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scoping [3 records]

Record 1 2013-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
  • Government Accounting
DEF

The process of identifying the elements to be audited and the time period in which the audit will be conducted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Processus par lequel on détermine les éléments à vérifier et la période visée par [l'audit].

OBS

délimitation de l'audit : le Bureau de la traduction du gouvernement du Canada recommande l’usage du terme «audit» dans le domaine de la comptabilité (REC-13/2013-02).

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

The term scoping has recently appeared on the environmental impact assessment scene as a result of the 1979 Regulations under NEPA [National Environmental Protection Agency], which require lead agencies to undertake "an early and open process for determining the scope of issues to be addressed and for identifying the significant issues related to a proposed action" (Council on Environmental Quality, 1980).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
DEF

Étape initiale d'une évaluation environnementale, qui détermine les facteurs à analyser et le type d'informations à recueillir pour mener celle-ci à bien.

OBS

cadrage : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 6 septembre 2008.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
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Record 3 1996-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
CONT

Scoping is a way of selecting a sub-tree in the naming hierarchy by specifying the root of that sub-tree and its depth. The service request is then applicable to all objects within this scope.

OBS

object-oriented programming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels

Spanish

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