scope:

This International Standard defines a list of terms used in thepreparation of the standards in the field of soil quality. Theterms are classified under the following main headings: - generalterms (terms relating to soil, soil materials, land, and sites); -description of soil (soil characteristics, soil water, propertiesof soils and substances, processes in soil, contamination,pollution, background content); - sampling (general terms, sampletypes/sampling type, sampling stages, execution of sampling,quality control samples, sample pretreatment); - terms relating tothe assessment of soils (quality, assessment of soil and sites withrespect to risk, hazard and exposure, soil protection); -remediation (general terms, principal remediation types,engineering-based methods,