2:2004, 7.1
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Domain1:Standardization
Domain2:Content and structure of normative documents
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