Recommendation ITU-T X.1528 provides a structured method of describing and identifying classes of applications, operating systems, and hardware devices present among an enterprise's computing assets. Common platform enumeration (CPE) is defined through a set of specifications in a stack-based model, where capabilities are based on simpler, more narrowly defined elements that are specified lower in the stack. The stack consists of a dictionary specification and an applicability language specification that rely on a name matching specification which relies on a naming specification.