TS ISO 2859-10

TS ISO 2859-10 is the introductory part of the ISO 2859 series for acceptance sampling by attributes. Rather than prescribing a single inspection plan, it explains the overall structure of attribute-based sampling in the series and summarises the plan families used in the related parts, helping readers understand how the different inspection systems fit together.

What attribute sampling means in practice

Attribute sampling is based on classifying each item as conforming or nonconforming, acceptable or defective, rather than measuring a continuous variable. In general technical use, this makes it suitable for lot-based acceptance decisions, incoming inspection, and production release checks where full inspection is impractical. Sampling plans allow a decision to be made from a representative subset, balancing inspection effort against decision consistency.

How this part relates to the rest of ISO 2859

This part gives a brief summary of the attribute sampling schemes and plans used in ISO 2859-1, ISO 2859-2, ISO 2859-3, ISO 2859-4 and ISO 2859-5, and it includes guidance for selecting an appropriate inspection system for a particular situation. Its role is therefore orienting and comparative: it helps users distinguish between the different system types and choose the one that fits the inspection context, while the detailed requirements remain in the individual parts of the series.

• Attribute inspection judges items by category rather than by measurement value.
• Sampling supports acceptance decisions when inspecting every item is unnecessary or impractical.
• The ISO 2859 series contains separate parts for different attribute sampling systems.
• This part provides a concise overview and selection guidance for those systems.