1. Conceptual vs. Information Centric Metadata Standards
Information Artifacts
Metadata
OMG Standards:
MOF, CWM, UML
Ontology
Standards:
OWL, KIF, CL, ...
Connections ???
Terminology
Standards
Conceptual Level
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2. Space of Metadata Standards
ISO/IEC spans both conceptual models
and information artifacts.
About information artifacts:
data elements, schemas,
UML models, ...
Ontology Standards:
OWL, KIF, CL, XTM,
....
ISO/IEC 11179
Edition 3
Metadata Registry
Standard
OMG Standards:
MOF, UML, CWM
Terminology
Standards
Conceptual models
of the “real world”
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