ISO 2146:2010为在网络环境中运行的注册中心制定了规则，以提供图书馆和相关组织管理其馆藏、跨一系列应用程序和领域提供信息和文档服务所需的有关馆藏、各方、活动和服务的信息。 ISO 2146:2010提供了一个数据元素目录，该目录可用作收集适当数据并与其他注册服务共享数据的框架，在需要时作为自动化业务工作流的一部分，通过标准协议提供对注册数据的访问，以电子或打印形式发布登记册，并在登记册数据仅以电子形式存在时存档。 ISO 2146:2010适用于双语种或多语种国家发布的国家注册，以及国际使用的国家和地区注册。 应用领域包括但不限于: ·收藏管理系统和数字存储库， ·发现服务，包括目录和索引、联合元数据存储库和元搜索门户， ·交付服务，包括持久标识符管理和解析、访问管理和交互服务， ·参考咨询服务，包括参考咨询管理系统和虚拟参考咨询服务，以及 ·所有类型的注册表服务本身都需要支持上述应用程序。

ISO 2146:2010 establishes the rules for registries operating in a network environment to provide the information about collections, parties, activities and services needed by libraries and related organizations to manage their collections and deliver information and documentation services across a range of applications and domains. ISO 2146:2010 presents a data element directory that may be used as a framework for collecting the appropriate data and sharing it with other registry services, providing access to registry data through standard protocols whenever it is needed as part of an automated business workflow, publishing registries in electronic or print form and archiving registry data when the data exists only in electronic form. ISO 2146:2010 is applicable to national registries published in bi- or multilingual countries and national and regional registries intended for international use. The field of application includes but is not limited to · collection management systems and digital repositories, · discovery services, including catalogues and indexes, federated metadata repositories and metasearch portals, · delivery services, including persistent identifier management and resolution, access management and interlending services, · reference services including reference management systems and virtual reference services, and · the registry services themselves, of all types, needed to support the above applications.