TITLE: | Draft NP Visual Topics and related Metadata |
SOURCE: | Mr. Motomu Naito |
STATUS: | Draft NP (not for ballot) |
ACTION: | For discussion at the Oslo meeting |
DATE: | 2007-02-22 |
DISTRIBUTION: | SC34 and Liaisons |
REPLY TO: |
Dr. James David Mason (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Secretariat - Standards Council of Canada) Crane Softwrights Ltd. Box 266, Kars, ON K0A-2E0 CANADA Telephone: +1 613 489-0999 Facsimile: +1 613 489-0995 Network: jtc1sc34@scc.ca http://www.jtc1sc34.org |
PROPOSAL FOR A NEW WORK ITEM
Date of presentation of proposal: |
Proposer: |
Secretariat: |
ISO/IEC JTC 1 N XXXX |
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.
Title Visual Topics and related Metadata |
ScopeThis proposed standard specifies how to handle visual topics and related Metadata |
Purpose and justification
To support visual topics is a key issue to improve knowledge understanding according to various scopes. Also metadata framework for visual topics should benefit from existing standardized metadata sets such as VRA, AAT, CDWA... |
Programme of work If the proposed new work item is approved , which
of the following document(s) is (are) expected to be developed?
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Relevant documents to be considered |
Cooperation and liaison |
Preparatory work offered with target
date(s) |
Signature: |
Will the service of a maintenance agency or
registration authority be required? No Are there any known requirements for coding?
No Are there any known requirements for cultural and
linguistic adaptability? No Does the proposed standard concern known patented
items? No |
Comments and recommendations of the JTC 1 Secretariat - attach a separate page as an annex, if necessary
Comments with respect to the proposal in
general, and recommendations thereon: |
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).
Date of circulation: |
Closing date for voting: |
Signature of Secretary: |
NEW WORK ITEM PROPOSAL - PROJECT ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA |
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Criterion |
Validity |
Explanation |
A Business Requirement |
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A.1 Market Requirement |
Essential _X_ |
Users of ISO/IEC 13250 require a standardized Visual Topic Maps. |
A.2 Regulatory Context |
Essential ___ |
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B. Related Work |
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B.1 Completion/Maintence of current standards |
Yes _X_ |
ISO/IEC 13250 part2, part3 and part4. |
B.2 Commitment to other organization |
Yes ___ |
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B.3 Other Source of standards |
Yes ___ |
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C. Technical Status |
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C.1 Mature Technology |
Yes _X_ |
Several Visual Topic Maps have been created and used by several organizations. So considerable experience has been gained. |
C.2 Prospective Technology |
Yes ___ |
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C.3 Models/Tools |
Yes ___ |
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D. Conformity Assessment and Interoperability |
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D.1 Conformity Assessment |
Yes ___ |
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D.2 Interoperability |
Yes ___ |
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E. Cultural and Linguistic Adaptability |
Yes _X_ |
It is a requirement that this standard will support multiple languages and the Unicode character encoding. This will be achieved in the project by using IRIs and supporting Unicode character encoding to describe the metadata. |
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.