This document provides a consolidated vocabulary of eBusiness concepts as found and defined in the current editions of ISO/IEC 14662 and the existing parts of ISO/IEC 15944, namely, ISO/IEC 15944-1, ISO/IEC 15944-2, ISO/IEC 15944-4, ISO/IEC 15944-5, ISO/IEC 15944-6, ISO/IEC 15944-7, ISO/IEC 15944-8, ISO/IEC 15944-9, ISO/IEC 15944-10, ISO/IEC 15944-12, ISO/IEC 15944-16, ISO/IEC 15944-17, ISO/IEC 15944-20 and ISO/IEC 15944-21 along with their associated terms.

This document 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.

As such, This document facilitates the production of human interface equivalents (HIEs) of eBusiness terms and their definitions in the various official (and de facto) languages of ISO members in the form of additional annexes to this document.

This document 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.