What is IACS and why it matters for shipboard software

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Planned scope. The role of the International Association of Classification Societies, its membership, and how Unified Requirements become class rules that bind equipment and software approvals

Regulatory anchor. IACS Charter; IACS Procedural Requirements (PR)

Cluster. Classification, flag State and type approval. Catalogued in research/class-flag-type-approval.md.

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