ISO_IEC_11179-6_2015.pdf

Information technology Metadata registries(MDR)Part 6:RegistrationTechnologies de linformation Registres de mtadonnes(RM)Partie 6:Enregistrement des donnesINTERNATIONAL STANDARDISO/IEC11179-6Reference numberISO/IEC 11179-6:2015(E)Third edition2015-08-01 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 11179-6:2015(E)ISO/IEC 11179-6:2015(E)Foreword.ivIntroduction.v1 Scope.11.1 Statement of scope.11.2 Exclusions.12 Normative references.13Termsanddefinitions.14 Concept of operation.94.1 Metamodel of a Metadata Registry.94.2 Metadata Items.94.3 Common facilities.104.3.1 Identification.104.3.2 Designation and Definition.104.3.3 Classification.104.3.4 Registration.114.4 Status categories.114.4.1 General.114.4.2 Summary of registration status categories.114.4.3 Description of administrative status.144.5 Procedures.145 Metadata Registries of Administered Items.155.1 General.155.2 Contents.165.2.1 Metadata Registry Views.165.2.2 Metadata Registry Contents and Levels of Conformance.165.2.3 Metadata Registry Contents and Types of Administered Items.165.3 Language(s).165.4 Availability of the Metadata Registry of Administered Items.166 Conformance.16Annex A(informative)IdentifiersbasedonISO/IEC6523.17Annex B(normative)ContentsoftheMetadataRegistry:MetadataattributesrequiredforAdministered Items.22Annex C(informative)SuggestedfunctionaloperatingproceduresRolesandResponsibilities 41Annex D(informative)Suggested functional operating procedures Concept of operations.48Annex E(informative)Suggested functional operating procedures Procedures.51Annex F(informative)Suggested functional operating procedures Harmonization and reuse.60Annex G(informative)FrequentlyAskedQuestions.62Bibliography.65 ISO/IEC 2015 All rights reserved iiiContents Page ISO/IEC 11179-6:2015(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 JTC 1,Information technology,Subcommittee SC 32,Data management and interchange.This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition(ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005),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 11179-6:2015(E)IntroductionThis part of ISO/IEC 11179 describes the procedure by which metadata items required in various application areas could be assigned an internationally un