ISO/IEC JTC1/SC32/WG2-EM0112-015

Date: 2001-12-18

REPLACES: -

 

Title: Proposal to resolve 11179-3 Ballot comment #207
(USA-S22-W11-038)

 

Comment

The comment states:

Sub-clause 4.3. Better wording should be provided to explain extensibility.

Current text of sub-clause 4.3

The existing clause is:

Begin text:

It is not expected that this metamodel will completely accommodate all users.  Particular sectors, such as document management, scientific data, statistical data, require metadata attributes not addressed in this standard. Such extensions shall be considered conformant if they do not violate any of the rules inherent in the structure and content as specified by the metamodel in this standard.  Classes, relationships, and attributes may be added to this conceptual data model.

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Proposed Solution

Reword the last two sentences of the clause, and reverse their order, to give:

Begin text:

It is not expected that this metamodel will completely accommodate all users.  Particular sectors, such as document management, scientific data, statistical data, require metadata attributes not addressed in this standard.  The metamodel may be extended by adding classes, relationships, and/or attributes.  Such extensions shall be considered conformant if they do not violate any of the rules specified in this part of ISO/IEC 11179.

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