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Certification Body (CB)

Q: What is Certification Body?

A Certification Body (CB) is an independent organization that assesses and formally confirms that products, services, processes, systems, or persons conform to defined standards or requirements. Expanded Explanation 1. Technical Function and Core Characteristics A CB performs conformity assessment by evaluating an applicant against specific standards, schemes, or regulatory criteria. It issues certificates, licenses, or marks that attest that the subject of assessment meets the defined

Q: How widely is Certification Body used?

4 organizations in our directory are tagged Certification Body.

Certification body is an independent organization that evaluates and certifies that products, services, systems, or personnel meet defined standards or regulatory requirements, providing formal conformity evidence used by enterprises for compliance, risk management, procurement, and external assurance in technical and business contexts.

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curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"certification-body-cb"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

REST

GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/c5c49257-6a41-4438-99cf-e4fc6d6b18ce

CLI

di get-glossary --slug certification-body-cb

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