ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005

Information technology — Metadata registries (MDR) — Part 6: Registration

ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005 specifies the procedure by which Administered Items required in various application areas could be registered and assigned an internationally unique identifier. For each Administered Item to be registered, ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005 defines the type of information that is specified, the conditions that are met, and the procedure that is followed. The requirements and procedure contained herein apply to all Administered Items specified in ISO/IEC 11179-3. In addition, administration records that document the common administration and identification, naming and definition details as required by, and associated with, any administered item-specific details are also governed by ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005. ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005 only addresses the metadata that is used to specify all types of Administered Items. Others may want to use ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005 to register and manage locally defined Administered Item types that are not defined in ISO/IEC 11179-3. ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005 does not address the metadata that is used to specify particular types of Administered Items such as data elements and value domains. ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005 does not specify the registry's system design, file organization techniques, storage media, programming languages, etc. to be used in its implementation.

Technologies de l'information — Registres de métadonnées (RM) — Partie 6: Enregistrement

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 09-Jan-2005
• Withdrawal Date: 09-Jan-2005
• ICS: 35.040 - Information coding
• 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/WG 2 - MetaData
• Current Stage: 9599 - Withdrawal of International Standard
• Completion Date: 04-Aug-2015

Relations

• Revised: ISO/IEC 11179-6:2015 - Information technology — Metadata registries (MDR) — Part 6: Registration
• Effective Date: 03-Sep-2011
• Revises: ISO/IEC 11179-6:1997 - Information technology — Specification and standardization of data elements — Part 6: Registration of data elements
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 11179-6
Second edition
2005-01-15


Information technology — Metadata
registries (MDR) —
Part 6:
Registration
Technologies de l'information — Registres de métadonnées (RM) —
Partie 6: Enregistrement




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ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword. vi
Introduction . vii
1 Scope. 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions. 1
4 Concept of operation . 4
4.1 Administered Items. 4
4.1.1 Administered Item types . 4
4.1.2 Identification of Administered Items. 4
4.1.3 Status categories . 5
4.2 Procedures . 8
5 Metadata Registries of Administered Items .9
5.1 General. 9
5.2 Contents. 9
5.2.1 Metadata Registry Views. 9
5.2.2 Metadata Registry Contents and Levels of Conformance . 9
5.2.3 Metadata Registry Contents and Types of Administered Items. 9
5.3 Language(s). 10
5.4 Availability of the Metadata Registry of Administered Items . 10
6 Conformance . 10
Annex A (normative) Administered Item Identifiers . 11
A.1 General. 11
A.2 Components of International Registration Data Identifier (IRDI) . 11
A.3 Assignment of Values to International Registration Data Identifier (IRDI) Components . 11
A.3.1 Assignment. 11
A.3.2 Assignment of Registration Authority Identifier (RAI) . 11
A.3.3 Assignment of Data Identifier (DI) . 12
A.3.4 Assignment of Version Identifier (VI). 12
A.4 Using ISO/IEC 6523 Organization Codes as Registration Authority Identifier . 13
A.4.1 Organization Code Structure . 13
A.4.2 Registration Authority for International Code Designators of ISO/IEC 6523 Registry . 14
Annex B (normative) Contents of the Metadata Registry: Metadata attributes required for
Administered Items. 15
B.1 Introduction . 15
B.2 Metadata attributes in ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003 . 15
B.3 Metadata attribute requirements at each registration status . 24
Annex C (informative) Suggested functional operating procedures — Roles and Responsibilities. 39
C.1 Introduction . 39
C.2 Roles associated with the Metadata Registry. 40
C.2.1 General. 40
C.2.2 Role of Registration Authorities (RA) . 40
C.2.3 Role of Responsible Organizations (RO).40
C.2.4 Role of Submitting Organizations (SO) . 41
C.2.5 Role of Others . 41
C.3 Responsibilities of Registration Acting Bodies (RAB) . 41
C.3.1 Responsibilities of Registration Authorities (RA) . 41
C.3.2 Responsibilities of Responsible Organizations (RO). 42
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C.3.3 Responsibilities of Submitting Organizations (SO).42
C.4 Responsibilities of Organizations within Registration Acting Bodies .43
C.4.1 Registrar.43
C.4.2 Stewards.44
C.4.3 Submitters.44
C.4.4 Read-only users.44
C.4.5 Control Committee .45
C.4.6 Executive Committee (ExCom) .45
Annex D (informative) Suggested functional operating procedures — Concept of operations.46
D.1 Registration concept of operations.46
D.2 Registration initiation .47
D.3 Quality review .47
D.4 Metadata Registry administration.47
Annex E (informative) Suggested functional operating procedures — Procedures.48
E.1 General procedures.48
E.1.1 Review and Response .48
E.1.2 Rejection Criteria.48
E.1.3 Revision and review procedures .48
E.1.4 Revision procedures.48
E.1.5 Review procedures.49
E.1.6 Dispute resolution.50
E.2 Progression through registration status categories .50
E.2.1 General .50
E.2.2 “Incomplete” status Administered Items.50
E.2.3 “Candidate” status Administered Items .51
E.2.4 “Recorded” status Administered Items .51
E.2.5 “Qualified” status Administered Items .52
E.2.6 “Standard” status Administered Items .53
E.2.7 “Preferred Standard” status Administered Items.53
E.2.8 “Retired” status Administered Items .54
E.2.9 “Superseded” status Administered Items .54
E.2.10 “Historical” status Administered Items .54
E.2.11 “Application” status Administered Items .54
E.3 Change management procedures .55
E.3.1 Change procedures for Administered Items in the metadata register .55
E.3.2 Retirement procedures for Administered Items in the metadata register.55
E.3.3 Superseding procedures for Administered Items in the metadata register.55
E.3.4 Change management procedures .56
Annex F (informative) Suggested functional operating procedures — Harmonization and reuse .57
F.1 Introduction.57
F.2 Identification and Resolution of Metadata Harmonization Issues .57
Annex G (informative) Frequently Asked Questions.59
Bibliography.62

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Figures
Figure A.1 — Structure of International registration Data Identifier (IRDI) . 12
Figure C-1 — Organizational roles to the Metadata Registry and their relationships. 39
Figure D.1 — Registration functional activities . 46

Tables
Table 1 — Registration status levels and criteria. 6
Table A-1 — DUNS Entry from the ISO/IEC 6523 Registry . 14
Table B-1 — Metadata attributes for Administered Items. 16
Table B-2 — Required elementary metadata attributes at each registration status . 24
Table B-3 — “Incomplete Status” — Required Metadata Attributes.29
Table B-4 — “Candidate” Status — Required Metadata Attributes .30
Table B-5 — “Recorded” Status — Required Metadata Attributes.31
Table B-6 — “Qualified” Status — Required Metadata Attributes . 32
Table B-7 — “Standard” Status — Required Metadata Attributes. 33
Table B-8 — “Preferred Standard” Status — Required Metadata Attributes. 34
Table B-9 — “Retired” Status — Required Metadata Attributes . 35
Table B-10 — “Superseded” Status — Required Metadata Attributes . 36
Table B-11 — “Application” Status — Required Metadata Attributes.37
Table B-12 — “Historical” Status — Required Metadata Attributes. 38

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ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005(E)
Foreword
ISO (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.
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 bodies 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 identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO/IEC 11179-6 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 11179-6:1997).
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 6: Registration
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Introduction
This part of ISO/IEC 11179 specifies the procedure by which administered items required in various
application areas could be registered and assigned an internationally unique identifier. The uniqueness of the
identification of a registered administered item is determined by a combination of the Registration Authority
Identifier (RAI), the unique identifier assigned to a administered item within a Registration Authority (RA), and
the version under which an administered item registration is submitted or updated. The registered
administered items are included in Registries of Administered Items, maintained by a Registration Authority, to
which the administered items logically and functionally belong. An organization wishing to become a
Registration Authority may do so in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Annex A.
This part of ISO/IEC 11179 has been revised to address other types of Administered Items besides data
elements: data element concepts, conceptual domains and value domains. Each of these types of
Administered Items, including data elements, is represented within a metadata registry by administration
records that document the common administration and identification, naming and definition details together
with their administered item-specific details.
Within this part of ISO/IEC 11179 the use of “Metadata Registry” denotes an implementation of a metadata
registry that is based upon ISO/IEC 11179 and that is managed by a Registration Authority.

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Information technology — Metadata registries (MDR) —
Part 6:
Registration
1 Scope
This part of ISO/IEC 11179 specifies the procedure by which administered items required in various
application areas could be registered and assigned an internationally unique identifier. For each Administered
Item to be registered, this part of ISO/IEC 11179 defines the type of information that is specified, the
conditions that are met, and the procedure(s) that are followed.
The requirements and procedure contained herein apply to all Administered Items specified in
ISO/IEC 11179-3. In addition, administration records that document the common administration and
identification, naming and definition details as required by, and associated with, any administered item-specific
details are also governed by this part of ISO/IEC 11179.
This part of ISO/IEC 11179 only addresses the metadata that is used to specify all types of Administered
Items. Others may want to use this part of ISO/IEC 11179 to register and manage locally defined
Administered Item types that are not defined in ISO/IEC 11179-3.
This part of ISO/IEC 11179 does not address the metadata that is used to specify particular types of
Administered Items such as data elements and value domains. This part of ISO/IEC 11179 does NOT specify
the registry's system design, file organization techniques, storage media, programming languages, etc. to be
used in its implementation.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 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 11179-1, Information technology — Metadata registries (MDR) — Part 1: Framework
ISO/IEC 11179-3, Information technology — Metadata registries (MDR) — Part 3: Registry metamodel and
basic attributes
ISO/IEC 6523-1, Information technology — Structure for the identification of organizations and organization
parts — Part 1: Identification of organization identification schemes
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
Administered Item
registry item for which administrative information is recorded in an Administration Record
[ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003, definition 3.3.1]
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3.2
administrative status
designation of the status in the administrative process of a Registration Authority for handling registration
requests
[ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003, definition 3.3.7]
3.3
data identifier
DI
unique identifier for an Administered Item within a Registration Authority
[ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003, definition 3.3.52]
3.4
information interchange
process of sending and receiving data in such a manner that the information content, or meaning assigned to
the data, is not altered during the transmission
3.5
International Code Designator
ICD
identifier of an organization identification scheme
NOTE Based on ISO/IEC 6523-1:1998, definition 3.8.
3.6
International Code Designator value
ICD value
identifier allocated to a particular organization identification scheme
[ISO/IEC 6523-1:1998, definition 3.9]
3.7
international registration data identifier
IRDI
internationally unique identifier for an Administered Item as defined in the framework of ISO/IEC 11179
3.8
item identifier
identifier for an item
[ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003, definition 3.3.76]
3.9
item registration authority identifier
identifier of the Registration Authority registering the item
[ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003, definition 3.3.77]
3.10
metadata item
instance of a metadata object
[ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003, definition 3.2.19]
NOTE In all parts of ISO/IEC 11179, this term is applied only to instances of metadata objects described by the
metamodel in Clause 4 of ISO/IEC 11179-3. Examples include instances of Data Elements, Data Element Concepts,
Permissible Values etc.
3.11
metadata object
object type defined by a metamodel
[ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003, definition 3.2.20]
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3.12
metadata register
information store or database maintained by a Metadata Registry
[ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003, definition 3.2.21]
3.13
Metadata Registry
MDR
information system for registering metadata
[ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003, definition 3.2.22]
NOTE The associated information store or database is known as a metadata register.
3.14
OPI Source Indicator
OPIS
data element used to specify the source for the organization part identifier
[ISO/IEC 6523-1:1998, definition 3.12]
3.15
OPIS value
particular value (digit or capital letter) taken by the OPIS to designate the source of an organization part
identifier
[ISO/IEC 6523-1:1998, definition 3.13]
3.16
organization identifier
identifier assigned to an organization within an organization identification scheme, and unique within that
scheme
[ISO/IEC 6523-1:1998, definition 3.10]
3.17
organization part identifier
OPI
identifier allocated to a particular organization part
[ISO/IEC 6523-1:1998, definition 3.11]
3.18
registration
assignment of an unambiguous identifier to an Administered Item in a way that makes the assignment
available to interested parties
NOTE Adapted from definition in Annex E of the ISO/IEC JTC 1 Directives.
3.19
registration acting body
RAB
type of organizations participating in the registration process of Administered Items
NOTE Currently, there are three RABs: Registration Authorities (RA), Responsible Organizations (RO) and
Submitting Organizations (SO).
3.20
Registration Authority
organization responsible for maintaining a register
[ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003, definition 3.3.121]
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3.21
registration authority identifier
identifier assigned to a Registration Authority
[ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003, definition 3.3.122]
3.22
registration status
designation of the status in the registration life-cycle of an Administered Item
[ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003, definition 3.3.125]
3.23
registry item
metadata item recorded in a Metadata Registry
[ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003, definition 3.2.29]
3.24
responsible organization
RO
organization or unit within an organization that is the authoritative source for attributes of the Administered
Item
3.25
submitting organization
SO
organization or unit within an organization that has submitted requests for registry action
3.26
version identifier
VI
identifier assigned to a version of an Administered Item
4 Concept of operation
4.1 Administered Items
4.1.1 Administered Item types
A conceptual model of a Metadata Registry for describing data is provided in ISO/IEC 11179-3.
ISO/IEC 11179-3 specifies a number of Administered Items. These are: data element, data element concept,
value domain, conceptual domain, classification scheme, context (for administered item), derivation rule,
object class, property, and representation class. ISO/IEC 11179-1 provides the means for understanding and
associating the individual parts and is the foundation for a conceptual understanding of metadata and
metadata registries.
This part of the ISO/IEC 11179 standard addresses the specifics that are common to all Administered Items. It
is envisioned that an organization may extend its Metadata Registry with additional items that are to be
administered. It is also envisioned that the standard may be extended at a later time to administer additional
items. Others may want to use this part of ISO/IEC 11179 to register and manage locally defined administered
item types that are not defined in ISO/IEC 11179-3.
4.1.2 Identification of Administered Items
Administered Items registered under the provisions of this part of ISO/IEC 11179 are each assigned one
International Registration Data Identifier (IRDI). The Registration Authority Identifier (RAI) portion of the
International Registration Data Identifier (IRDI), as specified in ISO/IEC 6523, is optional in those registries
that do not exchange contents with other registries. This identifier value uniquely identifies the Administered
Item within the framework of this part of ISO/IEC 11179. Annex A describes the structure of the International
Registration Data Identifier that is used to identify each Administered Item.
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4.1.3 Status categories
4.1.3.1 General
There are two types of status categories. The registration status is a designation of the level of registration or
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