ISO 10160:2015是ISO 7498定义的开放系统互连框架内的应用层标准。 ISO 10160:2015定义了馆际互借服务。这些服务通过使用ILL协议和支持电信服务（可能是存储转发消息服务，如MOTIS标准ISO/IEC 10021-4提供的服务）来提供；或使用ISO 8822和ISO 8649的直接连接模式服务。 ISO 10160:2015没有规定单个实现或产品，也没有限制计算机系统中实体和接口的实现。计算机系统可能从单机工作站到大型机。 ISO 10160:2015适用于图书馆、信息实用程序（如联合目录中心）和任何其他处理书目信息的系统。这些系统可能以请求者（即。 e、 不良请求的发起人、响应者（即书目材料或信息的提供者）和/或中间人（即代表请求者寻找合适响应者的代理人）。 支持各种互通拓扑，从简单的双方交互到多方交互。 不要求符合本国际标准。仅对ILL协议规范要求一致性。

ISO 10160:2015 is an Application Layer standard within the Open Systems Interconnection framework defined by ISO 7498. ISO 10160:2015 defines the services for Interlibrary Loan. These services are provided by the use of the ILL protocol in conjunction with the supporting telecommunications service which might be a store-and-forward messaging service, such as that provided by the MOTIS Standard, ISO/IEC 10021？4; or a direct connection-mode service using ISO 8822 and ISO 8649. ISO 10160:2015 does not specify individual implementations or products, nor does it constrain the implementation of entities and interfaces within a computer system. Computer systems might range from stand-alone workstations to mainframes. ISO 10160:2015 is intended for use by libraries, information utilities such as union catalogue centres, and any other system which processes bibliographic information. These systems might participate in an interlibrary loan transaction in the role of requester (i.e. an initiator of ILL requests), responder (i.e. a provider of bibliographic material or information) and/or intermediary (i.e. an agent that acts on behalf of a requester to find suitable responders). Various interworking topologies are supported, ranging from simple two-party interactions to multi-party interactions. There is no requirement for conformance to this International Standard. Conformance is required only for the ILL protocol specification.