The base document ISO/IEC 12207, establishes a common framework for software life cycle processes, with well-defined terminology, that can be referenced by the software industry. It contains activities, and tasks that are to be applied during the acquisition of a system that contains software, a stand-alone software product, and software service and during the supply, development, operation, and maintenance of software products. Software includes software portion of firmware. The standard will provide an integrated set of data descriptions for recording or capturing the results of the software life cycle processes of ISO 12207. The proposed standard will relate the needs of the developer who produces the life cycle data to the presentation needs of the various parties who use the data. It will provide direction to which IEEE standards provide guidance on presentation and organization of the life cycle data.