ReferencenumberISO/IEC11179-4:2004(E)©ISO/IEC2004INTERNATIONALSTANDARDISO/IEC11179-4Secondedition2004-07-15Informationtechnology—Metadataregistries(MDR)—Part4:FormulationofdatadefinitionsTechnologiesdel'information—Registresdemétadonnées(RM)—Partie4:FormulationdesdéfinitionsdedonnéesISO/IEC11179-4:2004(E)PDFdisclaimerThisPDFfilemaycontainembeddedtypefaces.InaccordancewithAdobe'slicensingpolicy,thisfilemaybeprintedorviewedbutshallnotbeeditedunlessthetypefaceswhichareembeddedarelicensedtoandinstalledonthecomputerperformingtheediting.Indownloadingthisfile,partiesacceptthereintheresponsibilityofnotinfringingAdobe'slicensingpolicy.TheISOCentralSecretariatacceptsnoliabilityinthisarea.AdobeisatrademarkofAdobeSystemsIncorporated.DetailsofthesoftwareproductsusedtocreatethisPDFfilecanbefoundintheGeneralInforelativetothefile;thePDF-creationparameterswereoptimizedforprinting.EverycarehasbeentakentoensurethatthefileissuitableforusebyISOmemberbodies.Intheunlikelyeventthataproblemrelatingtoitisfound,pleaseinformtheCentralSecretariatattheaddressgivenbelow.©ISO/IEC2004Allrightsreserved.Unlessotherwisespecified,nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopyingandmicrofilm,withoutpermissioninwritingfromeitherISOattheaddressbeloworISO'smemberbodyinthecountryoftherequester.ISOcopyrightofficeCasepostale56•CH-1211Geneva20Tel.+41227490111Fax+41227490947E-mailcopyright@iso.orgWebwww.iso.orgPublishedinSwitzerlandii©ISO/IEC2004–AllrightsreservedISO/IEC11179-4:2004(E)©ISO/IEC2004–AllrightsreservediiiContentsPageForeword............................................................................................................................................................ivIntroduction........................................................................................................................................................v1Scope..........................................................................