TECHNICAL ISO/IEC REPORT TR 20943-1 First edition 2003-08-01 Information technology Procedures for achieving metadata registry (MDR) content consistency Part 1: Data elements Technologies de I'information - Procedures en vue d'obtenir la cohérence du contenu d'un registre de metadonnées (RM) - Partie 1: Elements de données Reference number ISO/IEC TR 20943-1:2003(E) IEC ISO @ISO/IEC 2003 ISO/IECTR20943-1:2003(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The Iso Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation ?ISO/IEC2003 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ISO/IEC2003—Allrightsreserved ISO/IEC TR 20943-1:2003(E) Contents Page Foreword... Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1.2 Purpose... 1.3 1.4 Registration approach - dataelementsandvaluedomains 2 Normative references ...... 3 Terms and definitions..... 4 Data element abstraction 4.1 Abstractiontypes. 4.2 Example of specialization/generalization .... 4.2.1 Example of sharing a value domain.... 4.3 Example of concatenation/decomposition... 4.4 Example of aggregation .. 5 Data element registration .. 6 Bottom-up approach to data element registration .. 6.1 General procedures for registering a data element . 6.1.1 Understanding the data element ........ 6.1.2 Content research.. 6.1.3 Data element definition.. 6.1.4 Permissible values and value domain .. 6.1.5 Representation class..... 6.1.6 Namesandidentifiers 6.1.7 Other metadata attributes , 6.1.8 Data element concept.... 10 6.1.9 Classification schemes 11 6.1.10 Registration and administrative status information.. 11 6.2 ExampleofInternationalStandardwithenumerateddomain.... 12 6.2.1 Understanding the data element .... 12 6.2.2 Content research. 12 6.2.3 Data element definition... 13 6.2.4 Permissible values and value domain .... 13 6.2.5 Representation Class ..... 6.2.6 Identification and naming the data element.. 13 6.2.7 Other metadata attributes .. 14 6.2.8 Data element concept... 15 6.2.9 Classification.. 15 6.2.10 Registration and administrative status information.. 16 6.2.11 Other names and codes from Iso 3166... 16 6.2.12 Summary of metadata attributes ..... 6.3 Application system data element development examples 19 6.3.1 Understanding the data element ... 19 6.3.2 Content research.. 19 6.3.3 Data element definition... 19 6.3.4 Permissible values and value domain . 20 6.3.5 20 6.3.6 Identify and name the data element. .20 6.3.7 Othermetadataattributes... 21 n -All rights reserved ii ISO/IEC TR 20943-1:2003(E) 6.3.8 Data element concept .. .22 6.3.9 .22 6.3.10 Registrationandadministrativestatusinformation. .22 6.3.11 Related data elements .. 6.3.12 .23 6.4 Example of International Standard with non-enumerated domain .... 6.4.1 Understanding the data element... .25 6.4.2 Content research. .26 6.4.3 6.4.4 Permissible values and value domain.. 26 6.4.5 Representation Class... .27 6.4.6 Identifying and naming the data element , .27 6.4.7 Other metadata attributes.......... 6.4.8 Data element concept ... .28 6.4.9 Classification .... 29 6.4.10 Registrati