1.1 本实践涵盖与传达资产物理位置的信息相关的标准化实践和术语。 1.2 本实践描述了资产物理位置信息的十个日益具体的级别，为每个级别分配了标准名称和级别号。 1.3 本惯例适用于所有资产持有实体。 1.4 除了适用于资产外，这种做法可以全部或部分有效地适用于无形财产、不动产和材料。 1.5 本标准并非旨在解决与其使用相关的所有安全问题（如有）。本标准的用户有责任在使用前制定适当的安全、健康和环境实践，并确定监管限制的适用性。 1.6 本国际标准是根据世界贸易组织技术性贸易壁垒（TBT）委员会发布的《关于制定国际标准、指南和建议的原则的决定》中确立的国际公认标准化原则制定的。 ====意义和用途====== 4.1 本实践建立了资产物理位置信息的符号和对话方法，以实现与资产物理位置跟踪相关的要求和结果的准确性。 4.2 本实践旨在促进并支持与资产物理位置信息相关或基于资产物理位置信息的其他实践。

1.1 This practice covers standardizing practices and terminology related to information conveying the physical location of assets. 1.2 This practice describes ten increasingly specific levels of asset physical location information, assigning a standard name and level number to each. 1.3 This practice is designed to be applicable and appropriate for all asset-holding entities. 1.4 In addition to applicability to assets, this practice may in whole or in part be effectively applied to intangible property, real property, and material. 1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. 1.6 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee. ====== Significance And Use ====== 4.1 This practice establishes a notational and conversational approach to asset physical location information to enable precision in requirements and results related to asset physical location tracking. 4.2 It is intended that this practice fosters and enables additional practices related to or based on asset physical location information.