CSA Standards

Information technology - Metadata registries (MDR) - Part 3: Registry metamodel and basic attributes - Incorporating Corrigendum 1: October 2005
 N CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 11179-3:04

Annotation

The primary purpose of ISO/IEC 11179-3 is to specify the structure of a Metadata Registry (see 1.1). ISO/IEC 11179-3 also specifies basic attributes which are required to describe metadata items, and which may be used in situations where a complete metadata registry is not appropriate (e.g. in the specification of other International Standards) (see 1.2).

identifies aspects not currently addressed.

provides examples of activities where ISO/IEC 11179-3 may be applied.

Scope – Structure of a Metadata Registry

A comprehensive Metadata Registry management function requires a set of rules and procedures. These rules and procedures are set out in the following Clauses and Annexes and are complemented elsewhere in this document as follows:

a) the definitions of metadata objects are in Clause 3.3 of this part of ISO/IEC 11179;

b) the structure of the registry in the form of a conceptual data model is in Clause 4 of this part of ISO/IEC 11179;

Aspects of the registry are expanded on in other parts of ISO/IEC 11179, as follows:

a) the overall framework for this family of International Standards is specified in ISO/IEC 11179-1;

b) rules and guidelines for classifying metadata are in ISO/IEC 11179-2;

c) rules and guidelines for the formulation of definitions are in ISO/IEC 11179-4;