15 CFR § 995.27 - Format validation software testing.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s995.27"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 995.27 - Format validation software testing."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "995.27"
section_name: "Format validation software testing."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES"
part_number: "995"
part_name: "CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR DISTRIBUTORS OF NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC PRODUCTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 892b(b)(1)."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 52909, Sept. 6, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "995"
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# 995.27 Format validation software testing.

Tests shall be performed verifying, as far as reasonable and practicable, that CEVAD's data testing software performs the checks, as specified by CEVAD, for verifying that the converted data conforms to its own proprietary product specification. These tests may be combined with testing of the conversion software.