Overview of 11179 Data Element
The data element is foundational concept in an ISO/IEC 11179 metadata registry. The purpose of the registry is to maintain a semantically precise structure of data elements.
Each Data element in an ISO/IEC 11179 metadata registry:
- should be registered according to the Registration guidelines (11179-6)
- will be uniquely identified within the register (11179-5)
- should be named according to Naming and Identification Principles (11179-5) See data element name
- should be defined by the Formulation of Data Definitions rules (11179-4) See data element definition and
- may be classified in a Classification Scheme (11179-2) See classification scheme
Data elements that store "Codes" or enumerated values must also specify the semantics of each of the code values with precise definitions.
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