The following message was included in a recent post by Gramaley:
Some of us have been voicing our desire for an OASIS-like database, with accurate, real-time, online access to management system certificates issued against ISO standards. Apparently ISO will finally make it happen, based on Gramaley's post.
It will indeed make the life of the pseudo accredited CB's a little more difficult, because their certificates won't be listed there. Time will tell how good this database will be. When I wrote to the IAF and ISO about this, many years ago, I strongly suggested that some of the features currently present in OASIS, such as the feedback loops and the escalation process for unresolved issues, should also be part of this database/website but I suspect ISO CERTO will not have the same range of features we presently have in OASIS.
Apparently the database will be accessible from the ISO - International Organization for Standardization website, when it becomes available. For the time being, it gets redirected to the main ISO website (www.iso.org).
OTHER Breaking news ISO's "CERTO" database
ISO is creating a global certification database for all IAF based accredited certificates. So instead of tracking down all of this information yourself, at the CABs and ABs websites, you will go to ISO's "CERTO" databse
Only ISO certs operating under IAF accreditation will be entered into the database. You will see Food Safety QMS certs, Medical Device QMS certs, and others, all put their by the CABs that have been accredited by the IAF member ABs.
From what I have seen and heard so far, the CERTO database could be operational as soon as September! This was an enormous undertaking and ISO is determined to keep this as "not for profit". It will also start to clean up the world of all those organizations that trade certs like candy for cash.
Some of us have been voicing our desire for an OASIS-like database, with accurate, real-time, online access to management system certificates issued against ISO standards. Apparently ISO will finally make it happen, based on Gramaley's post.
It will indeed make the life of the pseudo accredited CB's a little more difficult, because their certificates won't be listed there. Time will tell how good this database will be. When I wrote to the IAF and ISO about this, many years ago, I strongly suggested that some of the features currently present in OASIS, such as the feedback loops and the escalation process for unresolved issues, should also be part of this database/website but I suspect ISO CERTO will not have the same range of features we presently have in OASIS.
Apparently the database will be accessible from the ISO - International Organization for Standardization website, when it becomes available. For the time being, it gets redirected to the main ISO website (www.iso.org).
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