^ Red. From an auditor's POV, I think such has always been their basic Objective where "x" is a "specific" request. Unfortunately the Standard(s) is also awash with non-specifically answerable Clauses. iso9001 hit the interp. problem a few decades back.
Re-reading my post, I realise how silly it may look - of course the auditor is looking to verify conformity against requirement "x" 
It's the non-specific clauses and requirement for an interpretation-based implementation vs. an expectation of a specific response/answer that I struggle with; in some cases there seems to almost be an expectation of a single-sentence answer even where an (obviously) more complex solution is required, that will necessarily be specific to the nature of the site/product, and thus the dreaded "interpretation" would seem to be entirely necessary.
