This part of ISO/IEC 11179 specifies the procedure by which administered items required in various application areas could be registered and assigned an internationally unique identifier. For each Administered Item to be registered@ this part of ISO/IEC 11179 defines the type of information that is specified@ the conditions that are met@ and the procedure(s) that are followed. The requirements and procedure contained herein apply to all Administered Items specified in ISO/IEC 11179-3. In addition@ administration records that document the common administration and identification@ naming and definition details as required by@ and associated with@ any administered item-specific details are also governed by this part of ISO/IEC 11179. This part of ISO/IEC 11179 only addresses the metadata that is used to specify all types of Administered Items. Others may want to use this part of ISO/IEC 11179 to register and manage locally defined Administered Item types that are not defined in ISO/IEC 11179-3. This part of ISO/IEC 11179 does not address the metadata that is used to specify particular types of Administered Items such as data elements and value domains. This part of ISO/IEC 11179 does NOT specify the registry's system design@ file organization techniques@ storage media@ programming languages@ etc. to be used in its implementation.