Writers' First Review Draft:    (2VAL)

Term    (2WFI)

Metadata Registry    (2WFJ)

Origin/Source for Inclusion of the Term    (2WFK)

OMB Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework Version 1.5    (2WFL)

OMB Context Definition    (2WFM)

An information system providing for the storage, cataloging, discovery, management, and retrieval of metadata elements.    (2WFN)

Reference/URL OMB Context Definition    (2WFO)

OMB Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework Version 1.5    (2WFP)

Business Definition    (2WFQ)

An authoritative list that catalogs the collection of information describing data used by a business.    (2WFR)

Reference/URL for Business Definition    (2WFS)

Original definition developed by David S. Walters, Vice President, Intervise, Inc., dwalters@intervise.com, 240 364 9500, created on June 20, 2005.    (2WFT)

Technical Definition    (2WFU)

Metadata registries provide the disclosure of information about the structure and semantics of metadata element sets. This includes an authoritative definition of the schema, change control, evolution of metadata language, declared relationships between different metadata schemas, and promotes existing schema to avoid duplicated effort.    (2WFV)

Reference/URL Technical Definition    (2WFW)

http://www.schemas-forum.org/registry/desire/    (2WFX)

Context Definition 1    (2WFY)

Reference/URL Context Definition 1    (2WFZ)

Context Definition 2    (2WG0)

Reference/URL for Context Definition 2    (2WG1)

Context Definition 3    (2WG2)

Reference/URL for Context Definition 3    (2WG3)

See Also Related Terms    (2WG4)