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Descriptors (v. lat.: praedicare = admits makes) becomes within many ranges for the fulfilment of, by an organization specified, and/or publicized out, (quality) requirements assigned (see quality assurance).

On the basis the descriptors potenzielle beneficiaries of a service or a product can measure approximately those quality which can be expected.

Jenach which organization the requirements specified become the descriptors as quality seal, descriptor, quality seal, label, certificate or test seal marks.

Descriptors are often used as label or label directly for the marking of a product or a service.

Test seal, certificates, quality seal, quality seal

nationally demanded

Test seals, test characters or inspection stamp, sometimes also quality mark are usually nationally prescribed or recommended, since with the ranges supervised by them a national interest exists, e.g. for of the public. They are based usually on international (ISO), European (EN) or national standards (VDE, DIN etc.) and from nationally recognized and akredditierten inspection stations are assigned. For the Akredditierung the TGA is responsible.

Example: stamp, DEK racing temple, VDE character

Within the building material range there is the Here the adherence to the manufacture standards is confirmed by Prfinstitut. E.G. by BAM, LGA etc.

Note: The CE-indication is not a test seal, but a manufacturer explanation

Nationally, officially recognition

There are descriptors those also here on standards and regulations is based. Example: Quality management according to ISO 9001, environmental explanation after EMAS, industrial safety management after OHRIS

Or according to official-fixed criteria, as e.g. in the tourism

Federations, associations, institutions

Apart from the ranges from national interest are gives it a far field of descriptors the private-economical interests take off.

Here private and halfnational institutions and committees issue to run off their own guidelines after those the assignment of the descriptors are.

The adherence to these guidelines is then supervised by inspection stations, which are recognized by the respective institutions.

The force of expression and relevance of these descriptors depend on as these criteria and test modalities are specified.

On the web page of the CONSUMERS INITIATIVE registered association four evaluation categories called for the evaluation of descriptors considerably are:

• Requirement (according to which criteria judged)
• Independence (recognized and institutes are during the definition of the criteria involved)
• Examinableness/control (by recognized and institutes)
• Transparency (all criteria are revealed)

See CONSUMER INITIATIVE registered association label evaluation

Examples: see "“other descriptors and label"”

Honors and other

Apart from the official honors and prices also from private people and companies descriptors will assign, frequently will become these descriptors by tunings and inquiries determined. E.G. book evaluation bie Amazon, participant evaluation with Ebay. These descriptors serve excluding private-economical interests. Nevertheless also they should correspond to the four criteria.

Examples

Descriptors in the tourism

In Germany a system from nationally recognized descriptors exists to the better classification of tourist places:

• Bath
• Erholungsort
• Therapeutic bath
• Health resort
• Air health resort
• Kneippkurort

Other descriptors and label

• Quality wine with descriptor
• "“particularly valuable"” (film descriptor)
• at hessian schools: "“Descriptor school with emphasis music"”
• Honors of magazines e.g. of "“Guitar Player"” descriptor "“Best jazz Guitarist"” or "“Best Guitar of LP"”
• "“Play property"” for educationally valuable Kinderspielzeug
• Descriptors of test companies, like test and donation goods test: "“Recommendable"”; "“Very well"”

Often descriptors are called also labels

see also label-on-line with an evaluation of approx. 300 label

Articles in category "Descriptor (quality)"

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Related Websites

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• Agenda
  Workshop on qualifications descriptors and framework, joint quality initiative network and ECA workshop 2, Reports: Further_action_def.doc ...


• From strings to concepts
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• PEARL Quality Plan (First Draft)
  Brief descriptor: Quality Plan (D1.1) amended October 2001. Unique Document Locator: PEARL/Del/OU/JM020/FINAL2/01.10.00. Document status: Commission ...


• Towards shared descriptors for Bachelors and Masters
  A report from a Joint Quality Initiative informal group (contributors to the discussions and drafting of the BaMa descriptors include those listed in Annex ...