scope:

This Part of the International Standard specifies attributes of data elements. It is limited to a set of basic attributes independently of their usage in application systems, databases, data interchange messages, etc. Applies to: the definition, specification and contents of data elements dictionaries; the design and specification of application-oriented data models, databases and message types for data interchange; the actual use of data in communications and information processing systems; interchange of referencing among various collections of data elements.