[stdsreg] Standards Registry Metadata Definition, v1.0

[Bob Hager <BHager@ansi.org>]

The link below points to v1.0 of the Standards Registry Metadata Definitions
I've prepared, utilizing (based on) 10 attributes from ISO/IEC 11179-3-1994,
"Specification and Standardization of Data Elements - Basic Attributes of
Data Elements".  Definitions of the 11179-3 attributes are found at the end
of the document.  

http://www.ansi.org/dds/ROOM_70/Public/standards%20reg%20metadata%20def%20v1
.pdf

This is just a starting framework and much of the table has not been
completed yet.  I'm eager to get comments and input from other participants
and wanted to make sure that we all agreed to the initial approach in terms
of representing the metadata definitions.  So this is intended as the
next-step in terms of "strawman/strawwoman".  The idea is to start to add
some depth to the Standards Registry elements and should provide the
behavioral detail that can be incorporated into an XML DTD or Schema down
the road.

A few items of note:

+  As first priority, I tried to capture all outstanding issues/comments on
each element under the "Comments" attribute.

+  The definitions of ISO/IEC 11179-3 metadata attributes was drawn from
"Dublin Core Metadata Element Set - Reference Description -Version 1.1
(<http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/>).  I've also supplemented the
Dublin Core definitions of attributes with text from ISO 11179-3:1994.

Are there other attributes in ISO/IEC 11179-3 that we should be including?

+  We could also look at other metadata attribute schemes, such as the one
used by ISONET Manual, 2nd Edition (1998), clause 3.1.  These metadata
attributes are also in compliance with/based on ISO 11179-3:1994.  

+  I've added to the attributes a potential mapping to Dublin Core and we
may want to map to other metadata standards.

+  Do we want to include an equivalent of the Dublin Core "Rights" Element,
described as follows:  "Information about rights held in and over the
resource. Typically, a Rights element will contain a rights management
statement for the resource, or reference a service providing such
information. Rights information often encompasses Intellectual Property
Rights (IPR), Copyright, and various Property Rights. If the Rights element
is absent, no assumptions can be made about the status of these and other
rights with respect to the resource."

ADDITIONAL PREVIOUS METADATA COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS not yet captured in
Standards Registry Metadata Definitions, v1.0:

+  Use Dublin Core ontologies for document properties
+  Look at DAML.org for registry of ontologies
+  Continue to review other metadata schemes:  Diffuse.org, W3C Spec Prod,
etc.
+  What syntax will be used for metadata:  XML, UML, some database schema,
or other?

Bob Hager