ISO/IEC 11179 (formally known as the ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registry (MDR) standard) is an international standard for representing metadata for an organization in a metadata registry.
Read more about ISO/IEC 11179: Intended Purpose, Structure of An ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registry, Structure of The ISO/IEC 11179 Standard, Overview of 11179 Data Element, Adoption of 11179 Standards, Extensions To The ISO/IEC 11179 Standard, Examples of ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registries, Metadata Registry Vendor Tools That Claim ISO/IEC 11179 Compliance