Protocol implementation conformance statement

{{Short description|Structured document specifying standards compliance}}

A protocol implementation conformance statement (PICS) is a structured document which asserts which specific requirements are met by a given implementation of a protocol standard.{{Cite web |title=The Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PIC) |url=https://automatedbuildings.com/news/nov10/articles/opengeneral/101029125101opengeneral.html |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=automatedbuildings.com}} It is often completed as a record of formal protocol conformance test results, and some automated testing systems machine-author a PICS as output.{{Cite book |last=Fischer-Hellmann |first=Klaus-Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NRutxrOZX84C&dq=PICS+protocol+standard&pg=PA66 |title=Information Flow Based Security Control Beyond RBAC: How to enable fine-grained security policy enforcement in business processes beyond limitations of role-based access control (RBAC) |date=2012-11-02 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-8348-2618-3 |language=en}} A potential buyer or user of the implementation can consult the PICS to determine if it meets their requirements.

PICS may be used with TTCN-3.