Within the context of digital technology platforms as defined in ISO/IEC TS 5928, this document provides:

' a description of the concepts of the platform capabilities type as it appears in various cloud service categories;

' a description of the specific cloud service category of platform as a service (PaaS);

' descriptions of common technology platform architectures, development approaches, and life cycles of elements of technology platform services, including a high-level description of the popular cloud native computing concept;

' recommendations for cloud services that include platform capabilities, including but not limited to PaaS.