08139 IUPAC Gold Book - verification 10.1351/goldbook.08139 08139 current 1 Confirmation, through the provision of objective evidence, that specified requirements have been fulfilled. The objective evidence needed for verification can be the result of an inspection or of other forms of determination such as performing alternative calculations or reviewing documents. The activities carried out for verification are sometimes termed "qualification process". The term "verified" is used to designate the corresponding status. In the VIM, "verification" is defined as "provision of objective evidence that a given item fulfils specified requirements". determination https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08018 inspection https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08080 requirements https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08122 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/08139/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08139/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08139/plain Citation: 'verification' 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.08139 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. 2026-08-05T17:28:39+00:00