Karen:
There is an ISO standard for metadata registries: ISO 11179. Like all
ISO standards it requires a h fee to view and use, and as a result is
bowed to and too often ignored.
The NSDL registry uses the Simple Knowledge Organisation System
(SKOS), a W3C standard, for encoding the concepts in controlled
vocabularies. It's nicely pretty much compliant with Z39.19-2005, but
being "simple" may not extend to everything we might need.
I'd love to see NISO get into the mix on these really critical
infrastructure areas, and in fact made much the same point to Todd
Carpenter when I spoke with him in Seattle. So, by all means, go for
it.
Diane
>I've added a short section to the futurelib wiki on extensible
>controlled vocabularies and registries thereof:
>
>http://futurelib.pbwiki.com/DataFormatIssues#Extensiblecontrolledvocabularylists
>
>This follows up on a blog post of mine regarding RDA and vocabulary lists:
> http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/2007/03/theres-always-something-new.html
>
>At the blog, Diane Hillmann has commented on the NDSL registry, and
>actually mocks up a possible registry for RDA lists:
> http://sandbox.metadataregistry.org/vocabulary/show/id/44.html
>
>I'm wondering why registries aren't used more extensively in our
>software and systems and standards -- and would a standard for registry
>entries help with that? I'll be at a NISO meeting later this week where
>we will be attempting to define some priorities for NISO standards, and
>can promote this if people think it would make a difference.
>
>kc
>
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