ISO 8000-102:2009(E)

3 Terms relating to data

3.1
metadata

data that describes and defines other data

[ISO/IEC 11179-1:2004, 3.2.16]

3.2
data set

logically meaningful grouping of data

EXAMPLE  Computer-aided design (CAD) files, electronic data interchange (EDI) transactions.

3.3
data specification

rules for describing items belonging to a particular class using entries from a data dictionary

EXAMPLE 1  An ISO/TS 22745-30 compliant identification guide is a data specification.

EXAMPLE 2  ISO 13584-501 defines a data specification.

3.4
organization identifier

reference that can be resolved unambiguously to the legal name, location and the administrator of the organization


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