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This International Standard provides the fundamentals and the reference framework for quality assurance, 146 quality management and quality improvement in learning, education and training. It consists mainly of the 147 Reference Framework for the Description of Quality Approaches (RFDQ): It is a common and generic 148 framework to describe, specify, and understand critical properties, characteristics, and metrics of quality. 149 The Reference Framework for the Description of Quality Approaches (RFDQ) combines an elaborated and 150 extensive process model with a descriptive model for the processes. This International Standard 151 harmonizes existing approaches, concepts, specifications, terms, and definitions related quality for learning, 152 education, and training.