INCITS/ISO/IEC 11179-6 : 2005

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Concept of operation
  4.1 Administered Items
      4.1.1 Administered Item types
      4.1.2 Identification of Administered Items
      4.1.3 Status categories
  4.2 Procedures
5 Metadata Registries of Administered Items
  5.1 General
  5.2 Contents
      5.2.1 Metadata Registry Views
      5.2.2 Metadata Registry Contents and Levels of Conformance
      5.2.3 Metadata Registry Contents and Types of
            Administered Items
  5.3 Language(s)
  5.4 Availability of the Metadata Registry of Administered Items
6 Conformance
Annex A (normative) - Administered Item Identifiers
      A.1 General
      A.2 Components of International Registration Data
          Identifier (IRDI)
      A.3 Assignment of Values to International Registration
          Data Identifier (IRDI) Components
          A.3.1 Assignment
          A.3.2 Assignment of Registration Authority Identifier
                 (RAI)
          A.3.3 Assignment of Data Identifier (DI)
          A.3.4 Assignment of Version Identifier (VI)
      A.4 Using ISO/IEC 6523 Organization Codes as Registration
          Authority Identifier
          A.4.1 Organization Code Structure
          A.4.2 Registration Authority for International Code
                 Designators of ISO/IEC 6523 Registry
Annex B (normative) - Contents of the Metadata Registry: Metadata
                      attributes required for Administered Items
      B.1 Introduction
      B.2 Metadata attributes in ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003
      B.3 Metadata attribute requirements at each
          registration status
Annex C (informative) - Suggested functional operating
                        procedures - Roles and Responsibilities
      C.1 Introduction
      C.2 Roles associated with the Metadata Registry
          C.2.1 General
          C.2.2 Role of Registration Authorities (RA)
          C.2.3 Role of Responsible Organizations (RO)
          C.2.4 Role of Submitting Organizations (SO)
          C.2.5 Role of Others
      C.3 Responsibilities of Registration Acting Bodies (RAB)
          C.3.1 Responsibilities of Registration Authorities (RA)
          C.3.2 Responsibilities of Responsible Organizations (RO)
          C.3.3 Responsibilities of Submitting Organizations (SO)
      C.4 Responsibilities of Organizations within Registration
          Acting Bodies
          C.4.1 Registrar
          C.4.2 Stewards
          C.4.3 Submitters
          C.4.4 Read-only users
          C.4.5 Control Committee
          C.4.6 Executive Committee (ExCom)
Annex D (informative) - Suggested functional operating
                        procedures - Concept of operations
      D.1 Registration concept of operations
      D.2 Registration initiation
      D.3 Quality review
      D.4 Metadata Registry administration
Annex E (informative) - Suggested functional operating
                        procedures - Procedures
      E.1 General procedures
          E.1.1 Review and Response
          E.1.2 Rejection Criteria
          E.1.3 Revision and review procedures
          E.1.4 Revision procedures
          E.1.5 Review procedures
          E.1.6 Dispute resolution
      E.2 Progression through registration status categories
          E.2.1 General
          E.2.2 'Incomplete' status Administered Items
          E.2.3 'Candidate' status Administered Items
          E.2.4 'Recorded' status Administered Items
          E.2.5 'Qualified' status Administered Items
          E.2.6 'Standard' status Administered Items
          E.2.7 'Preferred Standard' status Administered Items
          E.2.8 'Retired' status Administered Items
          E.2.9 'Superseded' status Administered Items
          E.2.10 'Historical' status Administered Items
          E.2.11 'Application' status Administered Items
      E.3 Change management procedures
          E.3.1 Change procedures for Administered Items
                 in the metadata register
          E.3.2 Retirement procedures for Administered Items
                 in the metadata register
          E.3.3 Superseding procedures for Administered Items
                 in the metadata register
          E.3.4 Change management procedures
Annex F (informative) - Suggested functional operating
                        procedures - Harmonization and reuse
      F.1 Introduction
      F.2 Identification and Resolution of Metadata
          Harmonization Issues
Annex G (informative) - Frequently Asked Questions
Bibliography

Describes the procedure by which administered items required in various application areas could be registered and assigned an internationally unique identifier.