ISO/IEC 9126

E183939

international standard software quality standard

ISO/IEC 9126 is an international standard that defines a quality model and related metrics for evaluating and describing software product quality.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
ISO/IEC 9126 canonical	7
ISO/IEC 9126 series	1
ISO/IEC 9126-1	1
ISO/IEC 9126-2	1
ISO/IEC 9126-3	1
ISO/IEC 9126-4	1
Software engineering — Product quality — Part 2: External metrics	1
Software engineering — Product quality — Part 3: Internal metrics	1
Software engineering — Product quality — Part 4: Quality in use metrics	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1612583 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ISO/IEC 9126
Context triple: [ISO/IEC, standardSeries, ISO/IEC 9126]

A. ISO/IEC 25010
ISO/IEC 25010 is an international standard that defines a comprehensive quality model for software and systems, specifying characteristics and sub-characteristics used to evaluate product quality and quality in use.
B. ISO/IEC 12207
ISO/IEC 12207 is an international standard that defines a comprehensive framework and set of processes for the life cycle management of software systems.
C. IEEE 12207
IEEE 12207 is an international standard that defines processes, activities, and tasks for the life cycle management of software systems.
D. ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 is an international standard that defines best practices and processes for engineering and managing system and software requirements.
E. ISO/IEC 24748
ISO/IEC 24748 is an international standard that provides guidance on the application and management of systems and software life cycle processes defined in standards such as ISO/IEC 15288.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ISO/IEC 9126
Target entity description: ISO/IEC 9126 is an international standard that defines a quality model and related metrics for evaluating and describing software product quality.

A. ISO/IEC 25010
ISO/IEC 25010 is an international standard that defines a comprehensive quality model for software and systems, specifying characteristics and sub-characteristics used to evaluate product quality and quality in use.
B. ISO/IEC 12207
ISO/IEC 12207 is an international standard that defines a comprehensive framework and set of processes for the life cycle management of software systems.
C. IEEE 12207
IEEE 12207 is an international standard that defines processes, activities, and tasks for the life cycle management of software systems.
D. ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 is an international standard that defines best practices and processes for engineering and managing system and software requirements.
E. ISO/IEC 24748
ISO/IEC 24748 is an international standard that provides guidance on the application and management of systems and software life cycle processes defined in standards such as ISO/IEC 15288.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international standard ⓘ international standard ⓘ international standard ⓘ international standard ⓘ international standard ⓘ software quality standard ⓘ
appliesTo	software products ⓘ
category	ISO standards for software engineering ⓘ
defines	software product quality model ⓘ software product quality model ⓘ software quality characteristics ⓘ software quality metrics ⓘ
definesCharacteristic	efficiency ⓘ functionality ⓘ maintainability ⓘ portability ⓘ reliability ⓘ usability ⓘ
domain	software quality evaluation ⓘ
field	software engineering ⓘ
hasPart	ISO/IEC 9126-1 ⓘ linked to: ISO/IEC 9126 ISO/IEC 9126-2 ⓘ linked to: ISO/IEC 9126 ISO/IEC 9126-3 ⓘ linked to: ISO/IEC 9126 ISO/IEC 9126-4 ⓘ linked to: ISO/IEC 9126
language	English ⓘ
partOf	ISO/IEC 9126 ⓘ ISO/IEC 9126 ⓘ ISO/IEC 9126 ⓘ ISO/IEC 9126 ⓘ
partOfSeries	SQuaRE series predecessor ⓘ
provides	framework for software quality metrics ⓘ terminology for software quality characteristics ⓘ
publishedBy	International Electrotechnical Commission ⓘ International Organization for Standardization ⓘ
replacedBy	ISO/IEC 25010 ⓘ
scope	software product quality evaluation ⓘ
status	withdrawn ⓘ
successorStandard	ISO/IEC 25010 ⓘ
title	Software engineering — Product quality — Part 1: Quality model ⓘ Software engineering — Product quality — Part 2: External metrics ⓘ linked to: ISO/IEC 9126 Software engineering — Product quality — Part 3: Internal metrics ⓘ linked to: ISO/IEC 9126 Software engineering — Product quality — Part 4: Quality in use metrics ⓘ linked to: ISO/IEC 9126
usedFor	describing software product quality ⓘ evaluating software product quality ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ISO/IEC → standardSeries → ISO/IEC 9126 ⓘ

subject linked to: ISO/IEC (for parts of the framework)

ISO/IEC 25010 → replaces → ISO/IEC 9126 ⓘ

ISO/IEC 9126 → hasPart → ISO/IEC 9126-1 ⓘ

linked to: ISO/IEC 9126

ISO/IEC 9126 → hasPart → ISO/IEC 9126-2 ⓘ

linked to: ISO/IEC 9126

ISO/IEC 9126 → hasPart → ISO/IEC 9126-3 ⓘ

linked to: ISO/IEC 9126

ISO/IEC 9126 → hasPart → ISO/IEC 9126-4 ⓘ

linked to: ISO/IEC 9126

ISO/IEC 9126-1 → partOf → ISO/IEC 9126 ⓘ