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INCITS/ISO/IEC 11179-1-1999
Information Technology - Specification and Standardization of Data Elements - Part 1: Framework for the Specification and Standardization of Data Elements (formerly ANSI/ISO/IEC 11179-1:1999)
Specifies basic aspects of data element composition, including metadata. It applies to formulation of data element representations and meaning as shared among people and machines; it does not apply to the physical representation of data as bits and bytes at the machine level. This part of ISO/IEC 11179 provides the context for associating the individual parts and is the foundation for a conceptual understanding of data elements.
InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards [incits]