This Recommendation defines the specification for CPE name matching. It also defines and explains the requirements that producers of CPE name matching implementations@ such as software and services@ must meet to claim conformance with this Recommendation. As this Recommendation defines these specifications by listing the relevant clauses of the NIST Interagency Report 7696 Common Platform Enumeration: Name Matching Specification version 2.3 and showing whether they are normative or informative@ all other versions are out of the scope of this Recommendation as are all CPE specifications other than CPE name matching.