CDIF has formally adopted the definition of what CDIF Conformance means in March 1996. The just of the Conformance Definition is that the tool vendor publishes a CDIF Conformance Statement in which they specify in detail what parts of CDIF they are conformant to and how. A Conformance Statement is quite detailed and might require a little work on the part of the vendor who is interested in claiming CDIF conformance. There is no official CDIF Conformance Testing body at this point.
Vendors can essentially self-certify by publishing a Conformance Statement.
If you are interested in providing CDIF Conformance Testing services, the CDIF officers would like to get in touch with you. The formal CDIF Conformance Definition can be found here . In order to make the CDIF Conformance Statement easier for a tool vendor, CDIF intends to publish document templates that can be filled out by a tool vendor and act as their CDIF Conformance Statement. This is an open action item. All rights reserved.