ISO 19119:2016定义了如何创建平台无关和特定于平台的服务规范的要求，以便允许独立于一个或多个底层分布式计算平台指定一个服务。 ISO 19119:2016定义了从平台中立到平台特定服务规范的进一步映射要求，以实现一致性和互操作性的服务实现。 ISO 19119:2016解决了ISO 19101？1中描述的ISO地理信息参考模型的Meta:服务基础: 分别为2014年第6条和第8条。 ISO 19119:2016定义了如何根据基于体系结构区域的服务分类法对地理服务进行分类，并允许根据使用寿命周期角度对服务进行分类，以及根据特定领域和用户定义的服务分类法对服务进行分类，为更容易发布和发现服务提供支持。

ISO 19119:2016 defines requirements for how platform neutral and platform specific specification of services shall be created, in order to allow for one service to be specified independently of one or more underlying distributed computing platforms. ISO 19119:2016 defines requirements for a further mapping from platform neutral to platform specific service specifications, in order to enable conformant and interoperable service implementations. ISO 19119:2016 addresses the Meta:Service foundation of the ISO geographic information reference model described in ISO 19101？1:2014, Clause 6 and Clause 8, respectively. ISO 19119:2016 defines how geographic services shall be categorised according to a service taxonomy based on architectural areas and allows also for services to be categorised according to a usage life cycle perspective, as well as according to domain specific and user defined service taxonomies, providing support for easier publication and discovery of services.