What is ISO/IEC 19763-1 - Metamodel framework for interoperability (MFI) – Framework about?
ISO/IEC 19763-1 is a part of the ISO/IEC19763 (Metamodel framework for interoperability) (MFI) family of standards.
As the first part of MFI, ISO/IEC 19763-1 provides an overview of the whole of MFI. In particular, the purpose, the underlying concepts, the overall architecture, and the requirements for the development of other standards within the MFI family are described. MFI provides a set of normative metamodels to enable the registration of many different types of models.
Each of these metamodels is expressed as a UML Class Diagram.
Who is ISO/IEC 19763-1 - Metamodel framework for interoperability (MFI) – Framework for?
ISO/IEC 19763-1 on metamodel framework for interoperability (MFI) – Framework is useful for:
- Information technology industry
- Organizations sharing information
- Information sharing communities
Why should you use ISO/IEC 19763-1 - Metamodel framework for interoperability (MFI) – Framework?
In the private sector the handling of these business transactions using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) has been common for a long time. Companies hold large quantities of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data – the “Big Data” explosion. It is in their interest to make effective use of this data to extract business intelligence and knowledge.
In the public sector, governments in many countries and territories are working on the establishment of new schemes that enable interoperation and collaboration among different departments or agencies, materializing the semantic interoperability of data and surmounting border and/or language differences. At the same time, many governments and agencies are attempting to make their data available to their citizens over the internet, the “Open Data” initiatives.
ISO/IEC 19763-1 addresses this need of enabling effective information sharing in both private and public sectors. One of the key enablers of this sharing of the information that is used by different communities through the interoperability of systems is a registry, or a network of inter-connected registries, that provides for the discovery and sharing of meta-information, such as metadata or models. The Metamodel Framework for Interoperability (MFI) provides the specifications for such registries.
It is anticipated that MDR and MFI could be more closely related and integrated, leading to benefits for the users who need more effective sharing of information and models, or more sophisticated interoperation of systems. ISO/IEC 19763-1 helps ensure a clear overview of MFI and to illustrate the overall architecture of the MFI family of standards to reflect the major changes described above.
