Title: organization
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - organization
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08091
Status: current

Definition
Person or group of people that has its own functions with responsibilities, authorities, and relationships to achieve its objectives.

Notes
1) The concept of "organization" includes, but is not limited to, sole-trader, company, corporation, firm, enterprise, authority, partnership, association, charity, or institution, or part or combination thereof, whether incorporated or not, public or private.
2) In formal documents, the term "body" is often used to denote an organization, for example, "accreditation body", "certification body", "inspection body", "legislative body", and "regulatory body".

Source
- PAC, 2021, 93, 997. 'Metrological and quality concepts in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1030 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0819)

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Citation: Citation: 'organization' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08091
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