PROPOSAL FOR A NEW WORK ITEM
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Date of presentation of proposal:
2006-06-01 |
Proposer:
Korean National Body |
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Secretariat:
SCC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 N 0758 |
A proposal for a new work item shall be submitted to the secretariat
of the ISO/IEC joint technical committee concerned with a copy to the ISO
Central Secretariat.
Presentation of the proposal - to be completed by the proposer Guidelines
for proposing and justifying a new work item are given in ISO Guide 26.
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Title
Expressing Dublin Core Metadata using Topic Maps |
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Scope This proposed standard specifies a method for expressing Dublin Core metadata using Topic Maps. |
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Purpose and justification
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) has produced one of the most
successful vocabularies for expressing document metadata and is in
widespread use on the World Wide Web, as well as among libraries, and in
many other areas. ISO 13250 Topic Maps is a standard for representing
metadata and thus a candidate to be used as the representation format
for Dublin Core metadata.
Furthermore, topic maps conforming to ISO 13250 can be regarded as
document that themselves often require to be described using metadata.
The most natural way of doing this would be to use Topic Maps to express
such metadata.
As of today, there is no generally accepted and standard method in which
to express Dublin Core metadata using Topic Maps. The purpose of this
Technical Report is to specify a standard method for doing so.
Having such a standard method would lead to the interoperability among
topic maps and increased awareness of the utility of ISO 13250.
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Programme of work
If the proposed new work item is approved , which of the following
document(s) is (are) expected to be developed?
____ a single
International Standard more than one International Standard (expected
number: ........ )
____ a multi-part International Standard consisting
of .......... parts
____ an amendment or amendments to the following
International Standard(s) ....................................
_X__ a
technical report, type 3 |
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Relevant documents to be considered
None
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Cooperation and liaison
World Wide Web Consortium
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative |
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Preparatory work offered with target date(s)
Preparatory work: dc.xtmm and dc.ltmm (XTM and LTM templates for Dublin
Core metadata) found in JTC 1/SC34 N 0759 compressed ZIP file
Target date (TR): 2007-12 |
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Signature: |
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Will the service of a maintenance agency or registration authority be
required? No
- If yes, have you identified a
potential candidate? ................
- If yes, indicate name
.............................................................
Are there any known requirements for coding? No
-If yes, please specify on a separate page
Are there any known requirements for cultural and linguistic
adaptability? No
- If yes, please specify on a separate
page
Does the proposed standard concern known patented items? No
- If yes, please provide full information in an
annex |
Comments and recommendations of the JTC 1 Secretariat
- attach a separate
page as an annex, if necessary
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Comments with respect to the proposal in general, and
recommendations thereon:
It is proposed to assign this new item to
JTC 1/SC 34 |
Voting on the proposal
- Each P-member of the ISO/IEC joint technical
committee has an obligation to vote within the time limits laid down (normally
three months after the date of circulation).
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Date of circulation:
2006-05-31 |
Closing date for voting:
2006-08-31 |
Signature of Secretary:
G. Ken Holman |
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NEW WORK ITEM PROPOSAL - PROJECT ACCEPTANCE
CRITERIA |
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Criterion |
Validity |
Explanation |
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A Business Requirement |
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A.1 Market Requirement |
Essential _X_
Desirable ___
Supportive ___ |
Users of ISO/IEC 13250 require a standardized
method for expressing Dublin Core metadata using Topic Maps. |
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A.2 Regulatory Context |
Essential ___
Desirable ___
Supportive ___
Not Relevant
_X_ |
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B. Related Work |
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B.1 Completion/Maintence of current standards |
Yes ___
No_X_ |
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B.2 Commitment to other organization |
Yes ___
No_X_ |
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B.3 Other Source of standards |
Yes ___
No_X_ |
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C. Technical Status |
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C.1 Mature Technology |
Yes _X_
No___ |
Many topic maps have been published by many
organizations and a number of attempts have been made to express Dublin
Core metadata, so considerable experience has been gained. |
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C.2 Prospective Technology |
Yes ___
No_X_ |
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C.3 Models/Tools |
Yes ___
No_X_ |
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D. Conformity Assessment and Interoperability |
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D.1 Conformity Assessment |
Yes ___
No_X_ |
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D.2 Interoperability |
Yes _X_
No___ |
The method for expressing Dublin Core using Topic Maps
should be interoperable with the equivalent method for expressing Dublin
Core using RDF currently under development. Interoperability will be
achieved by establishing a liaison between SC34 and the W3C. |
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E. Cultural and Linguistic Adaptability |
Yes _X_
No___ |
It is a requirement that this standard will support
multiple languages and the Unicode character encoding. The Dublin Core
metadata sets are defined as abstract metadata elements that can be
given different names in different natural languages. The Topic Maps
model also supports multiple languages and the Unicode character
set. |
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F. Other Justification |
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Notes to Proforma
A. Business Relevance. That which identifies market place relevance in
terms of what problem is being solved and or need being addressed.
A.1. Market Requirement. When submitting a NP, the proposer shall identify
the nature of the Market Requirement, assessing the extent to which it is
essential, desirable or merely supportive of some other project.
A.2 Technical Regulation. If a Regulatory requirement is deemed to exist -
e.g. for an area of public concern e.g. Information Security, Data protection,
potentially leading to regulatory/public interest action based on the use of
this voluntary international standard - the proposer shall identify this
here.
B. Related Work. Aspects of the relationship of this NP to other areas of
standardization work shall be identified in this section.
B.1 Competition/Maintenance. If this NP is concerned with completing or
maintaining existing standards, those concerned shall be identified here.
B.2 External Commitment. Groups, bodies, or fora external to JTC1 to which a
commitment has been made by JTC for cooperation and or collaboration on this NP
shall be identified here.
B.3 External Std/Specification. If other activities creating standards or
specifications in this topic area are known to exist or be planned, and which
might be available to JTC1 as PAS, they shall be identified here.
C. Technical Status. The proposer shall indicate here an assessment of
the extent to which the proposed standard is supported by current
technology.
C.1 Mature Technology. Indicate here the extent to which the technology is
reasonably stable and ripe for standardization.
C.2 Prospective Technology. If the NP is anticipatory in nature based on
expected or forecasted need, this shall be indicated here.
C.3 Models/Tools. If the NP relates to the creation of supportive reference
models or tools, this shall be indicated here.
D. Conformity Assessment and Interoperability
D.1 Indicate here if Conformity Assessment is relevant to your project. If
so, indicate how it is addressed in your project plan.
D.2 Indicate here if Interoperability is relevant to your project. If so,
indicate how it is addressed in your project plan.
E. Cultural and Linguistic Adaptability Indicate here if cultural and linguistic adaptability is applicable to your project. If so, indicate how it is addressed in your project plan.
F. Other Justification Any other aspects of background information justifying this NP shall be indicated here.
