08138 IUPAC Gold Book - validation 10.1351/goldbook.08138 08138 current 1 Confirmation, through the provision of objective evidence, that the requirements for a specific intended use or application have been fulfilled. The objective evidence needed for a validation is the result of a test or other form of determination such as performing alternative calculations or reviewing documents. The term "validated" is used to designate the corresponding status. The use conditions for validation can be real or simulated. In the VIM, "validation" is defined as "verification, where the specified requirements are adequate for an intended use". determination https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08018 procedure validatiion https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08097 requirements https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08122 test https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08049 PAC, 2021, 93, 997. 'Metrological and quality concepts in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1043 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0819) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08138/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08138/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08138/plain Citation: 'validation' 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.08138 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-08-05T03:41:30+00:00