Definite article or no definite article?

Hi everyone,

I need advice on how to correctly formulate a header in a protocol, the definite article in its header in particular. I was asked by my father and I am a little uncertain myself.

The header looks like this:

Testing laboratory No. 1007.1, accredited by the CAI

I think that the "the" may be skipped in headlines, headers, etc. Also, I wonder could "laboratory" be capitalized?

Testing Laboratory no. 1007.1, accredited by CAI

I am a little uncertain on the definite article. They had a discussion at work whether they should keep the "the" or omit it. They have two camps on this . I told them I believe that both are correct and that it is a question of style, and in this instance, because it is a header, I would omit it.

I also mentioned that a good indication would be if it's an abbreviation or a registered acronym. If it is an abrv. I would usually include "the", if it's a registered acronym I would omit the "the" and treat it as a proper noun; but of course this hypothesis isn't bulletproof. It's all too confusing, some people say CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) and some would say the CIA in a context. I believe that this is the key; include "the" in context, e.g, paragraphs, exclude it in headlines, headers.

CAI is Czech Institute for Accreditation, which is of course in the native language, Ceský Institut pro Akreditaci. I cannot tell you if a definite article is included in the name or not because we don't use articles in Czech.

Thanks everyone.