Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
1.1 Background
1.2 Purpose
1.3 Scope
1.4 Registration approach - data elements and value domains
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Data element abstraction
4.1 Abstraction types
4.2 Example of specialization/generalization
4.2.1 Example of sharing a value domain
4.3 Example of concatenation/decomposition
4.4 Example of aggregation
5 Data element registration
6 Bottom-up approach to data element registration
6.1 General procedures for registering a data element
6.2 Example of International Standard with enumerated domain
6.3 Application system data element development examples
6.4 Example of International Standard with non-enumerated
domain
6.5 Example of a standard data element that uses a standard
non-enumerated domain
6.6 Classification of data elements
6.7 Linking of data elements
7 Example of top-down approach to data element registration
7.1 Classification and Context
7.2 Objects and properties of data element concepts
7.3 Professional organization identifier example
7.4 Language expert identifier example
7.5 Language skill type identifier example
7.6 Natural language identifier example
7.7 Skill level discriminator example
7.8 Example summary table of attributes
8 Example of complex data
8.1 Examples
Annex A (informative) Tables of data element attributes for examples
Annex B (informative) Application of ISO/IEC 11179-2, -4, -5 and -6
B.1 Data element definition
B.1.1 Rules for definitions
B.1.2 Guidelines for definitions
B.1.3 Data element definition syntax
B.1.4 Terms commonly used in definitions
B.2 Representational attributes
B.2.1 Permissible values
B.2.2 Value domain
B.2.3 Representation class
B.2.4 Data element Example
B.3 Identifying and naming data element
B.3.1 Name context
B.3.2 Establish a naming convention
B.3.3 Example of a naming convention
B.3.4 Formulating a data element name
B.4 Identification
B.4.1 Data element identifier
B.4.2 Versioning
B.5 Conceptual relationships
B.5.1 Data element concept
B.5.2 Conceptual domain
B.5.3 Value meanings
B.6 Classification
B.7 Quality review
B.7.1 Registration status
B.7.2 Administrative status
Annex C (informative) Crosswalk of names in Technical Report
to ISO/IEC 11179-3 metamodel
Annex D (informative) Example of complete associated metadata
item descriptions using top-down approach
to data element registration
D.1 Example data model
D.2 Presentation of information
D.2.1 Format of item identifier
D.3 Context
D.4 Object classes and properties
D.5 Data element concepts and conceptual domains
D.6 Value Meanings
D.7 Value Domains and Representation Classes
D.8 Permissible Values
D.9 Data elements
Bibliography