This part of ISO/IEC 11179 specifies the procedure by which administered items required in various
application areas could be registered and assigned an internationally unique identifier. For each Administered
Item to be registered, this part of ISO/IEC 11179 defines the type of information that is specified, the
conditions that are met, and the procedure(s) that are followed.
The requirements and procedure contained herein apply to all Administered Items specified in
ISO/IEC 11179-3. In addition, administration records that document the common administration and
identification, naming and definition details as required by, and associated with, any administered item-specific
details are also governed by this part of ISO/IEC 11179.
This part of ISO/IEC 11179 only addresses the metadata that is used to specify all types of Administered
Items. Others may want to use this part of ISO/IEC 11179 to register and manage locally defined
Administered Item types that are not defined in ISO/IEC 11179-3.
This part of ISO/IEC 11179 does not address the metadata that is used to specify particular types of
Administered Items such as data elements and value domains. This part of ISO/IEC 11179 does NOT specify
the registry's system design, file organization techniques, storage media, programming languages, etc. to be
used in its implementation.
ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005 history
2023ISO/IEC 11179-6:2023 Information technology - Metadata registries (MDR) - Part 6: Registration
2015ISO/IEC 11179-6:2015 Information technology - Metadata registries (MDR) - Part 6: Registration
2005ISO/IEC 11179-6:2005 Information technology - Metadata registries (MDR) - Part 6: Registration
1997ISO/IEC 11179-6:1997 Information technology — Specification and standardization of data elements — Part 6: Registration of data elements