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ISO/IEC 11179, Information Technology -- Metadata registries (MDR)

The 11179 standard is a multipart standard that includes the following parts:

· Part 1: Framework

· Part 2: Classification

· Part 3: Registry metamodel and basic attributes

· Part 4: Formulation of data definition

· Part 5: Naming and identification principles

· Part 6: Registration

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11179-1: Framework

This part of ISO/IEC 11179 introduces and discusses fundamental ideas of data elements, value domains, data element concepts, conceptual domains, and classification schemes essential to the understanding of this set of standards and provides the context for associating the individual parts of ISO/IEC 11179.

Project Editor: Dan GILLMAN

Edition 3 – under development:

	CD	CD2	DIS	FDIS	IS
Text:	2012-04-29 SC32 N2224 ( doc , pdf )	Target date 2012-12-31 (overdue)	Target date 2013-12-15	Target date 2014-06-15	Target date 2014-12-15
Summary of voting:	2012-08-12 SC32 N2270 ( doc , pdf )
Resolution of Comments:

Open Issues with Edition 2 are posted on the WG2 Issue Forum.

Published Editions:

Edition 2 published	2004-09-15	ISO/IEC 11179-1:2004(E)
Edition 1 published	1999-12-01	ISO/IEC 11179-1:1999(E)

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11179-2: Classification

This part of ISO/IEC 11179 provides a conceptual model for managing classification schemes. There are many structures used to organize classification schemes and there are many subject matter areas that classification schemes describe. So, this Part also provides a two-faceted classification for classification schemes themselves.

Project Editor: Nancy LAWLER

Edition 2 published	2005-11-15	ISO/IEC 11179-2:2005(E)
Edition 1 published	2000-02-15	ISO/IEC 11179-2:2000(E)

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11179-3: Registry metamodel and basic attributes

This part of ISO/IEC 11179 specifies a conceptual model for a metadata registry, and a set of basic attributes for metadata for use when a full registry solution is not needed.

Project Editor: Ray GATES

Published Editions:

Edition 3 published	2013-02-12	ISO/IEC 11179-3:2013(E)
Edition 2 with Cor 1 applied to text	2004-08-17	SC32 N1168
Technical Corrigendum	2004-03-17	ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003/Cor 1:2004
Edition 2 published	2003-02-15	ISO/IEC 11179-3: 2003(E)
Edition 1 published	1994-12-15	ISO/IEC 11179-3:1994(E)

Open Issues with 11179-3 are posted on the WG2 Issue Forum. (Edition 2 , Edition 3)

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11179-4: Formulation of data definition

This part of ISO/IEC 11179 provides guidance on how to develop unambiguous data definitions. A number of specific rules and guidelines are presented in ISO/IEC 11179-4 that specify exactly how a data definition should be formed. A precise, well-formed definition is one of the most critical requirements for shared understanding of an administered item; well-formed definitions are imperative for the exchange of information. Only if every user has a common and exact understanding of the data item can it be exchanged trouble-free.

Project Editor: Dan GILLMAN

Edition 3 – on hold

WD	CD	FCD	FDIS	IS
2007-12-06 WG2 N1079	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Published Editions:

Edition 2 published	2004-07-15	ISO/IEC 11179-4: 2004(E)
Edition 1 published	1995-07-01	ISO/IEC 11179-4:1995(E)

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11179-5: Naming and identification principles

This part of ISO/IEC 11179 provides guidance for the identification of administered items. Identification is a broad term for designating, or identifying, a particular data item. Identification can be accomplished in various ways, depending upon the use of the identifier. Identification includes the assignment of numerical identifiers that have no inherent meanings to humans; icons (graphic symbols to which meaning has been assigned); and names with embedded meaning, usually for human understanding, that are associated with the data item's definition and value domain.

Project Editor: Judith NEWTON

Edition 3

	WD	CD	CD2	DIS	FDIS	IS
Text:	2011-09-21 WG2 N1580 ( doc , pdf )	2012-02-11 SC32 N2192 ( doc , pdf )	2013-01-16 SC32 N2280 ( doc , pdf )	Target date 2013-02-22 (to be rescheduled)	Target date 2014-02-22	Target date 2014-08-22
Summary of voting:	N/a	2012-05-21 SC32 N2226 ( doc , pdf )	2013-04-20 SC32 N2331 ( doc , pdf )
Resolution of Comments:	N/a	2013-01-16 SC32 N2281 ( doc , pdf )

Published Editions:

Edition 2 published	2005-09-01	ISO/IEC 11179-5: 2005(E)
Edition 1 published	1995-12-01	ISO/IEC 11179-5:1995(E)

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11179-6: Registration

This part of ISO/IEC 11179 provides instruction on how a registration applicant may register a data item with a central Registration Authority and the allocation of unique identifiers for each data item. Maintenance of administered items already registered is also specified in this document.

Project Editor: Tatsumi ADACHI and Laura REECE

Edition 3 – project split approved at Kona meeting in May 2011

WD	CD	DIS	FDIS	IS
Target date 2012-02-22 (overdue)	Target date 2012-12-31 (overdue)	Target date 2013-12-31 (to be reviewed)	Target date 2014-06-30 (to be reviewed)	Target date 2014-12-31 (to be reviewed)

Published Editions:

Edition 2 published	2005-01-15	ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005
Edition 1 published	1997-04-01	ISO/IEC 11179-6:1997

Open Issues are posted on the WG2 Issue Forum.

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