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This International Standard is applicable to COTS software products. In this International Standard, the term "COTS" is used as an adjective and stands for "Commercial Off-The-Shelf". EXAMPLE Examples of COTS software products include but are not limited to text processors, spreadsheets, data base control software, graphics packages, software for technical, scientific or real-time embedded functions, such as real-time operating systems or local area networks for aviation/communication, automated teller machines, money conversion, human resources management software, sales management, and web software such as generators of web sites/pages. This International Standard establishes: a) Quality requirements for COTS software products; b) Requirements for test documentation for the testing of COTS software products, including test requirements, test cases, and test reporting; c) Instructions for conformity evaluation of COTS software products. NOTE The collection of documents for test is called "test documentation". It includes also recommendations for safety or business critical COTS software products. This International Standard deals only with providing the user confidence that the COTS software product will perform as offered and delivered. It does not deal with the production process (including activities and intermediate products, e.g. specifications). The quality system of a supplier is outside the scope of this International Standard. The intended users of this International Standard include: a) suppliers when: 1) specifying requirements for a COTS software product; 2) advertising performance claims for their product (ISO 9127); 3) assessing their own software products against the claimed performance; 4) issuing declarations of conformity (ISO/IEC 17050); 5) applying for certificates or marks of conformity (ISO/IEC Guide 23);