This standard series, IEC 61162-400 and upwards, specifies a communication protocol for use in integrated
ship systems. It also specifies an interface description language for use together with the protocol, a set of
rules for the use of this language and a set of standard interfaces described in the language.
This part of the standard specifies a minimum set of tests to be done, test results to be achieved and
documents that shall be available for all implementations of general protocol software and applications that
are compliant with the IEC 61162-4 standard. Although this set of standard documents is collectively referred
to as IEC 61162-4, the actual part numbers are in the 400-series (see 1.4 of IEC 61162-400).