ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 20944-1 First edition 2013-01-15 Information technology Metadata Registries Interoperability and Bindings (MDR-IB) 一 Part 1: Framework, common vocabulary, and common provisions for conformance Technologies de I'information Interopérabilite et liaisons des registres de métadonnées (MDR-IB) - Partie 1: Cadre d'applications, vocabulaire commun et dispositions communes de conformite Reference number ISO/IEC 20944-1:2013(E) IEC [so @ISO/EC2013 HS under I without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 20944-1:2013(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO/IEC2013 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or IsO's memberbody 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 2013-All rights reserved y IHS unde Not for Resale ISO/IEC 20944-1:2013(E) Contents Page Foreword .iv Introduction 1 Scope.. 1.1 General , 1.2 Overview of concepts .. 2 Normative references. 3 Terms and definitions.. 3.1 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEC Guide 2 ..... 4 3.2 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEc Directives, Part 2 3.3 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEC JTC 1 Directives... 3.4 Terms and definitions from ISO 704.... .9 3.5 Terms and definitions from Iso 1087- 3.6 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEc 2382-1, fundamental terms . 10 3.7 Terms and definitions from ISO/lIEC 2382-4, organization of data. 15 3.8 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEc 2382-5, representation of data . 3.9 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEc 2382-6, preparation and handling of data ... 21 3.10 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEc 2382-7, computer programming... 24 3.11 TermsanddefinitionsfromISO/lEC2382-8,security....... .26 3.12 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEc 2382-9, data communications 3.13 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEC 2382-15, programming languages . 37 3.14 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEC 2382-17, databases.. 38 3.15 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEc 2382-18, distributed data processing. 3.16 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEC TR 10000-1.. 44 3.17 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEC 11404... 45 3.18 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEC 11179... ..46 3.19 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEC 13886... 47 3.20 Terms and definitions from ISO/IEc 19501... 49 3.21 Terms and definitions particular to this document ... 49 3.22 Acronyms, initialisms, and abbreviations ..... 71 4 4.1 Conformance level . 4.2 Profiles, derived standards, subset standards, superset standards, and extensions 73 4.3 Strictly conforming implementations... 73 4.4 Conforming implementations ... 4.5 Conformance labels ... .74 5 Derived normative documents, profiles, extensions. .74 5.1 Derived normative document (derived standard) . 74 5.2 Generai principies of a profile..... 5.3 Annex A (informative) Using ISO/IEc 20944 as building blocks for metadata and data interchange....77 Annex B (informative) Rationale...... Annex C (normative) Conformance labels . Index of definitions... CopyrightIntemationalganasanadization Allrightsreseved ili ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 20944-1:2013(E) Foreword Commission)formthespecializedsystemforworldwidestandardization.Nationalbodiesthataremembersof ISO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical committees and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the work. In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee, ISO/IEC JTC 1. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lE Directives, Part 2. The main task of the joint technical committee is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards a