1.1 PurposeThis International Standard establishes a framework for comparison of schemes for certifying softwareengineering professionals. A certification scheme is a set of certification requirements for software engineering professionals. This International Standard specifies the items that a scheme is required to contain and indicates what should be defined for each item.1.2 Field of applicationThis International Standard has a number of intended users, as follows:— Educators, academics and course developers: will use Clauses 4.1 to 4.6, 5 and 6 of thisInternational Standard to map their course structure and design against another course or educationalre