ISO/IEC指南77为标准化委员会提供了描述产品及其特性的建议，以创建计算机可处理的产品库、目录和参考词典。本说明书将以能够以独立于任何专有应用软件的形式进行计算机通信的明确方式提供产品及其特性的细节。 ISO/IEC指南77旨在帮助实现以经济高效和及时的方式在内部和外部业务合作伙伴之间实现技术信息流动的目标。 ISO/IEC指南77-1:20 08中给出的指导旨在帮助ISO和IEC技术委员会的召集人和成员，以及制造业的管理人员和技术专家。ISO/IEC指南77-1:20 08旨在概述创建产品库、目录和参考词典的需求和好处以及过程。以下内容属于ISO/IEC指南77-1:20 08的范围: 与参考词典有关的国际标准化活动； 参考词典对国际标准的益处； 用于创建参考词典的过程； 所需资源； 节约评估； 信息和专业知识的来源。 以下内容超出了ISO/IEC指南77-1:20 08的范围: 产品库和词典创建的技术指导； 工业实践中创建产品信息词典的经验案例研究。 参考字典在供应链中的产品数据的上下文中以及在产品数据管理的业务上下文中是有用的。ISO/IEC指南77-1:20 08仅供参考，旨在支持教育等活动。

ISO/IEC Guide 77 provides recommendations for standardization committees for the description of products and their properties for the creation of computer processable product libraries, catalogues and reference dictionaries. This description will provide the details of the products and their properties in an unambiguous manner capable of computer communication, in a form that is independent from any proprietary application software. ISO/IEC Guide 77 is intended to assist the objective of enabling the flow of technical information between internal and external business partners in a cost-effective and timely manner. The guidance given in ISO/IEC Guide 77-1:2008 is intended to assist convenors and members of ISO and IEC Technical Committees, as well as managers and technical experts in the manufacturing industry. ISO/IEC Guide 77-1:2008 is intended to provide an overview of the needs and benefits and the process of creating product libraries, catalogues and reference dictionaries. The following are within the scope of ISO/IEC Guide 77-1:2008:

• international standardization activities related to reference dictionaries;
• benefits of reference dictionaries to International Standards;
• a procedure for creating reference dictionaries;
• resources required;
• assessment of savings;
• sources of information and expertise.

The following are outside the scope of ISO/IEC Guide 77-1:2008:

• technical guidance for the creation of product libraries and dictionaries;
• case studies from experiences in the creation of dictionaries of product information in industrial practice.

Reference dictionaries can be useful in the context of product data in the supply chain, as well as in the business context of product data management. ISO/IEC Guide 77-1:2008 is for guidance only and is intended to support activities such as education.