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1. A brief history of VIM
The Vocabulary of Metrology is now in its third edition.
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First edition
The first edition, published by Afnor under the reference NF X 07-001 of December 1984 "International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metrology", was prepared by the ISO Metrology Group, which had proposed to the four main organizations involved in metrology (BIPM, IEC, ISO and OIML) a concerted effort to establish a vocabulary of general terms used in metrology. At the time, the working group drew heavily on existing IEC and OIML vocabularies.
In the field of errors and uncertainties, this Vocabulary has had to limit its ambitions, as the concepts themselves are still the subject of study and controversy.
As early as May 1970, Afnor published a first vocabulary in its series of fundamental...
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A brief history of VIM
Vocabulary introduction
Bibliography
Websites
The VIM can be downloaded from the BIPM website at the following address http://www.bipm.org/fr/publications/guides/vim.html
SI brochures http://www.bipm.org/fr/si/si_brochure
Standards and norms
- Vocabulaire international de métrologie - Concepts fondamentaux et généraux et termes associés (VIM). - ISO/IEC Guide 99:2007 -
- Quantities and units – Part 1: General information. - ISO 80000-1:2009 -
- Quantities and units – Part 9: Physical chemistry and molecular physics. - ISO 80000-9:2009 -
- Quantities and units – Part 12: Solid state physics. - ISO 80000-12:2009 -
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