1. 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 11179 Metadata Registries, Edition 3 1 3 3 Larry Fitzwater US Environmental Protection Agency

2. 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 11179 family of standards. Major advancements include semantics management capabilities.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Published Standards Metadata Registry  ISO/IEC 11179-1:2004 Information Technology -- Metadata Registries (MDR) - Part 1: Framework  ISO/IEC 11179-2:2000 Information technology – Specification and standardization of data elements - Part 2: Classification for data elements  ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003 Information technology -- Metadata Registries (MDR) - Part 3, Registry Metamodel and basic attributes  ISO/IEC 11179-4:2004Information Technology – Metadata Registries (MDR) - Part 4: Formulation of data definitions  ISO/IEC 11179-5:1995Information technology – Specification and standardization of data elements - Part 5: Naming and identification principles for data elements  ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005Information Technology – Metadata Registries (MDR) - Part 6: Registration  ISO/IEC TR 20943-1Information technology – Achieving Metadata Registry Content Consistency - Part 1: Data elements  ISO/IEC TR 20943-3Information technology – Achieving Metadata Registry Content Consistency - Part 3: Value Domains

7. 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 6523-1:1998 Information technology - Structure for the identification of organizations and organization parts – Part 1: Identification of organization schemes  ISO/IEC 6523-2:1998 Information technology - Structure for the identification of organizations and organization parts - Part 2: Registration of organization identification schemes

8. 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 13238-3:1998 Information technology - Data Management Export/Import Facilities – Part 3: Export/Import Facilities for IRDS

9. 9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Active Projects Logic  ISO/IEC WD 24707 Information technology - Common Logic (CL) – A Framework for a Family of Logic-Based Languages OMG  ISO/IEC DIS 19502 Information technology – Meta Object Facility (MOF) Specification  ISO/IEC DIS 19503 Information technology – XML Metadata Interchange (XMI) Information technology - Framework for Metamodel interoperability  ISO/IEC CD 19763-01 Part 1: Reference model  ISO/IEC CD 19763-02 Part 2: Core model  ISO/IEC WD 19763-03 Part 3: Metamodel for ontology registration  ISO/IEC WD 19763-04 Part 4: Metamodel for model mapping Standards Metadata  ISO/IEC WD 24706 Information technology-Metadata for technical standards and specifications documents

10. 9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Active Projects -Continued- Information technology - Metadata Registries (MDR)  ISO/IEC FCD 11179-2 Part 2: Classification for administered items  ISO/IEC FDIS 11179-5 Part 5: Naming and identification principles (Will be published as ISO/IEC 11179-5:2005)  ISO/IEC AWI 11179-3 Part 3: Registry Metamodel and basic attributes 3rd Edition Information technology - Achieving Metadata Registry Content Consistency  ISO/IEC WD 20943-2 Part 2: XML Structured Data  ISO/IEC AWI 20943-4 Part 4: Overview Information Technology--Metadata registries (MDR) Module  ISO/IEC WD 19773-01 Part 1: Contact and location information module for metamodel  ISO/IEC WD 19773-02 Part 2: Relations information module for metamodel  ISO/IEC WD 19773-03 Part 3: Security information module for metamodel

11. 9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Active Projects -Continued- Information technology - Metadata Registry Interoperability & Bindings (MDR-IB)  ISO/IEC CD 20944-01Part 1:Framework  ISO/IEC CD 20944-02Part 2: Common vocabulary  ISO/IEC CD 20944-03Part 3: Common Provisions for Conformance  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-04Part 4: Generic usage  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-05Part 5: Common data structures and services  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-06Part 6: Semi-structured aggregation  ISO/IEC CD 20944-20Part 20: Common Provisions for Coding bindings  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-21Part 21: XML Coding Binding  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-22Part 22: DIVP Binding  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-23Part 23: ASN.1 Coding Binding  ISO/IECCD 20944-40Part 40: Common Provisions for API binding  ISO/IEC CDI 20944-41Part 41: C API binding  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-42Part 42: C++ API Binding  ISO/IEC CD 20944-43Part 43: Java API Binding  ISO/IEC CD 20944-44Part 44:ECMA script API Binding  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-45Part 45: Perl API Binding  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-46Part 46: Lisp API Binding  ISO/IEC CD 20944-47Part 47: PHP API binding  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-60Part 60: Common Provisions for Protocol binding overview  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-61Part 61: ODBC Protocol Binding  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-62Part 62: DCTP Protocol Binding  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-63Part 63: SOAP Protocol Binding  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-64Part 64: WSDL Protocol Binding  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-65Part 65: LDAP protocol binding  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-66Part 66: JMS protocol binding  ISO/IEC CD 20944-80Part 80: Common provisions for profiles  ISO/IEC CD 20944-81Part 81: Attribute Mapping for 11179-3 MDR metamodel  ISO/IEC CDI 20944-82Part 82: Profile for 11179-3 MDR metamodel  ISO/IEC AWI 20944-83Part 83: URI suffixes for 11179-3 MDR metamodel navigation

12. 9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 ISO/IEC 11179, Parts 1 - 6 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

13. 9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 General Metamodel Areas Administration & Identification Naming & Definition Classification ADMINISTERED ITEM

14. 9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 ISO/IEC 11179 - Present  Present - Edition 2 –Administered item management –Registry metamodel PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5PART 6

15. 9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 ISO/IEC 11179 - Future  Future - Edition 3 –Knowledge management –Extensions for metamodel interoperability PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 2 PART 6 PART 1

16. 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

17. 9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Future Directions -continued-  Part 1: Framework  Part 3: Metamodel  Part 6: Registration

18. 9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Future Directions -continued-  Part 4: Definitions –Data quality –Metadata quality

19. 9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Future Directions -continued-  Part 5: Naming –Context –Designations –Namespaces –Identifiers

20. 9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Future Issues  Model interoperability  Cultural adaptability  XML registry interoperability  Non-enumerated Conceptual Domains

21. 9th Open Forum for Metadata Registry, Kobe, 2006 Freely Available Standards  ISO/IEC 11179-1:2004 Information technology – Metadata registries – Part 1: Framework  ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003 Information technology – Metadata registries – Part 3: Registry metamodel & basic attributes  ISO/IEC 11179-4:2004 Information technology – Metadata registries – Part 4: Formulation of data definitions  ISO/IEC 11179-5:2005 (to be published) Information technology – Metadata registries – Part 5: Naming and Identification  ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005 Information technology – Metadata registries – Part 6: Registration  ISO/IEC TR 20943-1:2003 Information technology – Procedures for achieving metadata registry (MDR) content consistency -- Part 1: Data elements  ISO/IEC TR 20943-3:2004 Information technology – Procedures for achieving metadata registry (MDR) content consistency -- Part 3: Value domains http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink/fetch/2000/2489/Ittf_Home/ITTF.htm

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