<s>
International	O
standards	O
in	O
the	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
19770	I-Application
family	O
of	O
standards	O
for	O
IT	O
asset	O
management	O
address	O
both	O
the	O
processes	O
and	O
technology	O
for	O
managing	O
software	O
assets	O
and	O
related	O
IT	O
assets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Broadly	O
speaking	O
,	O
the	O
standard	O
family	O
belongs	O
to	O
the	O
set	O
of	O
Software	B-Application
Asset	I-Application
Management	I-Application
(	O
or	O
SAM	O
)	O
standards	O
and	O
is	O
integrated	O
with	O
other	O
Management	O
System	O
Standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISO/IEC	B-Application
19770	I-Application
day-to-day	O
management	O
comes	O
under	O
ISO/IEC	O
JTC	O
1/SC	O
7/WG	O
21	O
,	O
or	O
Working	O
Group	O
21	O
(	O
WG21	O
)	O
chaired	O
by	O
Ron	O
Brill	O
as	O
convener	O
and	O
Trent	O
Allgood	O
as	O
secretary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ISO	B-Application
19770	I-Application
standard	O
is	O
a	O
concept	O
of	O
ITAM	O
standardization	O
within	O
an	O
organization	O
incorporating	O
ISO/IEC	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISO/IEC	O
19770-1	O
is	O
a	O
framework	O
of	O
ITAM	O
processes	O
to	O
enable	O
an	O
organization	O
to	O
prove	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
performing	O
software	B-Application
asset	I-Application
management	I-Application
to	O
a	O
standard	O
sufficient	O
to	O
satisfy	O
corporate	O
governance	O
requirements	O
and	O
ensure	O
effective	O
support	O
for	O
IT	O
service	O
management	O
overall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discovery	O
tools	O
,	O
or	O
processes	O
that	O
utilize	O
SWID	O
tag	O
data	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
normalized	B-Application
names	O
and	O
values	O
that	O
are	O
associated	O
with	O
a	O
software	O
application	O
and	O
ensure	O
that	O
all	O
tools	O
and	O
processes	O
used	O
by	O
an	O
organization	O
refer	O
to	O
software	O
products	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
exact	O
names	O
and	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Numerous	O
Windows	B-Application
installation	O
packaging	O
tools	O
utilize	O
SWID	O
tags	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
software	O
discovery	O
tools	O
already	O
utilize	O
SWID	O
tags	O
,	O
including	O
Altiris	O
,	O
Aspera	O
SmartCollect	O
,	O
DeskCenter	O
Management	O
Suite	O
,	O
Belarc	O
's	O
BelManage	O
,	O
Sassafras	O
Software	O
's	O
K2-KeyServer	O
,	O
Snow	O
Inventory	O
,	O
CA	O
Technologies	O
discovery	O
tools	O
,	O
Eracent	O
's	O
EnterpriseAM	O
,	O
Flexera	O
Software	O
's	O
FlexNet	O
Manager	O
Platform	O
,	O
HP	O
's	O
Universal	O
Discovery	O
,	O
IBM	B-Protocol
Endpoint	I-Protocol
Manager	I-Protocol
,	O
Microsoft	B-General_Concept
's	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
Center	I-General_Concept
2012	O
R2	O
Configuration	O
Manager	O
,	O
Loginventory	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Raynet	O
's	O
Rayventory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
has	O
released	O
multiple	O
versions	O
of	O
their	O
Creative	B-Operating_System
Suites	I-Operating_System
and	O
Creative	B-Operating_System
Cloud	I-Operating_System
products	O
with	O
SWID	O
tags	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symantec	O
has	O
also	O
released	O
multiple	O
products	O
that	O
include	O
SWID	O
tags	O
and	O
is	O
committed	O
to	O
helping	O
move	O
the	O
software	O
community	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
consistent	O
and	O
normalized	B-Application
approach	O
to	O
software	O
identification	O
and	O
eventually	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
automated	O
approach	O
to	O
compliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Corporation	O
has	O
been	O
adding	O
SWID	O
tags	O
to	O
all	O
new	O
releases	O
of	O
software	O
products	O
since	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
National	O
Cybersecurity	O
Center	O
of	O
Excellence	O
(	O
NCCoE	O
)	O
has	O
documented	O
the	O
Software	B-Application
Asset	I-Application
Management	I-Application
Continuous	O
Monitoring	O
building	O
block	O
that	O
specifies	O
how	O
SWID	O
tags	O
are	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
near	O
real-time	O
identification	O
of	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
part	O
of	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
19770	I-Application
provides	O
a	O
technical	O
definition	O
of	O
an	O
XML	B-Language
schema	I-Language
that	O
can	O
encapsulate	O
the	O
details	O
of	O
software	O
entitlements	O
,	O
including	O
usage	O
rights	O
,	O
limitations	O
and	O
metrics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
part	O
of	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
19770	I-Application
supports	O
ITAM	O
processes	O
as	O
defined	O
in	O
ISO/IEC	O
19770-1	O
It	O
is	O
also	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
together	O
with	O
software	O
identification	O
tags	O
as	O
defined	O
in	O
ISO/IEC	O
19770-2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
part	O
of	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
19770	I-Application
does	O
not	O
provide	O
requirements	O
or	O
recommendations	O
for	O
processes	O
related	O
to	O
software	B-Application
asset	I-Application
management	I-Application
or	O
ENTs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	B-Application
asset	I-Application
management	I-Application
processes	O
are	O
in	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
ISO/IEC	O
19770-1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
part	O
of	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
19770	I-Application
has	O
been	O
developed	O
with	O
the	O
following	O
practical	O
principles	O
in	O
mind	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
part	O
of	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
19770	I-Application
(	O
entitlement	O
schema	O
)	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
align	O
closely	O
with	O
part	O
2	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
(	O
software	O
identification	O
tags	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
document	O
also	O
supports	O
the	O
other	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
19770	I-Application
series	O
of	O
standards	O
that	O
define	O
information	O
structures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
other	O
information	O
structures	O
defined	O
in	O
the	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
19770	I-Application
series	O
of	O
standards	O
,	O
the	O
consumer	O
of	O
a	O
RUM	O
may	O
be	O
an	O
organization	O
and/or	O
a	O
tool	O
or	O
other	O
consumers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
information	O
structures	O
in	O
the	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
19770	I-Application
series	O
,	O
the	O
entity	O
creating	O
a	O
RUM	O
data	O
on	O
a	O
periodic	O
basis	O
will	O
likely	O
be	O
an	O
IT	O
asset	O
or	O
an	O
automation	O
tool	O
monitoring	O
an	O
IT	O
asset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISO/IEC	O
19770-5:2015	O
provides	O
an	O
overview	O
of	O
ITAM	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
the	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
19770	I-Application
family	O
of	O
standards	O
,	O
and	O
defines	O
related	O
terms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
an	O
overview	O
of	O
the	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
19770	I-Application
family	O
of	O
standards	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
consistent	O
terms	O
and	O
definitions	O
for	O
use	O
throughout	O
the	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
19770	I-Application
family	O
of	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISO/IEC	O
19770-8	O
defines	O
requirements	O
,	O
guidelines	O
,	O
formats	O
and	O
approaches	O
for	O
use	O
when	O
producing	O
a	O
mapping	O
document	O
that	O
defines	O
how	O
industry	O
practices	O
map	O
to/from	O
the	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
19770	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
