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.