Refrain from changing designations unless absolutely necessary.

CONTROL ID
16247

CONTROL TYPE
Establish/Maintain Documentation

CLASSIFICATION
Preventive

This Control directly supports the implied Control(s):

Establish and maintain designations for terminological entries, as necessary., CC ID: 13340

There are no implementation support Controls.

For a standardized terminology, it is desirable that a designation be assigned to a single concept. Before creating a new term, a new appellation or a new proper name, it is necessary to ascertain whether a designation already exists for the concept in question. Well-established usage shall be respe… (7.6.1 ¶ 2, ISO 704:2022 Terminology work â Principles and methods, 4)