ISO/IEC 19503:2005 信息技术-XML Meta数据交换 (XMI)

标准编号:ISO/IEC 19503:2005

中文名称:信息技术-XML Meta数据交换 (XMI)

英文名称:Information technology — XML Metadata Interchange (XMI)

发布日期:2005-11

标准范围

ISO/IEC 19503:2005(XMI)的主要目的是在分布式异构环境中,在应用程序开发生命周期工具(例如基于统一建模语言(UML)的建模工具、ISO/IEC 19501和基于元对象工具(MOF)的元数据存储库/框架、ISO/IEC 19502)之间轻松交换元数据。ISO/IEC 19503:2005集成了三个关键的行业标准:XML、可扩展标记语言、W3C标准;UML,统一建模语言,OMG建模规范,现在是ISO/IEC 19501;MOF,元对象设施(ISO/IEC 19502)。ISO/IEC 19503:2005提供了一组XML模式定义(XSD)产生规则的规范,用于将基于MOF的元模型转换为XML模式;一套用于编码和解码的XML文档产生规则MOF-基于元数据;基于XMI的模式和XML文档的设计原则;一组用于将XML DTD导入基于MOF的元模型的生产规则。ISO/IEC 19503:2005通常增强了分布式对象环境,特别是分布式开发环境中的元数据管理和元数据互操作性。虽然它解决了对象分析和设计领域中基于流的元数据互操作性,但ISO/IEC 19503:2005(部分原因是它基于MOF)同样适用于许多其他领域中的元数据。

The main purpose of ISO/IEC 19503:2005 (XMI) is to enable easy interchange of metadata between application development lifecycle tools (such as modeling tools based on the Unified Modeling Language (UML), ISO/IEC 19501, and metadata repositories/frameworks based on the Meta Object Facility (MOF), ISO/IEC 19502) in distributed heterogeneous environments. ISO/IEC 19503:2005 integrates three key industry standards:

  • XML, eXtensible Markup Language, a W3C standard;
  • UML, Unified Modeling Language, an OMG modeling specification which is now ISO/IEC 19501;
  • MOF, Meta Object Facility (ISO/IEC 19502).


ISO/IEC 19503:2005 provides specifications for
  • a set of XML Schema Definitions (XSD) production rules for transforming MOF-based metamodels into XML Schemas;
  • a set of XML Document production rules for encoding and decoding MOF-based metadata;
  • design principles for XMI-based Schemas and XML documents;
  • a set of production rules for importing XML DTDs to a MOF-based metamodel.


ISO/IEC 19503:2005 enhances metadata management and metadata interoperability in distributed object environments in general and in distributed development environments in particular. While it addresses stream-based metadata interoperability in the object analysis and design domain, ISO/IEC 19503:2005 (in part because it is MOF based) is equally applicable to metadata in many other domains.

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