ISO/IEC 11581适用于提供办公应用程序的软件产品，如文档制作、桌面 通过图形用户界面展示其功能的出版、财务和规划。 ISO/IEC 11581适用于熟悉办公室工作但目前不熟悉办公室工作的人的软件产品 必须熟悉基于计算机的应用程序。 ISO/IEC 11581旨在供设计、实施和评估图标的人员使用 基于计算机的办公应用程序的图形用户界面，以及使用此类应用程序的系统采购商提供的图形用户界面 接口。 ISO/IEC 11581的其他部分包括: _常用图标的图形，以及 _图标功能的描述。 ISO/IEC 11581-1的这一部分为图标及其应用的开发和设计提供了框架 在能够显示图形和文本的屏幕上。 它包括: _图标的一般要求和建议； _图标图形表示的全局变化。

ISO/IEC 11581 applies to software products providing office applications such as document production, desktop publishing, finance, and planning that present their functions via a graphical user interface. ISO/IEC 11581 applies to software products for people who are familiar with office work but who are at present not necessarily familiar with computer-based applications. ISO/IEC 11581 is meant to be used by persons involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of icons for graphical user interfaces to computer-based office applications, and by procurers of systems that employ such interfaces. Other parts of ISO/IEC 11581 contain: _ graphics of commonly used icons, and _ descriptions of the functionality of the icons. This part of ISO/IEC 11581-1 provides a framework for the development and design of icons and their application on screens capable of displaying graphics as well as text. It contains: _ general requirements and recommendations for icons; _ global variations to the graphical representations of icons.