scope:

This part of ISO 16100 specifies requirements for interface services and protocols used to access and edit capability profiles and associated templates used in the capability profiling method defined in Clause 5 of ISO 16100-2. The detailed services for accessing capability profiles and performing the matching process on these profiles are defined in this part of ISO 16100. This part of ISO 16100 is applicable only for the interoperability of software units used in the manufacturing domain. Concerns regarding interchangeability of manufacturing software units are outside the scope of this standard.