Abstract: This paper discusses the progress made in a proof-of-concept effort to develop a standardized way of expressing a calibration laboratory’s capabilities and ISO/IEC 17025 Scope of Accreditation (SOA) in an XML format. The goal is to define a standardized schema for representing A2LA, NVLAP and other SOAs in a digital format. Once established, the metrology community can move from manually verifying uncertainties to a more automatable approach. This Metrology.NET® formatted XML database can then be used to generate a traditional SOA document. It can also be used to safeguard against laboratories reporting uncertainties that don’t comply with their SOA.
NCSLI 2016 Digital SOA Brief Paper
NCSLI 2016 Digital SOA Brief Presentation
NCSLI Workshop & Symposium | July 26, 2016 | Saint Paul, MN