testing to evaluate the adherence or non-adherence of an implementation to a specification. Additional terms are
Testing the level of fulfilment with regard to the claim done on features implementation
Verifies that an implementation conforms to the established specifications of the standard and in software and hardware development it is is seen as a means to increase the probability that systems will interoperate.. See also Interoperability testing. From the literature: Conformance testing: a single implementation is compared to the standard to be sure that the implementation does what the standard specifies. If the implementation conforms to the specifications set out by the standard, then it is considered to be interoperable (Preston & Lynch, 1994).
The testing of a candidate product for the existence of specific characteristics required by a standard in order to determine the extent to which that product is a conforming implementation. [ISO 10303-31: 1994
Focuses on demonstrating that EDI-INT solutions are written in a manner that implements the specification. Usually, there are degrees of compliance. Sometimes the specification defines these degrees, and other times the testing suite defines these degrees of compliance. Complete compliance testing to a specification document may be quite arduous and time-consuming depending upon how the specification was written and how complex the described interactions happen to be. Issues like risk (legal business processes such as POs are often involved) and distance (necessary yet sufficient to accomplish the marketing goal) indicate the degree of compliance, from basic to complete, which may be reasonably accomplished. As a result, compliance with a specification often does not guarantee interoperability.
Testing the extent to which the Implementation Under Test is a conforming implementation. source: ITU-T X.290 domain: OSI Conformance Testing usage: EU-P201
The process of testing that an implementation conforms to the specification on which it is based. Usually applied to testing conformance to a formal standard.
Conformance testing or type testing is testing to determine whether a system meets some specified standard.