9 th Open Forum on Metadata Registries Harmonization of Terminology, Ontology and Metadata 20th – 22nd March, 2006, Kobe Japan. Presentation Title: Day: Slot No. Name: Organization: Introduction to MDR - ISO/IEC Metadata Registries, Edition Larry Fitzwater US Environmental Protection Agency

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Abstract  This presentation describes efforts underway to increase the capabilities of metadata registries which will result in a new Edition (E3) of ISO/IEC family of standards. Major advancements include semantics management capabilities.

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 What is Metadata?  Metadata is data about data –It ’ s just plain, ordinary, everyday, garden variety data –It is found in documents, messages, images, sound streams, data sets, Web sites and videos –It provides information about the data or resource

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Why is Metadata Important?  Promotes clearer understanding  Helps users find information  Promotes more efficient use/reuse of information  Promotes better data management

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 What is the Role of a Data Registry?  Keeps facts necessary to clearly describe, inventory, analyze, and classify data  Supports data standards development process and distribution  Provides a source of well-formed data elements and value domains  Promotes the reuse of data in Agency systems and beyond  Enables data sharing, data integration, and data comparability  Serves as the central source of metadata information about Agency data

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Published Standards Metadata Registry  ISO/IEC :2004 Information Technology -- Metadata Registries (MDR) - Part 1: Framework  ISO/IEC :2000 Information technology – Specification and standardization of data elements - Part 2: Classification for data elements  ISO/IEC :2003 Information technology -- Metadata Registries (MDR) - Part 3, Registry Metamodel and basic attributes  ISO/IEC :2004Information Technology – Metadata Registries (MDR) - Part 4: Formulation of data definitions  ISO/IEC :1995Information technology – Specification and standardization of data elements - Part 5: Naming and identification principles for data elements  ISO/IEC :2005Information Technology – Metadata Registries (MDR) - Part 6: Registration  ISO/IEC TR Information technology – Achieving Metadata Registry Content Consistency - Part 1: Data elements  ISO/IEC TR Information technology – Achieving Metadata Registry Content Consistency - Part 3: Value Domains

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Published Standards -continued- Conceptual Schema  ISO TR 9007:1987 Information processing systems - Concepts and Terminology for the Conceptual Schema and the Information Base Structure for the Identification of Organizations  ISO/IEC :1998 Information technology - Structure for the identification of organizations and organization parts – Part 1: Identification of organization schemes  ISO/IEC :1998 Information technology - Structure for the identification of organizations and organization parts - Part 2: Registration of organization identification schemes

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Published Standards -continued- Code Sets & Representation  ISO/IEC 5218:2004 Information technology - Codes for the representation of human sexes ISO/IEC TR 9789:1994 Information technology - Guidelines for the organization and representation of data elements for data interchange - Coding methods and principles  ISO/IEC 14957:1996 Information technology - Representation of data elements values: Notation of the format  ISO/IEC TR 15452:2000 Information technology - Specification of Data Value Domain Information Resource Dictionary System (IRDS)  ISO/IEC 10027:1990 Information technology - Information Resource Dictionary System (IRDS) Framework  ISO/IEC 10728:1993 Information technology - Information Resource Dictionary Systems (IRDS) Services Interface  ISO/IEC 10728:1993/1 Information technology - Information Resource Dictionary System (IRDS) Service Interface - Amendment 1: C Language Binding  ISO/IEC :1998 Information technology - Data Management Export/Import Facilities – Part 3: Export/Import Facilities for IRDS

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Active Projects Logic  ISO/IEC WD Information technology - Common Logic (CL) – A Framework for a Family of Logic-Based Languages OMG  ISO/IEC DIS Information technology – Meta Object Facility (MOF) Specification  ISO/IEC DIS Information technology – XML Metadata Interchange (XMI) Information technology - Framework for Metamodel interoperability  ISO/IEC CD Part 1: Reference model  ISO/IEC CD Part 2: Core model  ISO/IEC WD Part 3: Metamodel for ontology registration  ISO/IEC WD Part 4: Metamodel for model mapping Standards Metadata  ISO/IEC WD Information technology-Metadata for technical standards and specifications documents

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Active Projects -Continued- Information technology - Metadata Registries (MDR)  ISO/IEC FCD Part 2: Classification for administered items  ISO/IEC FDIS Part 5: Naming and identification principles (Will be published as ISO/IEC :2005)  ISO/IEC AWI Part 3: Registry Metamodel and basic attributes 3rd Edition Information technology - Achieving Metadata Registry Content Consistency  ISO/IEC WD Part 2: XML Structured Data  ISO/IEC AWI Part 4: Overview Information Technology--Metadata registries (MDR) Module  ISO/IEC WD Part 1: Contact and location information module for metamodel  ISO/IEC WD Part 2: Relations information module for metamodel  ISO/IEC WD Part 3: Security information module for metamodel

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Active Projects -Continued- Information technology - Metadata Registry Interoperability & Bindings (MDR-IB)  ISO/IEC CD Part 1:Framework  ISO/IEC CD Part 2: Common vocabulary  ISO/IEC CD Part 3: Common Provisions for Conformance  ISO/IEC AWI Part 4: Generic usage  ISO/IEC AWI Part 5: Common data structures and services  ISO/IEC AWI Part 6: Semi-structured aggregation  ISO/IEC CD Part 20: Common Provisions for Coding bindings  ISO/IEC AWI Part 21: XML Coding Binding  ISO/IEC AWI Part 22: DIVP Binding  ISO/IEC AWI Part 23: ASN.1 Coding Binding  ISO/IECCD Part 40: Common Provisions for API binding  ISO/IEC CDI Part 41: C API binding  ISO/IEC AWI Part 42: C++ API Binding  ISO/IEC CD Part 43: Java API Binding  ISO/IEC CD Part 44:ECMA script API Binding  ISO/IEC AWI Part 45: Perl API Binding  ISO/IEC AWI Part 46: Lisp API Binding  ISO/IEC CD Part 47: PHP API binding  ISO/IEC AWI Part 60: Common Provisions for Protocol binding overview  ISO/IEC AWI Part 61: ODBC Protocol Binding  ISO/IEC AWI Part 62: DCTP Protocol Binding  ISO/IEC AWI Part 63: SOAP Protocol Binding  ISO/IEC AWI Part 64: WSDL Protocol Binding  ISO/IEC AWI Part 65: LDAP protocol binding  ISO/IEC AWI Part 66: JMS protocol binding  ISO/IEC CD Part 80: Common provisions for profiles  ISO/IEC CD Part 81: Attribute Mapping for MDR metamodel  ISO/IEC CDI Part 82: Profile for MDR metamodel  ISO/IEC AWI Part 83: URI suffixes for MDR metamodel navigation

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 ISO/IEC 11179, Parts Part 1: Framework Part 2: Classification for Administered Items Part 3: Registry Metamodel and Basic Attributes Part 4: Formulation of Data Definitions Part 5: Naming and Identification Principles Part 6: Registration

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 General Metamodel Areas Administration & Identification Naming & Definition Classification ADMINISTERED ITEM

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 ISO/IEC Present  Present - Edition 2 –Administered item management –Registry metamodel PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5PART 6

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 ISO/IEC Future  Future - Edition 3 –Knowledge management –Extensions for metamodel interoperability PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 2 PART 6 PART 1

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Future Directions  Part 2: Classification –Knowledge organization systems –Concept management –Semantic Web PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 2 PART 6 PART 1

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Future Directions -continued-  Part 1: Framework  Part 3: Metamodel  Part 6: Registration

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Future Directions -continued-  Part 4: Definitions –Data quality –Metadata quality

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Future Directions -continued-  Part 5: Naming –Context –Designations –Namespaces –Identifiers

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Future Issues  Model interoperability  Cultural adaptability  XML registry interoperability  Non-enumerated Conceptual Domains

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Freely Available Standards  ISO/IEC :2004 Information technology – Metadata registries – Part 1: Framework  ISO/IEC :2003 Information technology – Metadata registries – Part 3: Registry metamodel & basic attributes  ISO/IEC :2004 Information technology – Metadata registries – Part 4: Formulation of data definitions  ISO/IEC :2005 (to be published) Information technology – Metadata registries – Part 5: Naming and Identification  ISO/IEC :2005 Information technology – Metadata registries – Part 6: Registration  ISO/IEC TR :2003 Information technology – Procedures for achieving metadata registry (MDR) content consistency -- Part 1: Data elements  ISO/IEC TR :2004 Information technology – Procedures for achieving metadata registry (MDR) content consistency -- Part 3: Value domains

9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Larry Fitzwater U.S. Environmental Protection Agency & ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32/WG 2 Convener For More Information