Defines the concept of profiles, and the way in which they are documented in International Standardized Profiles (ISPs), gives guidance to organizations making proposals for draft International Standardized Profiles, on the nature and content of the documents they are producing and outlines concepts of profiles, the general taxonomy (or classification scheme), and the format and content of ISPs. This Standard is technically identical with and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC/TR 10000-1:1990.