7 General Description

This Part of ISO/IEC 29500 is divided into the following subdivisions:

1. Front matter (clauses 1–7);

2. Overview (clause 8);

3. Package Part Structure (clauses 9–16);

4. Reference Material (clauses 17–23);

5. Annexes

Examples are provided to illustrate possible forms of the constructions described. References are used to refer to related clauses. Notes are provided to give advice or guidance to implementers or programmers. Rationale provides explanatory material as to why something is or is not in ISO/IEC 29500. Annexes provide additional information or summarize the information contained in ISO/IEC 29500.

Clauses 1–5, 7, 9–15, 17–23, Annex A, Annex F, and Annex G form the normative part of this Part of ISO/IEC 29500; the Introduction, clauses 6, 8, and 16, Annex B–Annex E, Annex H–Annex M, as well as notes, examples, rationale, guidance, and the index, are informative.

Except for whole clauses or annexes that are identified as being informative, informative text that is contained within normative text is indicated in the following ways:

1. [Example: code fragment, possibly with some narrative … end example]

2. [Note: narrative … end note]

3. [Rationale: narrative … end rationale]

4. [Guidance: narrative … end guidance]

In addition to the declarations in the “General Description”, each annex that is informative, also contains the following text at the beginning of the annex: “This annex is informative.”