ISO/IEC TS 5928:2023

FINAL
TECHNICAL ISO/IEC DTS
DRAFT
SPECIFICATION 5928
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38
Information technology — Cloud
Secretariat: ANSI
computing and distributed platforms
Voting begins on:
2023-04-12 — Taxonomy for digital platforms
Voting terminates on:
Technologies de l'information — Informatique en nuage et plates-
2023-06-07
formes distribuées — Taxonomie pour les plates-formes numériques
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FINAL
TECHNICAL ISO/IEC DTS
DRAFT
SPECIFICATION 5928
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38
Information technology — Cloud
Secretariat: ANSI
computing and distributed platforms
Voting begins on:
— Taxonomy for digital platforms
Voting terminates on:
Technologies de l'information — Informatique en nuage et plates-
formes distribuées — Taxonomie pour les plates-formes numériques
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ISO/IEC DTS 5928:2023(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction . vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
3.1 Basic terms . 1
3.2 Terms relating to platform participation . 2
3.3 Terms related to digital technology platforms . 2
3.4 Terms related to digital economic platforms . 2
4 Abbreviated terms . 3
5 Digital platform overview . .4
5.1 General .
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1 ISO/IEC draft DTS 5928
2 ISO TC /IEC JTC 1/SC 38/WG 3
3 Secretariat: ANSI
4 Date: 2022-12-202023-03-28
5 Title: Information technology — Cloud computing and distributed
6 platforms — Taxonomy for digital platforms
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8 DTSTechnologies de l'information — Informatique en nuage et plates-formes distribuées —
9 Taxonomie pour les plates-formes numériques
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12 Warning for WDs and CDs
13 This document is not an ISO International Standard. It is distributed for review and comment. It is subject to
14 change without notice and may not be referred to as an International Standard.
15 Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of
16 which they are aware and to provide supporting documentation.
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ISO/IEC draft DTS 5928
1 © ISO/IEC 2023
2 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this
3 publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
4 including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can
5 be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO’s member body in the country of the requester.
6 ISO copyright office
7 CP 401 • Ch. de Blandonnet 8
8 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva
9 Phone: + 41 22 749 01 11
10 EmailE-mail: copyright@iso.org
11 Website: www.iso.orgwww.iso.org
12 Published in Switzerland
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ISO/IEC draft DTS 5928
13 Contents
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16 2 Normative references . 1
17 3 Terms and definitions . 2
18 3.1 Basic terms . 2
19 3.2 Terms relating to platform participation . 2
20 3.3 Terms related to digital technology platforms . 3
21 3.4 Terms related to digital economic platforms . 3
22 4 Abbreviated terms . 4
23 5 Digital platform overview . 6
24 5.1 General . 6
25 5.1.1 Meanings of “platform” . 6
26 5.1.2 Meanings of “digital platform” . 7
27 5.2 The ambiguity of “platform” for digital services . 7
28 5.3 Characteristics of digital platforms . 9
29 5.3.1 Network effects . 9
30 5.3.2 “Private” vs “Open” platforms . 9
31 5.3.3 Cross-cutting considerations . 10
32 6 Digital technology platforms . 10
33 6.1 General .
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