Certification Templates

To successfully import Certification data into IAF CertSearch, you need to know about the following:

Learn about the CB data structure

Certified Entity and Certification Data Fields

Downloadable Templates

To successfully import your certification data into the IAF CertSearch database, the data must be formatted in the provided templates.

Latest version - Summary

version number: 2.1
Release note: IAF CertSearch Release - August 19, 2024
Release Summary: New fields for Technical Sectors, where a sector can be defined and managed at a certification level.

Previous versions

EXCEL previous template versions

Templates	Release notes	Sample Data
Download version 2.0	Includes new Certified Entity fields where Certified Entity data can be managed independently. Data fields are used to manage the entity's business registered address. Ability to add multiple main sites Renamed "Certification Additional Site" tab to "Certification Sites" The addition of a flexible scope and Main Site Full Address field, to accommodate countries that have different address formats can utilized.	view sample data
Download version 1.1	Add Company Identifiers such as TAX ID, Company ID, and Business Registration Number are added to enrich the integrity of the Entity data.	view sample data
Download version 1.0	N/A	1.0 sample data

Templates

Release notes

Sample Data

Download version 2.0

Includes new Certified Entity fields where Certified Entity data can be managed independently.

Data fields are used to manage the entity's business registered address.
Ability to add multiple main sites
Renamed "Certification Additional Site" tab to "Certification Sites"
The addition of a flexible scope and Main Site Full Address field, to accommodate countries that have different address formats can utilized.

view sample data

Download version 1.1

Add Company Identifiers such as TAX ID, Company ID, and Business Registration Number are added to enrich the integrity of the Entity data.

view sample data

Download version 1.0

N/A

1.0 sample data

XML previous template versions

Version	Release notes	Sample Data
Download version 2.0	Includes new Certified Entity fields where Certified Entity data can be managed independently. Data fields are used to manage the entity's business registered address. Ability to add multiple main sites Renamed: <certification_additional_sites> </certification_additional_sites> to <certification_sites> </certification_sites> The addition of a flexible scope and Main Site Full Address field, to accommodate countries that have different address formats can utilized.	view sample data
Download version 1.1	Add Company Identifiers such as TAX ID, Company ID, and Business Registration Number are added to enrich the integrity of the Entity data	view sample data
Download version 1.0	N/A	view sample data

Version

Release notes

Sample Data

Download version 2.0

Includes new Certified Entity fields where Certified Entity data can be managed independently.

Data fields are used to manage the entity's business registered address.
Ability to add multiple main sites
Renamed:
<certification_additional_sites> </certification_additional_sites> to <certification_sites> </certification_sites>
The addition of a flexible scope and Main Site Full Address field, to accommodate countries that have different address formats can utilized.