ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 19773 First edition 2011-09-01 Information technology Metadata Registries (MDR) modules Technologies de I'information - Modules de registres de métadonnées (MDR) Reference number ISO/IEC 19773:2011(E) IEC ISO @ISO/IEC2011 by IHS under lic itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 19773:2011(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO/IEC2011 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO/IEC 2011 - All rights reserved y IHS unde etworking permitted without licensefrom IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 19773:2011(E) Contents Page Foreword .ix Introduction 1 Scope 2 Normative references.. 3 Terms, definitions, and abbreviations.. 3.1 Signifiers, referencing, and their associations ... 3.2 Fundamental datatypes ............... 3.3 Generic implementation-related concepts .... 3.4 Terminology applicable to more than one module 3.5 Reserved for future use .... 3.6 Reserved for future use .. 3.7 Reserved for future use .... 3.8 Reserved for future use ... 3.9 Reserved for future use ... 3.10 Module 1o-specific terminology:. Data structure for reference-or.iteral (reflit,.. 3.11 Module 11-specific terminology: Data structure for multiple internationalized/localized values and data... .6 3.12 Module 12-specific terminology: Data structure for multiple internationalized/localized strings and texts.... 3.13 Module 13-specific terminology: Data structure for slot tuple.. .6 3.14 Module 14-specific terminology: Data structure for unstructured table of slot tuples. 3.15 Module 15-specific terminology: Data structure for reified relationships and relationships systems.. 3.16 Module 16-specific terminology: Data structure for UPU postal data 3.16.1 Terminology from UPU S42a-6.... 3.16.2 Postal address segments ... 3.16.3 Postaladdressconstructs 14 3.16.4 Postal address elements ... 3.16.5 Postal address element sub-types .. 26 3.16.6 Other terms and definitions .. 3.17 Module 17-specific terminology: Data structure for ITU-T E.164 phone number data... .29 3.18 Module 18-specific terminology: Data structure for who-what-where-when-why-how (W5H) event data .... 3.19 data.... .30 3.20 credentials data ..... 3.21 Module 21-specific terminology: Data structure for entity-person-group (EPG) reiationships and grouping data... 31 4 Structure of this International Standard .. 31 5 Bindings.... 32 6 Conformance . 62 7 Designation of internationally standardized items .... 32 7.1 Designation suffix syntax ..... 7.2 Designationsuffixesforprofiles 8 Profile designations . 33 9 Clause reserved for future use CopyrightIntenationalOganzastanardization Allrightsreserved ii ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 19773:2011(E) 10 10.1 Introduction to module... ..33 10.2 Scope of module ... .33 10.3 Functional capabilities . 10.4 Abstract model. 10.4.1 General .34 10.4.2 reflit(of_type). .35 10.4.3 10.4.4 literal_type(of_type)... ..38 10.5 Computational description and datatypes.... 39 10.5.1 General.. 10.5.2 reflit(of_.type.)..... 10.5.3 reference_type(of_type)... 10.5.4 literal_type(of_type)... .40 10.6 Additional provisions for bindings ... 10.7 Additional provisions for conformity... 11 Module 11: Data structure for multiple internationalized/localized values and data..... 11.1 Introduction to module... .41 11.2 Scope of module ... .41 11.3 Functional capabilities 11.3.1 General. ..41 11.3.2 The multivalue data structure... 11.3.3 The multidata data structure ..42 11.4 Abstract model.. 11.4.1 General. .43 11.4.2 multivalue .. .43 11.4.3 11.5 Computational description and datatypes... ..46 11.5.1 General .46 11.5.2 multivalue.. .46 11.5.3 .multidata .... 11.6 Additional provisions for bindings .. ..47 11.7 Addi