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<sec id="sec_1.1"><label>1.1</label><title>Statement of scope</title><p>This part of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref></std> provides a consolidated vocabulary of eBusiness concepts as found and defined in the current editions of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:14662:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 14662</std-ref></std> and the existing parts of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref></std>, namely, Parts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 along with their associated terms.</p><non-normative-note><label>NOTE</label><p>At the time of publication of this part of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref>, Parts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6</std> have been published, the development of Part 3 has been cancelled and Part 8 is under preparation.</p></non-normative-note><p>This part of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref></std> provides the rules, guidelines and procedures governing the formation of definitions for concepts relevant to eBusiness and choice of terms as a single, harmonized and integrated controlled vocabulary. This includes those governing multilingual expandability which incorporates and integrates cultural capability.</p><p>As such, this part of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref></std> facilitates the production of human interface equivalents (HIEs) of eBusiness terms and definitions in the various official (and de facto) languages of ISO members in the form of additional annexes to this part of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref></std>.</p><p>This part of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref></std> identifies the essential elements of an entry in this controlled vocabulary as well as their rules and specifications. It also includes rules for ensuring quality and integrity control requirement for each entry and the interworking among the entries while doing so in an IT-enabled manner. It also addresses maintenance and update procedures.</p></sec><sec id="sec_1.2"><label>1.2</label><title>Exclusions</title><p>This part of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref></std> is built on <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:14662:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 14662</std-ref></std> and the existing <std>Parts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of <std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref></std>. The exclusions which apply to one or more of these International Standards apply to this part of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref></std>.</p></sec><sec id="sec_1.3"><label>1.3</label><title>Aspects not currently addressed</title><p>This part of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref></std> does not currently support the following requirements (in no particular order):</p><list list-type="alpha-lower"><list-item><label>a)</label><p>the more detailed level of rules (and possible more detailed level of granularity) for the essential elements of “eBusiness vocabulary” entry, as currently specified in <xref ref-type="sec" rid="sec_5.3">5.3</xref>;</p></list-item><list-item><label>b)</label><p>the more detailed level of rules for change management of the eBusiness vocabulary. It is most likely that these will be addressed in the second edition (and will be based on or harmonized with the rules in <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:-2:ed-1:en:clause:6.5" type="dated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944-2:2006</std-ref>, 6.5</std>, “Registration Status”);</p></list-item><list-item><label>c)</label><p>the inclusion of added non-essential, i.e. conditional or optional, elements for a controlled vocabulary entry;</p></list-item><list-item><label>d)</label><p>the addition of eBusiness concepts with their definitions and associated terms which are not found in <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:14662:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 14662</std-ref></std> or any part of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref></std>;</p></list-item><list-item><label>e)</label><p>the ability to be able to fully support the set of external constraints of jurisdictional documents pertaining to individual accessibility requirements<xref ref-type="fn" rid="fn_1"><sup>14</sup></xref>;</p></list-item><list-item><label>f)</label><p>the provision of Human Interface Equivalents (HIEs) of jurisdictional domains which are administrative sub-divisions of a UN member state<xref ref-type="fn" rid="fn_2"><sup>15</sup></xref>;</p></list-item><list-item><label>g)</label><p>the identification of and rules for “non-essential” or optional elements of an entry in the controlled vocabulary;</p></list-item><list-item><label>h)</label><p>the incorporation of individual accessibility requirements, (e.g. as summarized in the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons);</p></list-item><list-item><label>i)</label><p>the establishment of a Registration Authority; and</p></list-item><list-item><label>j)</label><p>the development of a “template” of the nature found in the other parts of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref></std>.</p></list-item></list><p>It is anticipated that some or all of these requirements will be addressed in future editions of this part of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref></std>, in companion International Standards or Technical Reports.</p></sec><sec id="sec_1.4"><label>1.4</label><title>IT systems environment neutrality</title><p>This part of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref></std> does not assume nor endorse any specific system environment, database management system, database design paradigm, system development methodology, data definition language, command language, system interface, user interface, syntax, computing platform, or any technology required for implementation, i.e. it is information technology neutral. At the same time, this part of <std std-id="iso:std:iso-iec:15944:en" type="undated"><std-ref>ISO/IEC 15944</std-ref></std> maximizes an IT-enabled approach to its implementation and maximizes semantic interoperability.</p></sec>
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