Metadata: ISO 11179

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Metadata ISO 11179

• Thomas G. Habing
• Grainger Engineering Library Information Center
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• http//dli.grainger.uiuc.edu
  thabing_at_uiuc.edu

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Why

• Facilitate Cross-repository Harvesting and
  Interoperability of Metadata
• ISO 11179 is a standard for Metadata Registries
• Open Archives Initiative / Santa Fe Convention
• Being used in the D-Lib Test Suite
  Cross-repository prototype

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ISO 11179

• Framework for the generation and standardization
  of data elements
• Classification of concepts for the identification
  of domains
• Basic attributes of data elements
• Naming and identification principles for data
  elements
• Registration of data elements

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ISO 11179-3

• What is it?
• Defines some common attributes of data elements
  used to facilitate shared understanding between
  owners and users of the data.Seems to be better
  suited to human understanding than machine
  understanding

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ISO 11179-3

• Will the latest standard please stand up.
• Latest official version 1994, but more recent,
  and much different versions can be found on the
  web
• Where does the standard stop and the meta begin?
• Descriptors meta-meta-meta
• Attributes meta-meta
• Applying the standard to XML metadata seems to be
  a poor fit in some cases.

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ISO 11179-3

• Identification
• Name, Context?, UniqueIdentifier, Synonym
• Definition
• Relation?
• ClassificationScheme, Keyword,
  RelatedAttribute
• Representation
• RepresentationCategory, FormOfRepresentation,
  DataTypeOfDEValue, MaxSizeOfValue,
  MinSizeOfValue, Layout?, PermissibleDEValues
• Administration?
• ResponsibleOrganization?, SubmittingOrganization?,
  Comments?

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ISO 11179-3 DTD

• Show the XML file
• Show the DTD file