ISO/TS 13399-100:2008 defines the principles and methods for creating unambiguous identifications and definitions of the items and their properties relating to cutting tools in computer-sensible dictionaries to be used for reference by the information model defined in ISO 13399-1.

It is applicable to:

• the specification of data element types, their identifying, semantic and value attributes;
• the specification of item classes, their identifying and semantic attributes;
• the specification of feature classes, their identifying and semantic attributes.

It is not applicable to:

• information model for cutting tools;
• classifications and definitions of items and data element types relating to cutting tools;
• the association between properties and items in a classification.