DO-178C

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EUROCAE document RTCA document aviation software standard safety-critical software standard

DO-178C is an international safety-critical software standard that defines objectives and guidance for developing and certifying airborne systems and equipment in the aviation industry.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
DO-178C canonical	4
DO-178C certification	1
DO-178C: Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8413988 — 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: DO-178C
Context triple: [Integrity, supportsStandard, DO-178C]

A. DO-178B
DO-178B is a widely used aviation industry standard that defines objectives and processes for developing and certifying safety-critical airborne software.
B. ISO 26262
ISO 26262 is an international functional safety standard for electrical and electronic systems in production automobiles, defining requirements to ensure the safety of road vehicles throughout their lifecycle.
C. IEEE 12207
IEEE 12207 is an international standard that defines processes, activities, and tasks for the life cycle management of software systems.
D. ARINC 664
ARINC 664 is an aviation data network standard that defines Ethernet-based communication for aircraft systems, enabling reliable, deterministic, and interoperable avionics networking.
E. 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.
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: DO-178C
Target entity description: DO-178C is an international safety-critical software standard that defines objectives and guidance for developing and certifying airborne systems and equipment in the aviation industry.

A. DO-178B
DO-178B is a widely used aviation industry standard that defines objectives and processes for developing and certifying safety-critical airborne software.
B. ISO 26262
ISO 26262 is an international functional safety standard for electrical and electronic systems in production automobiles, defining requirements to ensure the safety of road vehicles throughout their lifecycle.
C. IEEE 12207
IEEE 12207 is an international standard that defines processes, activities, and tasks for the life cycle management of software systems.
D. ARINC 664
ARINC 664 is an aviation data network standard that defines Ethernet-based communication for aircraft systems, enabling reliable, deterministic, and interoperable avionics networking.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	EUROCAE document ⓘ RTCA document ⓘ aviation software standard ⓘ safety-critical software standard ⓘ
appliesTo	airborne equipment ⓘ airborne systems ⓘ
defines	objectives for certification of airborne software ⓘ objectives for software configuration management ⓘ objectives for software development ⓘ objectives for software quality assurance ⓘ objectives for software verification ⓘ
domain	aviation industry ⓘ
focusesOn	safety-critical software ⓘ
fullName	DO-178C: Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification ⓘ linked to: DO-178C
hasSupplement	DO-330 ⓘ DO-331 ⓘ DO-332 ⓘ linked to: DO-331 DO-333 ⓘ
includesConcept	independence of verification ⓘ problem reporting and corrective action ⓘ requirements-based testing ⓘ software configuration control ⓘ software levels based on failure conditions ⓘ software life cycle processes ⓘ software quality assurance activities ⓘ structural coverage analysis ⓘ traceability from requirements to code and tests ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
not	product standard ⓘ
objective	ensure software does not contribute to unacceptable aircraft risk ⓘ provide evidence for certification authorities ⓘ
predecessor	DO-178B ⓘ
provides	guidance for certifying airborne software ⓘ guidance for developing airborne software ⓘ
publicationYear	2011 ⓘ
publishedBy	EUROCAE ⓘ RTCA ⓘ
region	international ⓘ
relatedTo	ED-12C ⓘ linked to: ED-12B
replaces	DO-178B ⓘ
scope	software aspects of airborne systems and equipment ⓘ
successor	none (as of 2024, DO-178C is current revision) ⓘ
typeOfRequirement	process-oriented standard ⓘ
usedBy	aircraft manufacturers ⓘ aviation authorities ⓘ avionics suppliers ⓘ
usedFor	airworthiness certification of software ⓘ
usedIn	business aviation ⓘ commercial aviation ⓘ some military aviation programs ⓘ