ISO/IEC 11179-3:2013

Information technology - Metadata registries (MDR) - Part 3: Registry metamodel and basic attributes

ISO/IEC 11179-3:2013 specifies the structure of a metadata registry in the form of a conceptual data model. While the model diagrams are presented in UML notation, ISO/IEC 11179-3:2013 does not assume nor endorse any specific system environment, database management system, database design paradigm, system development methodology, data definition language, command language, system interface, user interface, computing platform, or any technology required for implementation. ISO/IEC 11179-3:2013 does not directly apply to the actual use of data in communications and information processing systems. ISO/IEC 11179-3:2013 specifies basic attributes which are required to describe metadata items, and which might be used in situations where a complete metadata registry is not appropriate (e.g. in the specification of other International Standards).

Technologies de l'information — Registres de métadonnées (RM) — Partie 3: Métamodèle de registre et attributs de base

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 11-Feb-2013
• 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
• Start Date: 16-Jan-2023
• Completion Date: 30-Oct-2025

Relations

• Amended By: ISO/IEC 11179-3:2013/Amd 1:2020 - Information technology - Metadata registries (MDR) - Part 3: Registry metamodel and basic attributes - Amendment 1
• Effective Date: 25-Apr-2020
• Revised: ISO/IEC 11179-3:2023 - Information technology - Metadata registries (MDR) - Part 3: Metamodel for registry common facilities
• Effective Date: 23-Apr-2020
• Revises: ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003 - Information technology - Metadata registries (MDR) - Part 3: Registry metamodel and basic attributes
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 11179-3
Third edition
2013-02-15
Information technology — Metadata
registries (MDR) —
Part 3:
Registry metamodel and basic attributes
Technologies de l'information — Registres de métadonnées (RM) —
Partie 3: Métamodèle de registre et attributs de base

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Contents Page
Foreword . xiii
Introduction . xv
1 Scope . 1
1.1 Scope – Structure of a metadata registry . 1
1.2 Scope – Basic attributes of metadata items . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 1
3.1 Terms and definitions of metamodel constructs used in this part of ISO/IEC 11179 . 2
3.2 Terms for concepts used in this part of ISO/IEC 11179 . 4
3.3 Abbreviated terms . 20
4 Conformance . 21
4.1 Overview of conformance . 21
4.2 Degree of conformance . 21
4.2.1 General . 21
4.2.2 Strictly conforming implementations . 22
4.2.3 Conforming implementations . 22
4.3 Conformance by clause . 22
4.4 Registry conformance . 23
4.4.1 Overview . 23
4.4.2 Standard profiles for edition 3 registries . 23
4.5 Obligation . 23
4.6 Implementation conformance statement (ICS) . 23
4.7 Roles and responsibilities for registration . 24
5 Structure of a metadata registry . 24
5.1 Metamodel for a metadata registry . 24
5.2 Application of the metamodel . 24
5.3 Specification of the metamodel . 25
5.3.1 Terminology used in specifying the metamodel . 25
5.3.2 Choice of fonts . 25
5.3.3 Use of UML Packages . 25
5.3.4 Package dependencies . 26
5.3.5 Use of UML Class diagrams and textual description . 27
5.4 Types, instances and values . 27
5.5 Types of items in an ISO/IEC 11179 metadata registry . 28
5.5.1 Overview of types of items . 28
5.5.2 Rules for types of items . 29
5.6 Extensibility . 31
5.7 Date references . 31
6 Basic package . 31
6.1 Overview of Basic package . 31
6.2 Basic Types metamodel region . 31
6.2.1 Overview of Basic Types . 31
6.2.2 Boolean datatype . 31
6.2.3 Date datatype . 32
6.2.4 Datetime datatype . 32
6.2.5 Integer datatype . 32
6.2.6 Natural_Range datatype . 32
6.2.7 Notation datatype . 32
6.2.8 Phone_Number datatype . 32
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6.2.9 Postal_Address datatype .32
6.2.10 Sign datatype .33
6.2.11 String datatype .33
6.2.12 Text datatype .33
6.2.13 Value datatype .33
6.3 Basic Classes metamodel region.33
6.3.1 Overview of Basic Classes .33
6.3.2 Contact class .34
6.3.3 Document_Type class .35
6.3.4 Individual class .35
6.3.5 Language_Identification class .37
6.3.6 Organization class .39
6.3.7 Reference_Document class .40
6.3.8 Registration_Authority_Identifier class.42
6.3.9 Role class .43
7 Identification, Designation and Definition package .45
7.1 Overview of this package .45
7.2 Identification metamodel region .45
7.2.1 Overview .45
7.2.2 Classes in the Identification metamodel region .46
7.2.3 Associations in the Identification metamodel region .51
7.3 Designation and Definition metamodel region .52
7.3.1 Overview .52
7.3.2 Classes in the Designation and Definition metamodel region .53
7.3.3 Association Classes in the Designation and Definition metamodel region .59
7.3.4 Associations in the Designation and Definition metamodel region .60
8 Registration package .62
8.1 Registration metamodel region .62
8.1.1 Overview .62
8.1.2 Classes in the Registration region .62
8.1.3 Classes referenced from the Basic package .75
8.1.4 Classes referenced from the Identification, Designation and Definition package .75
8.1.5 Association Classes in the Registration region .76
8.1.6 Associations in the Registration region .76
9 Concepts package .78
9.1 Concepts metamodel region .78
9.1.1 Overview .78
9.1.2 Classes in the Concepts metamodel region .79
9.1.3 Associations of the Concepts metamodel region .84
9.2 Classification metamodel region .87
9.2.1 Overview .87
9.2.2 Classes in the Classification metamodel region .88
9.2.3 Associations Classes in the Classification metamodel region .89
9.2.4 Associations in the Classification metamodel region .89
10 Binary Relations package .90
10.1 Binary Relations metamodel region .90
10.1.1 Overview .90
10.1.2 Classes in the Binary_Relations metamodel region .90
11 Data Description package .93
11.1 High-level Data Description metamodel region .93
11.1.1 Overview .93
11.1.2 Classes of High-level Data Description metamodel .93
11.1.3 Associations of the High Level Data Description metamodel .96
11.1.4 Constraints of the High Level Metamodel .97
11.2 Data Element Concept metamodel region .97
11.2.1 Overview .97
11.2.2 Classes in the Data_Element_Concept region .98
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11.2.3 Associations in the Data_Element_Concept region . 99
11.3 Conceptual and Value_Domain metamodel region . 100
11.3.1 Overview . 100
11.3.2 Classes in the Conceptual and Value_Domain region . 102
11.3.3 Associations in the Conceptual and Value_Domain region . 110
11.3.4 Additional Constraints of the Conceptual and Value_Domain region . 112
11.4 Measurement metamodel region . 114
11.4.1 Overview . 114
11.4.2 Classes in the Measurement region . 114
11.4.3 Associations in the Measurement region . 117
11.5 Data_Element metamodel region . 118
11.5.1 Overview . 118
11.5.2 Classes in the Data_Element Region . 118
11.5.3 Associations in the Data_Element region. 121
11.6 Consolidated Data Description Metamodel . 123
11.7 Types of Concepts in the Data Description Metamodel . 124
12 Basic attributes . 124
12.1 Use of basic attributes . 124
12.2 Common attributes . 125
12.2.1 Identifying . 125
12.2.2 Naming. 125
12.2.3 Definitional . 126
12.2.4 Administrative . 126
12.2.5 Relational . 126
12.3 Attributes specific to Data_Element_Concepts . 127
12.4 Attributes specific to Data_Elements . 127
12.5 Attributes specific to Conceptual_Domains . 127
12.6 Attributes specific to Value_Domains . 127
12.7 Attributes specific to Permissible_Values . 128
12.8 Attributes specific to Value_Meanings . 128
Annex A (normative) Alphabetical list of terms and designations . 129
Annex B (normative) Consolidated Class Hierarchy . 137
Annex C (informative) Mapping the ISO/IEC 11179-3:1994 basic attributes to the ISO/IEC 11179-
3:2011 metamodel and basic attributes . 138
C.1 Introduction . 138
C.1.1 Overview of Basic Attributes from ISO/IEC 11179-3:1994 . 138
C.1.2 Description of Table Structures in this Annex . 139
C.2 Mapping the Basic Attributes . 141
C.2.1 Common Identifying attributes . 141
C.2.2 Common Naming attributes . 143
C.2.3 Common Definitional attributes . 147
C.2.4 Common Administrative attributes . 148
C.2.5 Common Relational attributes . 150
C.2.6 Attributes specific to Data_Element_Concepts . 154
C.2.7 Attributes specific to Data_Elements . 157
C.2.8 Attributes specific to Conceptual_Domains . 164
C.2.9 Attributes specific to Value_Domains . 165
C.2.10 Attributes specific to Permissible_Values . 166
C.2.11 Attributes specific to Value_Meanings . 167
Annex D (informative) Mapping the ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003 metamodel to the ISO/IEC 11179-3:2011
metamodel . 169
D.1 Introduction . 169
D.2 Mapping the Edition 2 Administration and Identification Region . 169
D.2.1 Administered_Item . 169
D.2.2 Administration_Record . 169
D.2.3 Contact . 170
D.2.4 Item_Identifier . 170
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D.2.5 Language_Identification . 170
D.2.6 Organization . 171
D.2.7 Reference_Document . 171
D.2.8 Registrar . 171
D.2.9 Registration_Authority . 171
D.2.10 Registration_Authority_Identifier . 172
D.2.11 Stewardship . 172
D.2.12 Submission . 172
D.3 Mapping the Edition 2 Naming and Definition Region . 173
D.3.1 Context (for Administered_Item) . 173
D.3.2 Terminological_Entry . 173
D.3.3 Language_Section . 173
D.3.4 Definition (of Administered_Item) . 174
D.3.5 Designation (of Administered_Item) . 174
D.4 Mapping the Edition 2 Classification Region . 174
D.4.1 Classification_Scheme . 174
D.4.2 Classification_Scheme_Item . 175
D.4.3 Classification_Scheme_Item_Relationship . 175
D.5 Mapping the Edition 2 Data_Element_Concept Region . 175
D.5.1 Object_Class . 175
D.5.2 Property . 175
D.5.3 Data_Element_Concept . 176
D.5.4 Concept_Relationship . 176
D.6 Mapping the Edition 2 Conceptual and Value Domain Region . 176
D.6.1 Conceptual_Domain . 176
D.6.2 Enumerated_Conceptual_Domain . 177
D.6.3 Value_Meaning . 177
D.6.4 Non-enumerated_Conceptual_Domain . 177
D.6.5 Value_Domain . 178
D.6.6 Enumerated_Value_Domain . 178
D.6.7 Permissible_Value . 178
D.6.8 Value . 179
D.6.9 Non-enumerated_Value_Domain . 179
D.6.10 Datatype . 179
D.6.11 Unit_of_Measure . 179
D.7 Mapping the Edition 2 Data_Element Region . 180
D.7.1 Data_Element . 180
D.7.2 Representation_Class . 180
D.7.3 Data_Element_Example . 181
D.7.4 Derivation_Rule . 181
D.7.5 Data_Element_Derivation . 181
Annex E (informative) Concept System Examples . 182
E.1 Concept System Metamodels . 182
E.2 SKOS Example . 183
E.2.1 SKOS Metamodel . 183
E.2.2 SKOS Example Thesaurus . 184
E.2.3 Example Value Domain References . 185
E.3 ORM Example . 187
E.3.1 ORM Metamodel . 187
E.3.2 Car Registration Model . 189
E.4 OWL Example . 194
E.4.1 OWL Metamodel . 194
E.4.2 Car Registration Ontology . 202
E.5 CLIF Example . 216
E.5.1 CL Metamodel . 216
E.5.2 CLIF Units Example from ISO/IEC 19763-3 . 217
Annex F (informative) Representation Class as a Concept System . 221
F.1 Introduction . 221
F.2 Description of Representation Class . 221
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F.3 Implementation of Representation Class as a Concept_System . 222
Annex G (informative) Comparison for Conformance Levels across Editions of this part of
ISO/IEC 11179 . 223
G.1 Introduction . 223
G.2 Conformance Levels for Edition 2 Level 2 . 223
G.3 Conformance Levels for Edition 2 Level 1 and Edition 1 . 223
Annex H (Normative) Standard Conformance Profiles for this part of ISO/IEC 11179 . 224
H.1 Introduction . 224
H.2 Profile for Concept Systems Registry . 224
H.3 Profile for Extended Concept Systems Registry . 224
H.4 Profile for Metadata Registry . 224
H.5 Profile for Extended Metadata Registry . 224
Bibliography . 225

Table of Figures
Figure 1 — Package dependencies . 26
Figure 2 — Types of items . 28
Figure 3 — Basic types metamodel region . 31
Figure 4 — Basic classes metamodel region . 33
Figure 5 — Identification metamodel region . 45
Figure 6 — Designation and Definition metamodel region . 53
Figure 7 — Registration metamodel region . 64
Figure 8 — Concepts metamodel region . 78
Figure 9 — Classification metamodel region . 88
Figure 10 — Binary Relations metamodel region. 90
Figure 11 — High-level Data Description metamodel . 93
Figure 12 — Data_Element_Concept metamodel region . 98
Figure 13 — Conceptual and value domain metamodel region . 101
Figure 14 — Measurement metamodel region . 114
Figure 15 — Data_Element metamodel region . 118
Figure 16 — Consolidated Data Description metamodel . 123
Figure 17 — Types of Concepts in the Data Description package . 124
Figure 18 — Consolidated Class Hierarchy . 137
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Figure 19 — Basic Attributes of Data elements . 138
Figure 20— Car Registration Model in ORM . 189
Figure 21 — Car Registration Ontology . 202

Table of Tables
Table 1 – Rules for Types of Items . 29
Table 2 – Rules for Types of Items as a Decision Table . 30
Table 3 – Comparison of Designation to Scoped_Identifier . 45
Table 4 – Examples of binary relations and their characterization . 90
Table 5 – Template for attribute mapping . 139
Table 6 – Attribute mapping for ‘identifier’ . 141
Table 7 – Attribute mapping for ‘Registration Authority’ . 142
Table 8 – Attribute mapping for ‘Version’ . 142
Table 9 – Attribute mapping for ‘Name’ . 143
Table 10 – Attribute mapping for ‘Synonymous name’ . 143
Table 11 – Attribute mapping for ‘designation language’ . 144
Table 12 – Attribute mapping for ‘Context name’ . 144
Table 13 – Attribute mapping for ‘Context identifier’ . 145
Table 14 – Attribute mapping for ‘Context description’ . 146
Table 15 – Attribute mapping for ‘Definition’ . 147
Table 16 – Attribute mapping for ‘Definition language’ . 147
Table 17 – Attribute mapping for ‘Definition source reference’ . 148
Table 18 – Attribute mapping for ‘Comments’ . 148
Table 19 – Attribute mapping for ‘Registration status’ . 148
Table 20 – Attribute mapping for ‘Responsible organization’ . 149
Table 21 – Attribute mapping for ‘Submitting organization’ . 150
Table 22 – Attribute mapping for ‘Classification scheme name’ . 150
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Table 23 – Attribute mapping for ‘Classification scheme identifier’ . 151
Table 24 – Attribute mapping for ‘Classification scheme item value’ . 152
Table 25 – Attribute mapping for ‘Related metadata reference’ . 153
Table 26 – Attribute mapping for ‘Type of relationship’ . 154
Table 27 – Attribute mapping for ‘Object class name’ . 154
Table 28 – Attribute mapping for ‘Object class identifier’ . 155
Table 29 – Attribute mapping for ‘Property name’ . 156
Table 30 – Attribute mapping for ‘Property identifier’ . 156
Table 31 – Attribute mapping for ‘Representation category’ . 157
Table 32 – Attribute mapping for ‘Representation class’ . 157
Table 33 – Attribute mapping for ‘Value domain name’ . 158
Table 34 – Attribute mapping for ‘Value domain identifier’ . 159
Table 35 – Attribute mapping for ‘Datatype name’ . 159
Table 36 – Attribute mapping for ‘Datatype scheme reference’ . 160
Table 37 – Attribute mapping for ‘Maximum size’ . 161
Table 38 – Attribute mapping for ‘Minimum size’ . 162
Table 39 – Attribute mapping for ‘Layout of representation’ . 163
Table 40 – Attribute mapping for ‘Permissible data element values’ . 164
Table 41 – Attribute mapping for ‘Dimensionality’ .
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