ISO/IEC 16509-ed.1.0

Annotation of standard text ISO/IEC 16509-ed.1.0 :

1.1 Scope This standard identi?es terms and concepts pertinent to the resolution of the Year 2000 issue, including the rollover from the year 1999 to 2000, incorrect recognition of leap years, and values in date ?elds used for non-date purposes, and provides de?nitions of these terms and descriptions of these concepts. This standard does not speci?cally address operating system anomalies such as might occur in the year 2038. 1.2 Purpose This standard provides a common lexicon with descriptions and de?nitions for the Year 2000 issue. These descriptions and de?nitions may be applied in whole or in part depending on the requirement. This standard is composed of a De?nitions Clause (3), a Concepts Clause (4), and two Annexes (A and B). 1.2.1 Concepts A concept is a set of interrelated ideas pertaining to the Year 2000 issue. This standard offers a description of these concepts. This is not an exhaustive list. 1.2.2 De?nitions These are focused meanings of terms fundamental to the resolution of the Year 2000 issue. 1.2.3 Annex A This annex outlines remediation techniques currently being used to make system elements Year 2000 compliant. This list of techniques is not exhaustive. It presents only those techniques acknowledged as having gained a signi?cant amount of industry consensus. Along with the techniques is a list of supporting terms and their explanation. In addition, the annex brießy explains the role of special dates in the development of solutions for the Year 2000 problem. This annex is informative. 1.2.4 Annex B This is a bibliography listing other related publications. 1.3 Conformance Vendors who claim that their products conform to this standard declare that their use of the term OYear 2000 CompliantO is in accordance with the de?nition in this standard.