IEC 61360, with the title "Standard data element types with associated classification scheme", is a series of standard documents defining a general purpose vocabulary in terms of a reference dictionary published by the International Electrotechnical Commission.
The vocabulary specified in IEC 61360 may be used to define ontologies for use in the field of electrotechnology, electronics and related domains.
[1] The data model defined in IEC 61360-2 is also published in ISO 13584-42.
IEC 61360 also defines the base for other product taxonomies like eCl@ss.
Industrie 4.0 uses product property description based on IEC 61360.