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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.