ANDS implementation of ISO 2146

The ANDS Collections Registry is modelled on an international standard, ISO 2146:2010 Information and documentation -- Registry services for libraries and related organisations.

This standard was carefully chosen in preference to other models such as Dublin Core Collection Description Application Profile (DC CDAP), the JISC Information Environment Service Registry (IESR), or the many models in use in scientific disciplines.

The advantage of the ISO 2146 information model is its strong support for a federated registry service that contains descriptive and administrative metadata for collections and related services, parties and activities, and also supports the expression of relationships between those entities.

ANDS wants to make information about collections, services, parties and activities available to support discovery, determination of value, access and re-use. ANDS has adapted the ISO 2146 model to support this aim.

This Guide describes the ANDS-specific implementation of ISO 2146. The definitions, business rules and examples provided apply in the context of the ANDS Collections Registry and Research Data Australia. The Registry Interchange Format-Collections and Services (RIF-CS) Schema specifies the structure and content for XML documents used for information interchange in the ANDS environment.

Reference documents

For more information about RIF-CS, see the RIF-CS Guide and the technical documentation including schemas.

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