290aDefinitions#
For the purposes of this chapter:
(1)The term “standard reference data” means data that is—
(A)either—
(i)quantitative information related to a measurable physical, or chemical, or biological property of a substance or system of substances of known composition and structure;
(ii)measurable characteristics of a physical artifact or artifacts;
(iii)engineering properties or performance characteristics of a system; or
(iv)1 or more digital data objects that serve—
(I)to calibrate or characterize the performance of a detection or measurement system; or
(II)to interpolate or extrapolate, or both, data described in subparagraph (A) through (C); 1 and
(B)that is critically evaluated as to its reliability under section 290b of this title.
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