https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.10018
Property of a set of examination results for a specified examinand of a given kind-of-nominal-property that have overlapping nominal property value sets .
Example: Let the nominal property value set for "Patient—Urine; colour(proc.)" be {red, dark red}. "Red" is a compatible examination result because it is contained within the nominal property value set. "Black" and "white" are not compatible as they do not belong to the nominal property value set.
Notes:
- Two compatible examination results can be identical.
- The definition of this concept is not analogous to that of "metrological compatibility of measurement results" in the VIM.