ISO_IEC_11179-1_2015.pdf

Information technology Metadata registries(MDR)Part 1:FrameworkTechnologies de linformation Registres de mtadonnes(RM)Partie 1:Cadre de rfrenceINTERNATIONAL STANDARDISO/IEC11179-1Reference numberISO/IEC 11179-1:2015(E)Third edition2015-12-15 ISO/IEC 2015 ii ISO/IEC 2015 All rights reservedCOPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT ISO/IEC 2015,Published in SwitzerlandAll rights reserved.Unless otherwise specified,no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying,or posting on the internet or an intranet,without prior written permission.Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISOs member body in the country of the requester.ISO copyright officeCh.de Blandonnet 8 CP 401CH-1214 Vernier,Geneva,SwitzerlandTel.+41 22 749 01 11Fax+41 22 749 09 47copyrightiso.orgwww.iso.orgISO/IEC 11179-1:2015(E)ISO/IEC 11179-1:2015(E)Foreword.ivIntroduction.v1 Scope.12 Normative references.13Terms,definitionsandabbreviations.13.1 Definitions of modelling constructs.13.2 General terms used in this part of ISO/IEC 11179.23.3 Alphabetical list of terms used in the metamodel.43.4 Specific terms used in ISO/IEC 11179-6.83.5 Specific terms used in this part of ISO/IEC 11179.94 Theory of terminology.95 Metadata.95.1 General.95.2 Concepts.105.2.1 General.105.2.2 Management.105.3 Fundamental model of data elements.105.4 Data elements in data management and interchange.125.5 Fundamental model of value domains.125.6 Fundamental model of concept systems.156 Metadata registries.166.1 General.166.2 Overview model for an ISO/IEC 11179 MDR.176.3 Fundamentals of registration.187 Overview of ISO/IEC 11179,Parts 16.197.1 Part 1.197.2 Part 2.197.3 Part 3.197.4 Part 4.207.5 Part 5.207.6 Part 6.207.7 Basic principles for applying ISO/IEC 11179,Parts 16.218 Conformance.21Bibliography.22 ISO/IEC 2015 All rights reserved iiiContents Page ISO/IEC 11179-1:2015(E)ForewordISO(the International Organization for Standardization)and IEC(the International Electrotechnical Commission)form the specialized system for worldwide standardization.National bodies that are members of ISO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical committees established by the respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical activity.ISO and IEC technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest.Other international organizations,governmental and non-governmental,in liaison with ISO and IEC,also take part in the work.In the field of information technology,ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee,ISO/IEC JTC 1.The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are described in the ISO/IEC Directives,Part 1.In particular the different approval criteria needed for the different types of document should be noted.This document was drafted in accordance with the editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives,Part 2(see www.iso.org/directives).Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights.ISO and IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.Details of any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or on the ISO list of patent declarations received(see www.iso.org/patents).Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not constitute an endorsement.For an explanation on the meaning of ISO specific terms and expressions related to conformity assessment,as well as information about ISOs adherence to the WTO principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)see the following URL:Foreword-Supplementary informationThe committee responsible for this document is ISO/IEC JTC1,Information technology,SC32,Data management and interchange.This third edition of ISO 11179-1 cancels and replaces ISO 11179-1:2004,which has been technically revised.ISO/IEC 11179 consists of the following parts,under the general title Information technology Metadata registries(MDR):Part 1:Framework Part2:Classification Part 3:Registry metamodel and basic attributes Part4:Formulationofdatadefinitions Part 5:Naming principles Part 6:Registration iv ISO/IEC 2015 All rights reserved ISO/IEC 11179-1:2015(E)IntroductionISO/IEC 11179 addresses the semantics of data,the representation of data and the registration of the descriptions of that data.It is through these descriptions that an accurate understanding of the semantics and a useful depiction of the data are found.The purposes of ISO/IEC 11179 is to promote the following:standard description of data;common understanding of data across organizational elements and between organizations;re-use and standardization of data over time,space,and applications;harmonization and standardization of data within an organization and across organizations;management of the