IEC 61158-3-8:20 07以抽象的方式定义了由类型8现场总线数据链路层提供的外部可见服务: -服务的原始动作和事件； -与每个原语动作和事件相关联的参数，以及它们采取的形式； -以及这些动作和事件之间的相互关系，以及它们的有效序列。IEC 61158-3子系列的第一版及其配套部分取消并取代IEC 61158-3:20 03。这一部分的这个版本构成了编辑修订。此版本包括以下更改: -由于缺乏市场相关性，删除了前6型现场总线和5型现场总线数据链路层的占位符； -增加新型现场总线； -将该部分分成编号为3-1、3-2、.、3-19的多个部分。这个双语版本（2013-07）对应于2007-12年出版的单语英文版。

IEC 61158-3-8:2007 defines in an abstract way the externally visible service provided by the Type 8 fieldbus data-link layer in terms of:
- the primitive actions and events of the service;
- the parameters associated with each primitive action and event, and the form which they take;
- and the interrelationship between these actions and events, and their valid sequences. This first edition and its companion parts of the IEC 61158-3 subseries cancel and replace IEC 61158-3:2003. This edition of this part constitutes an editorial revision. This edition includes the following changes:
- deletion of the former Type 6 fieldbus, and the placeholder for a Type 5 fieldbus data-link layer, for lack of market relevance;
- addition of new types of fieldbuses;
- division of this part into multiple parts numbered 3-1, 3-2,., 3-19. This bilingual version (2013-07) corresponds to the monolingual English version, published in 2007-12.