ISO 20242-1:2005 provides an overview of the particularities of International Standard ISO 20242 and its use in the computer-aided testing environment, the main aim of ISO 20242 being to provide users with:

• independence from the computer operating system;
• independence from the device connection technology (device interface/network);
• independence from device suppliers;
• the ability to certify device drivers with connected devices and their behaviour in the context of a given computer platform;
• independence from the technological device development in the future.