IEC 61158-6-8:20 07为自动化环境中的应用程序和特定于8型现场总线的材料之间的基本时间关键和非时间关键消息通信提供了通用元素。它指定远程应用程序之间的交互，并定义由类型8现场总线应用程序层提供的外部可见行为。它定义了协议，用于:定义IEC 61158 5-8中定义的服务原语的有线表示，并定义与其传输相关联的外部可见行为。它规定了符合OSI基本参考模型（ISO/IEC 7498）和OSI应用层结构（ISO/IEC 9545）的8型现场总线应用层协议。第一版及其IEC 61158的配套部分-6子系列取消并取代IEC 61158-6:20 03，构成技术修订。与上一版相比，它包括以下重大变化: -由于缺乏市场相关性，删除了以前的6型现场总线； -增加新型现场总线； -将第三版第6部分分成多个部分。这个双语版本对应于2007-12年出版的单语英文版。

IEC 61158-6-8:2007 provides common elements for basic time-critical and non-time-critical messaging communications between application programs in an automation environment and material specific to Type 8 fieldbus. It specifies interactions between remote applications and defines the externally visible behavior provided by the Type 8 fieldbus application layer. It defines the protocol provided to: define the wire-representation of the service primitives defined in IEC 61158 5-8, and define the externally visible behavior associated with their transfer. It specifies the protocol of the Type 8 fieldbus application layer, in conformance with the OSI Basic Reference Model (ISO/IEC 7498) and the OSI application layer structure (ISO/IEC 9545). This first edition and its companion parts of the IEC 61158-6 subseries cancel and replace IEC 61158-6:2003 and constitutes a technical revision. It includes the following significant changes from the previous edition:
- deletion of the former Type 6 fieldbus for lack of market relevance;
- addition of new types of fieldbuses;
- partition of part 6 of the third edition into multiple parts. This bilingual version corresponds to the monolingual English version, published in 2007-12.