ISO/IEC 19763-10:2023

Information technology — Metamodel framework for interoperability (MFI) — Part 10: Core model and basic mapping

This document specifies the metamodel that provides a facility to register administrative information and common semantics of models. This document does not specify the metamodel of models in a specific language, but provides a common core metamodel for the other parts of the ISO/IEC 19763 series, each of which specifies a metamodel for a registry that can register models of a specific type, such as ontologies, process models or information models, in a number of different languages.

Technologies de l'information — Cadre du métamodèle pour l'interopérabilité (MFI) — Partie 10: Modèle de base et de cartographie de base

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 24-Jul-2023
• ICS: 35.040.50 - Automatic identification and data capture techniques
• Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 - Data management and interchange
• Drafting Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 - Data management and interchange
• Current Stage: 6060 - International Standard published
• Start Date: 25-Jul-2023
• Due Date: 04-Sep-2023
• Completion Date: 25-Jul-2023

Relations

• Revises: ISO/IEC 19763-10:2014 - Information technology — Metamodel framework for interoperability (MFI) — Part 10: Core model and basic mapping
• Effective Date: 06-Jun-2022

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INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 19763-10
Second edition
2023-07
Information technology — Metamodel
framework for interoperability
(MFI) —
Part 10:
Core model and basic mapping
Technologies de l'information — Cadre du métamodèle pour
l'interopérabilité (MFI) —
Partie 10: Modèle de base et de cartographie de base
Reference number
ISO/IEC 19763-10:2023(E)
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ISO/IEC 19763-10:2023(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Abbreviated terms . 2
5 Conformance . 2
5.1 General . 2
5.2 Conformance levels . 2
5.2.1 Conformance Level 1 . 2
5.2.2 Conformance Level 2 . 2
5.3 Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) . 2
5.4 Conformance labels . 2
6 Core Model . 3
6.1 Overview of the Core Model . 3
6.2 Detail provided in each class definition . 4
6.3 Classes in the Core Model. 5
6.3.1 Modelling_Language . 5
6.3.2 Model. 5
6.3.3 Model_Element . 6
6.3.4 Concept . . 7
7 Mapping of models .8
8 Use of the common facilities specified in ISO/IEC 11179-3:2023 within the ISO/
IEC 19763 series .8
8.1 General principles . 8
8.2 Application to instances of the Modelling_Language class . 8
8.3 Application to instances of the Model class . 9
8.4 Application to instances of the Model_Element class . 10
Annex A (informative) Examples .12
Bibliography .24
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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Joint 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 19763-10:2014), which has been
technically revised.
The main changes are as follows.
— The Core Model has been revised to extend the facilities provided by ISO/IEC 11179-3 Information
technology — Metadata registries (MDR) — Part 3: Metamodel for registry common facilities (part of
the fourth edition of ISO/IEC 11179) to allow models to be registered in a metadata registry. The
previous edition of ISO/IEC 11179-3 has been modularized and technically revised.
— The Basic Mapping facility has been removed as an extended mapping facility is provided by
ISO/IEC 11179-3:2023, Clause 11.
A list of all parts in the ISO/IEC 19763 series can be found on the ISO and IEC websites.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards
body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html and
www.iec.ch/national-committees.
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Introduction
Industrial consortia have engaged in the standardization of domain-specific business objects including
business process models and software components using common modelling facilities and interchange
1)
facilities such as UML and XML. They are very active in standardizing domain-specific business
process models and standard modelling constructs such as data elements, entity profiles and value
domains.
However, to promote interoperability across business domains, a generic framework for registering
a variety of models and the mapping between them is required. This document provides a core
metamodel as the basis for the other parts of the ISO/IEC 19763 series. The primary purpose of the
multipart standard ISO/IEC 19763 is to specify a metamodel framework for interoperability.
The model registries specified in this document and the other parts of the ISO/IEC 19763 series utilise
the common facilities specified in ISO/IEC 11179-3. The ISO/IEC 11179 series of standards specify a
Metadata Registry (MDR). These common facilities provide the ability to identify and register models
and their associated model elements and modelling languages within a metadata registry used to
register models.
Figure 1 shows the relationship between this document and the other parts of the ISO/IEC 19763 series.
Figure 1 — Relationships between this document and other documents of the ISO/IEC 19763
series
To maintain compatibility with the ISO/IEC 11179 series, this document uses bold font to highlight
metamodel constructs in Clauses 6 and 8, both for those constructs specified in this document and for
those constructs specified in ISO/IEC 11179-3.
1) UML is a trademark of the Object Management Group This information is given for the convenience of users of
this document and does not constitute an endorsement by ISO or IEC of the product named.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC 19763-10:2023(E)
Information technology — Metamodel framework for
interoperability (MFI) —
Part 10:
Core model and basic mapping
1 Scope
This document specifies the metamodel that provides a facility to register administrative information
and common semantics of models.
This document does not specify the metamodel of models in a specific language, but provides a common
core metamodel for the other parts of the ISO/IEC 19763 series, each of which specifies a metamodel for
a registry that can register models of a specific type, such as ontologies, process models or information
models, in a number of different languages.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO/IEC 11179-3:2023, Information technology — Metadata registries (MDR) — Part 3: Metamodel for
registry common facilities
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO/IEC 11179-3 and the following
apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https:// www .iso .org/ obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https:// www .electropedia .org/
3.1
model
representation of some aspect of a domain of interest using a normative modelling facility and modelling
constructs
Note 1 to entry: models can be used to express a set of information requirements, processes, services, roles, goals
or some other aspect of a domain of interest
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC 19763-1:2023, 3.1]
3.2
model element
element or component in a model (3.1)
Note 1 to entry: Examples of model elements are a representation of an entity type in an information model, a
representation of an event in a process model, a representation of a service operation in a service model, or a
representation of an actor in a role and goal model.
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[SOURCE: ISO/IEC 19763-1:2023, 3.2]
3.3
modelling language
language or notation that is used to express a model (3.1) of some aspect of a domain of interest
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC 19763-1:2023, 3.3 modified — notes deleted]
3.4
concept
unit of knowledge created by a unique combination of characteristics
Note 1 to entry: Concepts are not necessarily bound to particular natural languages. They are, however,
influenced by the social or cultural background which often leads to different categorizations.
Note 2 to entry: A concept is independent of its representation.
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC 11179-3:2023, 3.2.7]
4 Abbreviated terms
MDR Metadata registry
MFI Metamodel framework for interoperability
5 Conformance
5.1 General
An implementation claiming conformance to this part of ISO/IEC 19763 shall conform as further
described in this clause.
5.2 Conformance levels
5.2.1 Conformance Level 1
The implementation supports the metamodel specified in 6.3 in addition to all provisions of the Basic
Registry profile of ISO/IEC 11179-3:2023, 4.4.2.
5.2.2 Conformance Level 2
The implementation supports the metamodel specified in 6.3 in addition to all provisions of the Basic
Registry with Mapping profile of ISO/IEC 11179-3:2023, 4.4.2.
5.3 Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS)
An implementation claiming conformance to this part of ISO/IEC 19763 shall include an Implementation
Conformance Statement stating which conformance level it claims (see 5.2).
NOTE Other parts of the ISO/IEC 19763 series will require a conformance to this document as a part of its
conformance claim.
5.4 Conformance labels
Conformance to the levels specified in 5.2 may be claimed using the following labels, respectively:
— ISO/IEC 19763-10:2023 Core Model Registry;
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— ISO/IEC 19763-10:2023 Core Model Registry with mapping.
6 Core Model
6.1 Overview of the Core Model
The metamodel of the Core Model package specifies a model that is inherited by other parts of
ISO/IEC 19763 to register administrative information and common semantics of models. Figure 2
shows this metamodel.
NOTE 1 Classes whose names are italicized are abstract classes.
NOTE 2 Classes which are grey shaded are classes that are defined in other documents.
Figure 2 — Metamodel of the Core Model
The metamodel comprises the following classes:
— Model;
— Modelling_Language;
— Model_Element;
— Concept.
The classes that represent models in other parts of ISO/IEC 19763 shall be subclasses of the Model
class (6.3.2) and the classes representing the content of these models (the model elements) shall be
subclasses of the Model_Element class (6.3.3). Some of the classes in other parts of the ISO/IEC 19763
series inherited from the Model class or the Model_Element class may override some attributes or
references of the classes defined in this document. The classes that represent the modelling languages
in which these models are expressed shall be subclasses of the Modelling_Language class (6.3.1).
Each modelling language is a language or notation that is used to model concepts found in the other
parts of the ISO/IEC 19763 series.
NOTE 1 Examples are languages used to express ontologies or to model information requirements, processes,
services, forms, roles, goals or some other set of concepts that can be modelled.
Each model is a representation of concepts found in the other parts of the ISO/IEC 19763 series.
NOTE 2 Examples are an ontology or a model used to represent a set of information requirements, processes,
services, forms roles, goals or some other set of concepts that can be represented in a model.
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Each model element is an element or component in a model, such as a non-logical symbol in an ontology,
an entity type in an information model, an event in a process model, a service operation in a service
model, or an actor in a role and goal model.
Each model shall be expressed in one or more modelling language. Each modelling language is used to
describe zero, one or more models.
Each model contains zero, one or more model elements. Each model element is part of zero, one or more
models.
Each concept annotates zero, one or more models. Each model can be annotated by zero, one or more
concepts.
Each concept annotates zero, one or more model elements. Each model element can be annotated by
zero, one or more concepts.
Each of the classes specified in this document are subclasses of the Item class, which is specified in
ISO/IEC 11179-3:2023, 6.4.2.1. Hence, each instance of these classes can be identified, registered,
administered, named, defined and classified.
6.2 Detail provided in each class definition
In this document, each class is defined in the following form.
— Each class is defined at its relevant subclause.
— A description of the class is provided.
— The direct superclass of the class is specified.
— The attributes of the class are specified, providing the name of the attribute, its datatype, its
multiplicity and a description; none of the classes specified in this document have any attributes.
— The references of the class are specified, providing the name of the reference, the name of the
associated class, its multiplicity, a description, its inverse reference name and whether it has
precedence over its inverse reference or not, where the name of the inverse reference shall be the
name of the reference in the associated class which is complementary to this reference.
NOTE 1 In UML, an association is equivalent to a reference and its inverse reference. In this document,
to formally define a class, associations are not used, but each association is replaced by two references, a
reference and its inverse reference. If a reference has precedence over its inverse reference, it means that
instances of the relevant class have responsibility for maintenance of the links of the association defined by
it and its inverse reference.
NOTE 2 For better understandability, diagrams show associations, rather than references. A role name of
an association is a reference name of the associated class.
— Any constraints that apply to the class are specified; none of the classes specified in this document
have any constraints other than those specified in Clause 8.
Other documents of the ISO/IEC 19763 series specify the same information for the classes specified in
those documents but may use a different format.
Multiplicity constraints of attributes and references and other constraints of a class are to be enforced
when registration status of an instance of the class is “Recorded” or higher.
[1]
NOTE 3 Registration statuses are defined in ISO/IEC 11179-6 .
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6.3 Classes in the Core Model
6.3.1 Modelling_Language
6.3.1.1 Description of Modelling_Language
Modelling_Language is an abstract class each instance of which represents a language or notation
that is used to model concepts found in the other parts of the ISO/IEC 19763 series. The subclasses of
Modelling_Language are specified in the subordinate par
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