lSO/IEC 15897:2011规定了文化规范中可能出现的信息，并定义了注册此类规范的程序。文化规范可以包括lSO/IEC 15897:2011中描述的自由形式叙述性文化规范和剧目映射、符合ISO/IEC/IEEE 9945的POSIX语言环境和字符映射，以及其他机器可分析的规范，如符合ISO/IEC TR 14652建议的FDCC集、剧目映射和字符映射，以及使用SGML或XML格式化的文化规范。登记处采用印刷和电子形式。 lSO/IEC 15897:2011规定了使用ISO/IEC/IEEE 9945技术和其他机器可处理格式（如ISO/IEC TR 14652中规定的格式）以叙述性文本和更正式的方式注册文化元素的程序。 lSO/IEC 15897:2011登记了ISO/IEC/IEEE 9945中定义的其他项目、叙述性文化规范和剧目地图、POSIX语言环境和POSIX字符地图，以及其他机器地图- 可分析的文化规范，如ISO/IEC TR 14652 FDCC集、字符映射和曲目映射，以及SGML或XML格式的文化规范。

lSO/IEC 15897:2011 specifies the information that can appear in a Cultural Specification and defines the procedures for registering such specifications. The Cultural Specifications can include freeform Narrative Cultural Specifications and Repertoiremaps as described in lSO/IEC 15897:2011, POSIX Locales and Charmaps conforming to ISO/IEC/IEEE 9945, and other machine-parsable specifications such as FDCC-sets, Repertoiremaps and Charmaps following the recommendations of ISO/IEC TR 14652, and Cultural Specifications formatted using SGML or XML. The registry is in printed and electronic form. lSO/IEC 15897:2011 sets out the procedures for registering cultural elements, both as narrative text and in a more formal manner, using the techniques of ISO/IEC/IEEE 9945, and other machine-processable formats such as those specified in ISO/IEC TR 14652. lSO/IEC 15897:2011 registers amongst other items Narrative Cultural Specifications and Repertoiremaps, POSIX Locales and POSIX Charmaps as defined in ISO/IEC/IEEE 9945, and other machine-parsable Cultural Specifications such as ISO/IEC TR 14652 FDCC-sets, Charmaps and Repertoiremaps, and Cultural Specifications in SGML or XML.