Information technology for learning, education and training - Metadata for learning resources - Part 1: Framework (ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024)

This document provides a framework that applies to all resources and specifies how to describe resources. It includes rules governing the way in which descriptions are made.
This document provides principles, rules and structures for specifying the description of any type of resource; it identifies and establishes attributes for specifying properties, resources classes, vocabularies and application profiles and the rules governing their use. The key principles set out in this document are framed in a user-centric context and aim to meet the requirements of multilingual and cultural adaptability from a global perspective.
This document can be used for the specification of metadata describing any type of resource (not only learning resources). This document is information-technology-neutral and defines a set of common approaches.
This document specifies generic properties, generic resource classes and predefined rule sets for content value rules. These generic elements are proposed in such a way that they can be widely reused, thereby promoting interoperability.
This document is applicable to the development of:
— application profiles based on the ISO/IEC 19788 series but not part of it or any other document based on it,
— standards consisting of the description of resources (in a broad sense), whether they belong to the domain of education or to any other domain.

Informationstechnik für Lernen, Ausbildung und Weiterbildung - Metadaten für Lernressourcen - Teil 1: Framework (ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024)

Technologies de l'information pour l'apprentissage, l'éducation et la formation - Métadonnées pour ressources d'apprentissage - Partie 1: Cadre de référence (ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024)

Informacijska tehnologija za učenje, izobraževanje in usposabljanje - Metapodatki za učne vire - 1. del: Okvir (ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024)

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Status
Published
Public Enquiry End Date
30-Jul-2025
Publication Date
01-Dec-2025
Technical Committee
Current Stage
6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
Start Date
28-Nov-2025
Due Date
02-Feb-2026
Completion Date
02-Dec-2025

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2026
Informacijska tehnologija za učenje, izobraževanje in usposabljanje - Metapodatki
za učne vire - 1. del: Okvir (ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024)
Information technology for learning, education and training - Metadata for learning
resources - Part 1: Framework (ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024)
Informationstechnik für Lernen, Ausbildung und Weiterbildung - Metadaten für
Lernressourcen - Teil 1: Framework (ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024)
Technologies de l'information pour l'apprentissage, l'éducation et la formation -
Métadonnées pour ressources d'apprentissage - Partie 1: Cadre de référence (ISO/IEC
19788-1:2024)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO/IEC 19788-1:2025
ICS:
03.100.30 Vodenje ljudi Management of human
resources
03.180 Vzgoja in izobraževanje Education
35.240.90 Uporabniške rešitve IT v IT applications in education
izobraževanju
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO/IEC 19788-1
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
September 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 03.100.30; 35.240.90 Supersedes EN ISO/IEC 19788-1:2012
English Version
Information technology for learning, education and
training - Metadata for learning resources - Part 1:
Framework (ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024)
Technologies de l'information pour l'apprentissage, Informationstechnik für Lernen, Ausbildung und
l'éducation et la formation - Métadonnées pour Weiterbildung - Metadaten für Lernressourcen - Teil 1:
ressources d'apprentissage - Partie 1: Cadre de Framework (ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024)
référence (ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 22 September 2025.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
Centre has the same status as the official versions.

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Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and
United Kingdom.
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© 2025 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN ISO/IEC 19788-1:2025 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
European foreword . 3

European foreword
The text of ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024 has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1
“Information technology” of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and has been
taken over as EN ISO/IEC 19788-1:2025 by Technical Committee CEN/TC 353 “Technologies
supporting education and learning processes” the secretariat of which is held by UNI.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by March 2026, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by March 2026.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO/IEC 19788-1:2012.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO/IEC 19788-1:2025 without any
modification.
International
Standard
ISO/IEC 19788-1
Second edition
Information technology for
2024-11
learning, education and training —
Metadata for learning resources —
Part 1:
Framework
Technologies de l'information pour l'apprentissage, l'éducation et
la formation — Métadonnées pour ressources d'apprentissage —
Partie 1: Cadre de référence
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ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024(en)
Contents Page
Foreword .vi
Introduction .vii
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 2
4 Abbreviated terms . 9
5 Digital access . 9
6 MLR Resource classes . 10
6.1 General .10
6.2 Resource class specification attributes .10
6.2.1 Attribute "Identifier" .10
6.2.2 Attribute "Canonical identifier" .11
6.2.3 Attribute "Label" .11
6.2.4 Attribute "Name" . 12
6.2.5 Attribute "Definition" . . . 12
6.2.6 Attribute "Subclass of" . 12
6.2.7 Attribute "Note" . 13
6.3 Resource class specification template . 13
6.4 Example of a resource class specification . 13
7 MLR Properties . 14
7.1 General .14
7.2 Property specification attributes .14
7.2.1 Attribute "Identifier" .14
7.2.2 Attribute "Canonical identifier" . 15
7.2.3 Attribute "Label" . 15
7.2.4 Attribute "Name" .16
7.2.5 Attribute "Definition" . .16
7.2.6 Attribute "Domain" .17
7.2.7 Attribute "Codomain" . .17
7.2.8 Attribute "Linguistic indicator" .17
7.2.9 Attribute "Content value rules" .18
7.2.10 Attribute "Refines" .19
7.2.11 Attribute "Example(s)" .19
7.2.12 Attribute "Note(s)" .19
7.2.13 Attribute "Best practice(s)". 20
7.2.14 Attribute "Status" . 20
7.3 Essential vs non-essential attributes . 20
7.4 Property specification template .21
7.5 Aggregation of properties .21
7.6 Example of a property specification .
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