The Ada Conformity Assessment Authority is responsible for the management of Ada Conformity Assessments (previously known as "validations"). This page provides several resources to find out more about the ACAA.
Contact the ACAA to get specific questions answered about this site or about the ACAA.
Article: An ISO Standard Guards the Ada Henhouse
This article gives an overview of the ISO standard for conformity assessment and Ada conformity assessment. Highly recommended if you are interested in the Ada conformity assessment process and procedures. This article originally appeared in IEEE Software.
Article: Ada Conformity Assessment: Only the names have changed
This article gives a readable overview of the conformity assessment process and the changes from the previous AJPO sponsered process. Recommended if you are interested in the Ada conformity assessment process. This article originally appeared in Ada Letters.
ACAA Operating Procedures (version 3.0)
This document contains the current operating procedures of the ACAA. It is detailed and in intended primarily for readers already familar with Ada conformity assessment. This document is the "ACAP" mentioned in the ISO Conformity Assessment standard (ISO/IEC 18009:1999).
The document is available in various formats. We recommend the PDF version for most purposes.
The ACAA mailing list contains announcements from the ACAA (such as new tests) and discussion about Ada Conformity Testing. While primarily intended for Ada compiler implementors, it is open to the general public. To subscribe, send a message with the body text "Join ACAA" to listserv@ada-auth.org.