Second edition at FDIS, stage 50.00, 23 July 2026/ Planning date 15 February 2027, an estimate/ ISO/IEC 25059:2023 applies today
25059ISO 25059 Revision CheckerThe AI quality model, clause by clause, and the edition that follows it
ANSWER

Is ISO/IEC 25059 certifiable?

No. ISO/IEC 25059 defines a quality model. It sets no requirements an organisation can be certified against, and there is no accreditation or transition scheme for it. A buyer can adopt the model in a quality plan or a contract and an assessor can examine the evidence, but that is not a certificate.

Why not

A certifiable standard sets out requirements for a management system or a product and is assessed by an accredited body. ISO/IEC 25059 sets out a model, with characteristics and definitions. There is nothing to audit for conformity in the way a management system is audited.

What can be assessed

A quality requirement set can be checked against the model for completeness. An evaluation can be repeated against a written method. A reviewer can ask for the evidence behind each characteristic. All of that is useful, and none of it is a certificate.

The wording to avoid

Do not write that a system is certified to ISO/IEC 25059, compliant with it, or approved under it. Say that the quality requirement set is based on the model, name the edition, and show the evidence.

What a buyer can claim

A buyer can claim that its quality requirements are structured on the model and that its evidence is kept per characteristic. That claim is checkable, and it is stronger than a vague assertion of compliance.

Check it yourself. The model is on the record, clause by clause, and the revision is on the revision page. The sources are on the sources page. Not legal advice; does not certify.

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