ISO/IEC Metadata Registry Implementations Larry Fitzwater
11179 Metadata Consortium F Address ISO/IEC reference implementations of metadata registries F Influence commercial vendors F Develop methods to support metadata exchange F Share information and lessons learned F Provide clearinghouse for issues F Develop partnerships to support data management across organizations
Coalition Members F Bureau of Labor Statistics F Bureau of the Census F Dept. of Defense u Defense Information Systems Agency u Environmental Security u Health Affairs F Dept. of Energy F Dept. of Justice F National Institutes of Health F Dept. of Transportation F Dept. of Veteran Affairs F Environmental Protection Agency F Health Care Financing Administration F National Institute of Standards and Technology F Federal Aviation Administration
Relevant Registries F Australian Institute of Health and Welfare F United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK) sponsored by Health Care financing Administration (HCFA) and DoD – Health Affairs F Corporate Metadata Repository (CMR) by Census F Veterans Administration F Environmental Data Registry u MetaPro
Census and Survey Design Census and Survey Design Data Collection Data Collection Data Processing Data Processing Data Dissemin- ation Data Dissemin- ation Corporate M E T A D A T A Repository Surveys/Census Survey Instances Questionnaires Questions Skip Patterns Valid Responses Data Elements Valid Values NAICS Product Codes Sample Techniques Frames Universes Datasets Data Elements Valid Values Recodes Formulas Geography Subject Areas Keywords Classification Schemes Publications Technical MD: systems, applications, data stores, location of data, columns, data types... BRs: integrity, data quality, validation, edits, disclosure avoidance… Admin: Orgs, Contacts, Sponsors CMR Model Supports: - Survey Business MD - Technical MD - Business Rules - ISO/IEC Std. -BOC SDSM Std. - Exec Order FGDC CSDGM Std.
MetaPro F Allows users to create their own metadata registries F Designed to foster exchange of metadata F Encourages reuse of metadata attributes of data elements and value domains F Will include a data file exchange capability