This document provides an overview of the ISO 8000 series.

The following are within the scope of this document:

—    stating the scope of the ISO 8000 series as a whole;

—    establishing the principles of information and data quality;

—    describing the path to data quality;

—    describing the structure of the ISO 8000 series;

—    providing a summary of the content of each part in the ISO 8000 series;

—    establishing the relationship of the ISO 8000 series to other international standards.