1、 Reference numberISO/IEC 11179-1:2004(E)ISO/IEC 2004Information technology Metadata registries (MDR) Part 1: Framework Technologies de linformation Registres de mtadonnes (RM) Partie 1: Cadre National Standard of CanadaCAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 11179-1:05(ISO/IEC 11179-1:2004)International Standard ISO/IEC 11
2、179-1:2004 (second edition, 2004-09-15) has been adopted withoutmodification (IDT) as CSA Standard CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 11179-1:05, which has been approved as a NationalStandard of Canada by the Standards Council of Canada.ISBN 1-55397-942-7 October 2005The Canadian Standards Association (CSA), under who
3、se auspices this National Standard has been produced, was chartered in 1919 and accredited by the Standards Council of Canada to the National Standards system in 1973. It is a not-for-profit, nonstatutory, voluntary membership association engaged in standards development and certification activities
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10、ian Standards Association5060 Spectrum Way, Suite 100Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 5N6CanadaThe Standards Council of Canada is the coordinating body of the National Standards system, a federation of independent, autonomous organizations working towards the further development and improvement of voluntar
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18、O/IEC 11179-1:05Information technology Metadataregistries (MDR) Part 1: FrameworkOctober 2005 Canadian Standards Association CSA/1CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 11179-1:05Information technology Metadata registries (MDR) Part 1: FrameworkCSA PrefaceStandards development within the Information Technology sector is h
19、armonized with international standards development. Through the CSA Technical Committee on Information Technology (TCIT), Canadians serve as the Canadian Advisory Committee (CAC) on ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 on Information Technology (ISO/IEC JTC1) for the Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
20、, the ISO member body for Canada and sponsor of the Canadian National Committee of the IEC. Also, as a member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Canada participates in the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (ITU-T).At the time of publication, ISO/IEC 11179-
21、1:2004 is available from ISO and IEC in English only. CSA will publish the French version when it becomes available from ISO and IEC.This International Standard was reviewed by the CSA TCIT under the jurisdiction of the Strategic Steering Committee on Information Technology and deemed acceptable for
22、 use in Canada. (A committee membership list is available on request from the CSA Project Manager.) From time to time, ISO/IEC may publish addenda, corrigenda, etc. The CSA TCIT will review these documents for approval and publication. For a listing, refer to the CSA Information Products catalogue o
23、r CSA Info Update or contact a CSA Sales representative. This Standard has been formally approved, without modification, by the Technical Committee and has been approved as a National Standard of Canada by the Standards Council of Canada.October 2005 Canadian Standards Association 2005All rights res
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25、Inquiries regarding this National Standard of Canada should be addressed toCanadian Standards Association5060 Spectrum Way, Suite 100, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4W 5N61-800-463-6727 416-747-4044www.csa.caReference numberISO/IEC 11179-1:2004(E)ISO/IEC 2004INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC11179-1Seco
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31、 749 09 47 E-mail copyrightiso.org Web www.iso.org ii ISO/IEC 2004 All rights reservedISO/IEC 11179-1:2004(E) ISO/IEC 2004 All rights reserved iiiContents Page Foreword iv Introduction v 1 Scope 1 2 Normative references . 1 3 Terms and definitions. 1 3.1 Definitions of modeling constructs. 1 3.2 Gen
32、eral terms used in this part of ISO/IEC 11179 . 2 3.3 Alphabetical list of terms used in the metamodel . 5 3.4 Specific terms used in this part of ISO/IEC 11179. 8 4 Abbreviations and acronyms. 9 5 Theory of terminology 9 6 Metadata. 10 6.1 Concepts 10 6.2 Fundamental model of data elements. 10 6.3
33、Data elements in data management and interchange. 12 6.4 Fundamental model of value domains 12 6.5 Fundamentals of classification schemes. 15 7 Metadata registries . 16 7.1 General. 16 7.2 Overview model for an ISO/IEC 11179 MDR.16 7.3 Fundamentals of registration. 18 8 Overview of ISO/IEC 11179. 18
34、 8.1 Introduction of parts . 18 8.2 Basic principles for applying ISO/IEC 11179 20 9 Conformance . 21 Bibliography . 22 ISO/IEC 11179-1:2004(E) iv ISO/IEC 2004 All rights reservedForeword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical Commission)
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36、EC 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 J
37、TC 1. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2. The main task of the joint technical committee is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the joint technical committee are circulated to national bodi
38、es for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote. 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 identi
39、fying any or all such patent rights. ISO/IEC 11179-1 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, Subcommittee SC 32, Data management and interchange. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 11179-1:1999), which has been technically revised.
40、ISO/IEC 11179 consists of the following parts, under the general title Information technology Metadata registries (MDR): Part 1: Framework Part 2: Classification Part 3: Registry metamodel and basic attributes Part 4: Formulation of data definitions Part 5: Naming and identification principles Part
41、6: Registration ISO/IEC 11179-1:2004(E) ISO/IEC 2004 All rights reserved vIntroduction ISO/IEC 11179 - Metadata registries (MDR), 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 unde
42、rstanding of the semantics and a useful depiction of the data are found. The purposes of ISO/IEC 11179 are 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,
43、 and applications Harmonization and standardization of data within an organization and across organizations Management of the components of data Re-use of the components of data ISO/IEC 11179 is six part standard. Each part is devoted to addressing a different aspect of the needs listed above. The p
44、arts and a short description follow: Part 1 Framework Contains an overview of the standard and describes the basic concepts Part 2 Classification Describes how to manage a classification scheme in a metadata registry Part 3 Registry metamodel and basic attributes Provides the basic conceptual model,
45、 including the basic attributes and relationships, for a metadata registry Part 4 Formulation of data definitions Rules and guidelines for forming quality definitions for data elements and their components Part 5 Naming and identification principles Describes how to form conventions for naming data
46、elements and their components Part 6 Registration Specifies the roles and requirements for the registration process in an ISO/IEC 11179 metadata registry Generally, descriptive data is known as metadata. That is, metadata is data that is used for describing other data. As the use of the term has evo
47、lved, metadata now refers, generally, to data that is used for describing some other objects. We limit the scope of the term as it is used here in ISO/IEC 11179 to descriptions of data - the more traditional use of the term. An MDR is a database of metadata that supports the functionality of registr
48、ation. Registration accomplishes three main goals: identification, provenance, and monitoring quality. Identification is accomplished by assigning a unique identifier (within the registry) to each object registered there. Provenance addresses the source of the metadata and the object described. Moni
49、toring quality ensures that the metadata does the job it is designed to do. An MDR manages the semantics of data. Understanding data is fundamental to its design, harmonization, standardization, use, re-use, and interchange. The underlying model for an MDR is designed to capture all the basic components of the semantics of data, independent of any application or subject matter area. ISO/IEC 11179-1:2004(E) vi ISO/IEC 2004 All rights reservedMDRs are orga
