Conformité
La conformité à un document SQLBL est une déclaration relative à un texte, faite par celui qui l'a rédigé et vérifiable par examen. SQLBL ne délivre aucune certification et n'agrée aucun évaluateur.
- SQLBL/PD 2
- 1
- 2026-08-01
- Current
1 Verbal forms
- shall
- Requirement. Strict conformance is required; no deviation is permitted.
- shall not
- Prohibition. The described practice is excluded from conformant material.
- should
- Recommendation. Departure requires justification recorded in the assessment.
- may
- Permission. Neither required nor discouraged.
- can
- Possibility or capability. Carries no normative weight.
2 Degrees of conformance
Full conformance — every requirement of the referenced document is met throughout the assessed text. Partial conformance — every requirement is met within one or more identified sections, which shall be named in the claim. Profile conformance — every requirement of a composite profile, including all requirements it incorporates by reference, is met.
3 Claim syntax
A conformance claim shall take the form:
This document conforms fully to SQLBL 1004:2026. This document conforms partially to SQLBL 1017:2026 (clauses 4 and 5). This document conforms to profile SQLBL 2107:2026.
A claim shall identify the edition. A claim shall not be made on behalf of a third party, and shall not be used to represent that material was prepared without machine assistance.
4 Assessment procedure
- Identify the referenced document and edition.
- Enumerate its requirements, including those incorporated by reference.
- Inspect the assessed text against each requirement in clause order.
- Record each departure, with the clause reference and the observed text.
- State the resulting degree of conformance, or state that conformance is not met.
5 Standing caution
SQLBL documents are research instruments. Conformance is a measurable property, not a recommendation. No SQLBL document should be adopted as house style, incorporated into hiring criteria, or cited as evidence about a person.