ISO/IEC JTC1 SC32 WG2
SEL-033
2002-05-08
ISO/IEC WD3 20944-00
ISO/IEC JTC1 SC32
Secretariat: US
Information technology —
Metadata registry interoperability and bindings —
Part 00: Overview and framework
Titre — Titre — Partie n: Titre
Document type: International standard
Document subtype: Not applicable
Document stage: WD(20)
Document language: E
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Contents
1 Scope .......................................................................................................................... 4
2 Reference(s) ............................................................................................................... 4
3 Term(s) and definition(s) ........................................................................................... 4
4 Organization of the multi-part standard ................................................................... 5
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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International
Electrotechnical Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide
standardization. National bodies that are members of ISO or IEC participate in the
development of International Standards through technical committees established by
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organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO and IEC, also
take part in the work.
International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC
Directives, Part 3.
In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical
committee, ISO/IEC JTC 1. Draft International Standards adopted by the joint technical
committee are circulated to national bodies for voting. Publication as an International
Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote.
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Introduction
The purpose of this Technical Report is to provide a overview of the multiple parts of
this Standard.
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Part 00: Overview
1 Scope
This Technical Report provides an overview of the multiple parts of the ISO/IEC 20944
Standard.
2 Reference(s)
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this
document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
ISO/IEC 11179-3:2002, Information technology -- Metadata registries -- Registry
metamodel
3 Term(s) and definition(s)
For the purposes of this International Standard, the following definitions apply. Terms
explicitly defined in this International Standard are not to be presumed to refer implicitly
to similar terms defined elsewhere. Terms not defined in this International Standard are
to be interpreted according to ISO/IEC 2382-1.
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binding
An application or mapping from one framework or specification to another.
Acronyms and abbreviations
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API: Application Programming Interface
ASN.1: Abstract Syntax Notation One
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DCMI: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
DCTP: Data and Control Transfer Protocol
DNVP: Dotted Name-Value Pairs
LID: Language Independent Datatypes
ODBC: Open Database Connectivity
XML: Extensible Markup Language
4 Organization of the multi-part standard
The ISO/IEC 20944 standard is organized into the following parts:
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Part 00: Overview and Framework: An overview of all parts.
Part 01: Conformance: Common conformance wording.
Part 02: Attribute Mapping: The mapping of 11179-3 attribute names to navigable
identifiers.
Part 20: Coding binding overview: A common coding description in ISO/IEC
11404 notation.
Part 21: XML binding: A rule-based technique for an XML coding binding.
Part 22: DNVP binding: A rule-based technique for a DNVP coding binding.
Part 23: ASN.1 binding: A rule-based technique for an ASN.1 coding binding.
Part 24: DCMI binding: A rule-based technique for a DCMI coding binding.
Part 40: API binding overview: A common API description in ISO/IEC 13886
notation.
Part 41: C binding: A C programming language binding derived from the bindingindependent API described in Part 40.
Part 42: C++ binding: A C++ programming language binding derived from the
binding-independent API described in Part 40.
Part 43: Java binding: A Java programming language binding derived from the
binding-independent API described in Part 40.
Part 44: Javascript binding: A Javascript programming language binding derived
from the binding-independent API described in Part 40.
Part 45: Perl binding: A Perl programming language binding derived from the
binding-independent API described in Part 40.
Part 46: LISP binding: A LISP programming language binding derived from the
binding-independent API described in Part 40.
Part 60: Protocol binding overview: A common protocol description.
Part 61: ODBC binding: A binding to the ODBC protocol.
Part 62: DCTP binding: A binding to the DCTP protocol.
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