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References: Metadata Registries and ISO 11179

  1. Metadata Registry - Wikipedia - Defines metadata registries, their components, and governance structures including registration authorities and administered items — directly foundational for this chapter's treatment of registry lifecycle and authoritative definitions.

  2. ISO/IEC 11179 - Wikipedia - Covers the six-component ISO 11179 framework (Object Class, Property, Data Element Concept, Conceptual Domain, Value Domain, Data Element) and its application in enterprise metadata governance — the central standard examined throughout this chapter.

  3. Data Element - Wikipedia - Explains data elements as atomic units of data with defined meanings, types, and representations — directly supporting this chapter's section on data elements and how they relate to the ISO 11179 hierarchy.

  4. Fundamentals of Data Engineering - Joe Reis, Matt Housley - O'Reilly Media - Chapter 9 covers reference data management, code lists, and data standardization practices across enterprise systems — directly relevant to this chapter's sections on permissible values, code lists, and unit of measure registries.

  5. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist (3rd ed.) - Dean Allemang, James Hendler, Fabien Gandon - ACM Books - Chapters 4–6 cover controlled vocabularies, SKOS thesauri, and ontology-based semantic interoperability — foundational context for this chapter's treatment of metadata thesauri, concept harmonization, and cross-enterprise vocabulary standards.

  6. ISO 11179 Overview - ISO - Official ISO page for the ISO/IEC 11179 metadata registry standard, providing the authoritative specification that defines the registry components, lifecycle, and conformance requirements described throughout this chapter.

  7. Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) - U.S. National Library of Medicine - Describes UMLS as a comprehensive biomedical concept registry linking medical terminologies — this chapter's primary example of cross-enterprise vocabulary standardization enabling interoperability across healthcare knowledge graphs.

  8. Master Data Management - Wikipedia - Covers reference data management and the operational practices for governing code lists, canonical entity records, and shared lookup data across enterprise systems — directly supporting this chapter's reference data management section.

  9. Dublin Core Metadata Initiative - Dublin Core Metadata Initiative - Describes the Dublin Core 15-element standard for descriptive metadata, its use in data catalogs, and its relationship to other vocabulary standards — foundational for understanding cross-system metadata interoperability discussed in this chapter.

  10. Data Standardization - Wikipedia - Explains data standardization processes including naming conventions, format normalization, and controlled vocabularies — supporting this chapter's ISO 11179 naming convention section and concept harmonization treatment.