Glossary

Accreditation	Authorisation, approval or recognition of meeting a standard
Calibration	A set of operations that establish, under specified conditions, the relationship between values of quantities indicated by a measuring system, or values represented by a material measure or a reference material, and the corresponding values realised by standards
Conformity	Fulfilment by a product, process or service of specified requirements
Conformity assessment	An activity concerned with determining directly or indirectly that relevant requirements are fulfilled
International standard	Standard recognised by an international agreement to serve internationally as the basis for assigning values to other standards of the quantity concerned
International System of Units (SI)	The units of the metric system used universally in science
Legal metrology	Legal metrology comprises all measurements carried out for any legal purpose and includes measurements that are subject to regulation by law or government decree
Measurement	A set of operations having the object of determining a value of a quantity
Metre Convention	The Metre Convention is an international treaty that provides the basis of all international agreements on units of measurement
Metrology	The science of measurement
National standard	Standard recognised by a national decision to serve, in a country, as the basis for assigning values to other standards of the quantity concerned
Pattern approval	Examination of the pattern (design) of a measuring instrument against national or international specifications
Primary standard	A standard that is designated or widely acknowledged as having the highest metrological qualities and whose value is accepted without reference to other standards of the same quantity
Reference material	A material or substance one or more of whose property values are sufficiently homogeneous and well established to be used for the calibration of an apparatus, the assessment of a measurement method, or for assigning values to materials
Reference standard	A standard generally having the highest metrological quality available at a given location or in a given organisation from which measurements made there are derived
Secondary standard	A standard whose value is assigned by comparison with a primary standard of the same quantity
Traceability	Traceability is the property of the result of a measurement or the value of a standard whereby it can be related to stated references, usually national or international standards, through an unbroken chain of comparisons all having stated uncertainties
Working standard	A standard that is used routinely to calibrate or check material measures, measuring instruments or reference materials

Acronyms

AFP Australian Federal Police  AGAL Australian Government Analytical Laboratories (now NMI) ANSTO Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation ANTA Australian National Training Authority ANZECC Australia New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council APEC Australia Pacific Economic Cooperation APLAC Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Conference APLMF Asia Pacific Legal Metrology Forum APMP Asia Pacific Metrology Program AQIS Australian Quarantine Service ARPANSA Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency ASC Australian Sports Commission AFLP Amplified fragment length polymorphism ASADA Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority  ASDTL Australian Sports Drug Testing Laboratory (NMI) BIML International Bureau of Legal Metrology BIPM International Bureau of Weights and Measures BSE Bovine spongiform encephalopathy CASCO Council Committee for Conformity Assessment (ISO) CFIA Canadian Food Inspection Agency CGPM General Conference on Weights and Measures CIML International Committee of Legal Metrology CIPM International Committee for Weights and Measures CNG Compressed natural gas CRM Certified reference material CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation DFSNZ Drug Free Sport NZ dPCR Digital polymerase chain reaction EC European Commission EDM Electronic distance measurement EMC Electromagnetic compatibility EMI Electromagnetic interference EMS Electromagnetic susceptibility EPA Environment Protection Authority EPO Erythropoietin

FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation, UN FSANZ Food Standards Australia New Zealand GMO Genetically modified organism GPS Global Positioning System ILAC International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation IOC International Olympic Committee ISO International Organisation for Standardisation JAS-ANZ Joint Accreditation Scheme of Australia and New Zealand LPG Liquefied petroleum gas MCCA Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs MLA Meat and Livestock Australia MOU Memorandum of understanding NATA National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia NETS National Enabling Technologies Strategy NMI National Measurement Institute NML National Measurement Laboratory (now NMI) NRS National Residue Survey (DAFF) NSC National Standards Commission (now NMI) OIML International Organisation of Legal Metrology OGTR Office of the Gene Technology Regulator PBDE Polybrominated diphenyl ether PCB Polychlorinated biphenyl PCR Polymerase chain reaction POP Persistent organic pollutant SA Standards Australia SCOCA Standing Committee of Officers of Consumer Affairs TMAC Trade Measurement Advisory Committee (of SCOCA) TVC Thermal voltage converters UTC Coordinated Universal Time WADA World Anti-Doping Agency WHO World Health Organisation WIAA Weighing Industry Association of Australia WTO World Trade Organisation