IEC 62507-1:2010规定了物体识别系统的基本要求（如产品、“物品”、文件等，不包括人类个体）。它着重于为对象分配标识符以供引用。它包括在构造标识符和标识号时要考虑的标识符的人类可读表示及其机器可读表示的建议，以及根据此类系统以计算机可感知形式应用标识符的要求，以及它们的交换要求。根据IEC指南108，其具有水平标准的状态。

IEC 62507-1:2010 specifies basic requirements for systems for the identification of objects (such as products, "items", documents, etc., excluding human individuals). It focuses on assigning identifiers to an object for referencing purposes. It includes recommendations for the human readable presentation of identifiers and its machine readable representation, to be considered when constructing the identifiers and identification numbers and also requirements for the application of identifiers in a computer sensible form in accordance with such systems, and requirements for their interchange. It has the status of a horizontal standard in accordance with IEC Guide 108.