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InternationalStandardISO21043-1Secondedition2025-06ForensicsciencesPart1:VocabularyCriminalistiquePartie1:VocabulaireReferencenumberISO21043-l:2025(en)COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT©ISO2025Allrightsreserved.Unlessotherwisespecified,orrequiredinthecontextofitsimplementation,nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedorutilizedotherwiseinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,orpostingontheinternetoranintranet,withoutpriorwrittenpermission.PermissioncanberequestedfromeitherISOattheaddressbeloworISO,smemberbodyinthecountryoftherequester.ISOcopyrightofficeCP401Ch.deBlandonnet8CH-1214Vernier,GenevaPhone:+4122749Ol11Email:copyrightiso.orgWebsite:www.iso.orgPublishedinSwitzerlandContentsPageForewordivIntroductionv1 Scope12 Normativereferences13 Termsanddefinitions1AnnexA(informative)Forensicprocess9Bibliography10ForewordISO(theInternationalOrganizationforStandardization)isaworldwidefederationofnationalstandardsbodies(ISOmemberbodies).TheworkofpreparingInternationalStandardsisnormallycarriedoutthroughISOtechnicalcommittees.Eachmemberbodyinterestedinasubjectforwhichatechnicalcommitteehasbeenestablishedhastherighttoberepresentedonthatcommittee.Internationalorganizations,governmentalandnon-governmentabinliaisonwithIS0,alsotakepartinthework.ISOcollaboratescloselywiththeInternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(IEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization.TheproceduresusedtodevelopthisdocumentandthoseintendedforitsfurthermaintenancearedescribedintheISO/IECDirectives,Part1.Inparticular,thedifferentapprovalcriterianeededforthedifferenttypesofISOdocumentshouldbenoted.ThisdocumentwasdraftedinaccordancewiththeeditorialrulesoftheISO/IECDirectives,Part2(seewww.iso.org/directives).ISOdrawsattentiontothepossibilitythattheimplementationofthisdocumentmayinvolvetheuseof（八）patent(三).ISOtakesnopositionconcerningtheevidence,validityorapplicabilityofanyclaimedpatentrightsinrespectthereof.Asofthedateofpublicationofthisdocument,ISOhadnotreceivednoticeof（八）patent(三)whichmayberequiredtoimplementthisdocument.However,implementersarecautionedthatthismaynotrepresentthelatestinformation,whichmaybeobtainedfromthepatentdatabaseavailableatwww.iso.org/patents.ISOshallnotbeheldresponsibleforidentifyinganyorallsuchpatentrights.Anytradenameusedinthisdocumentisinformationgivenfortheconvenienceofusersanddoesnotconstituteanendorsement.Foranexplanationofthevoluntarynatureofstandards,themeaningofISOspecifictermsandexpressionsrelatedtoconformityassessment,aswellasinformationaboutISO'sadherencetotheWorldTradeOrganization(WTo)principlesintheTechnicalBarrierstoTrade(TBT),seeWWW.isoQrgisoforeword.htmLThisdocumentwaspreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeISO/TC272,Forensicsciences,incollaborationwiththeEuropeanCommitteeforStandardization(CEN)TechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC419,Forensicscienceprocesses,inaccordancewiththeAgreementontechnicalcooperationbetweenISOandCEN(ViennaAgreement).AlistofallpartsintheISO21043seriescanbefoundontheISOwebsite.Anyfeedbackorquestionsonthisdocumentshouldbedirectedtotheuser'snationalstandardsbody.AcompletelistingofthesebodiescanbefoundatWWW.isoQrgmembnrs.htmLIntroductionThisdocumentstandardizestheuseandmeaningoftermsassociatedwiththeforensicsciences.Thetermsdefinedinthisdocumentaredrawnfromstandardtermsusedintheforensicscienceprocesses,ascontainedintheISO21043series.Discipline-specificstandardsincludetheirownspecifictermsanddefinitions.Thisdocumentispartofaseriesoffivethatincludesthedifferentcomponentsoftheforensicprocessfromscenetocourtroom(asillustratedinFigureA.l).OtherpartsoftheISO21043seriesare: ISO21043-2; ISO21043-3; ISO21043-4; ISO21043-5.Thisdocumentisorganizedalphabeticallyandfollowsnatural(English)wordorderwhereverpossible.ForensicsciencesPart1:Vocabulary1ScopeThisdocumentdefinestermsusedforthedifferentcomponentsoftheforensicprocessfromscenetocourtroom(asillustratedinFigureA.l).2 NormativereferencesTherearenonormativereferencesinthisdocument.3 TermsanddefinitionsForthepurposesofthisdocument,thefollowingtermsanddefinitionsapply.ISOandIECmaintainterminologydatabasesforuseinstandardizationatthefollowingaddresses:一ISOOnlinebrowsingplatform:availableathttps:WWW.iso.org/obp一IECElectropedia:availableathttps:WWW.electropedia.org/3.1administrativereviewevaluationofrecords3.49toverifyconsistencywiththeforensicserviceprovider's(3.26)administrativepoliciesandwitheditorialcorrectness3.2analysispartoftheexaminationf3.18)consistingofdetecting,measuringorcomparingthepropertiesofitems(3.33),inordertoobtainobservations(3.36)Note1toentry:Analysiscanbeeitherinstrumental,humanperception-based,oracombinationofthetwo.3.3analyticalstrategychoiceofmethod(三)3.35)andthesequenceofanalysis(3.2)Note1toentry:Ananalyticalstrategyisbasedinpartonrelevantcasequestionsandbackgroundinformation.3.4areaofexpertisedisciplineinwhichanexaminer(3.20)iscompet