Aristotle Metadata Registry
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 Screenshots of Aristotle Metadata Registry in desktop and mobile formats. | |
| Developer(s) | Aristotle Metadata Community |
|---|---|
| Initial release | v1.0-rc0 / 2015-05-28 [1] |
| Stable release |
v2.1.3
/ 2018-08-08 [2] |
| Repository |
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| Written in | Python, Django |
| Standard(s) | ISO/IEC 11179, ISO/TC_215 & DDI |
| Type | Metadata Registry |
| License | Modified BSD Licence |
| Website |
www |
The Aristotle Metadata Registry (or Aristotle-MDR) is an open-source Metadata Registry framework based on the ISO/IEC 11179 standard for Metadata Registries. It is influenced by the AIHW Meteor Metadata Registry[3] and the Canadian Institute of Health Information Indicator Bank. Aristotle-MDR is designed to describe data holdings databases and associated structural metadata. The Aristotle Metadata Registry was publicly launched at the 2015 IASSIST Conference in Toronto.[3] In 2016, the founders of the Aristotle Metadata Registry were hired by Data61 (a division of CSIRO) to continue development of the platform.
Aristotle Cloud Services
Commercial support for the Aristotle Metadata Registry is provided by Aristotle Cloud Services Australia (ACSA), a Canberra-based Australian limited liability company. ACSA was founded by the core members of the Data61 Aristotle Metadata team in November 2017 to provide commercial support to government clients and provides a number security and enterprise features within the Aristotle Cloud product line. Aristotle Cloud Services Australia is a member of both the Data Documentation Initiative and member of the Canberra start-up hub Entry29.
Current Implementations
- Evolve SBR - Australian Government Standard Business Reporting Data Dictionary
- Prosper Canada Financial Literacy Indicator Registry - Registry of peer-reviewed indicators tracking financial literacy outcomes for Prosper Canada
- OCASI Indicator Registry - Metadata registry for the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
Extension API
Aristotle-MDR implements the object-oriented nature of ISO/IEC 11179 that has allowed the community to build extensions to the original metadata scope of ISO/IEC 11179.[4] Current additional metadata types provided by the community include:[5]
- Health indicator and Performance Indicator types to record population-level health and equality indicators such as those collected by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the World Health Organization
- A DCAT compatible extension to support Data set specifications to record columnar datasets
- Download formats for Data Documentation Initiative and DHIS
External links
References
- ↑ "GitHub - Aristotle Metadata Registry v1.0.0-rc0".
- ↑ "PyPI Aristotle Metadata Registry Entry".
- 1 2 Samuel Spencer (2015-06-03). "Aristotle Metadata Registry - A new contender for government metadata management". IASSIST. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
Based on the system architecture of METEoR, the Aristotle Metadata Registry is a rebuilt implementation that provides an free open-source, easy to install and scalable metadata registry.
- ↑ "ISO/IEC 11179-3". ISO. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
It is not expected that this metamodel will completely accommodate all users. Particular sectors, such as document management, scientific data and statistical data, require metadata attributes not addressed in this standard. This standard provides Slots (see 7.2.2.4) as a mechanism to extend metadata items with custom attributes. Classes, relationships, and attributes may be added as extensions to existing packages in this conceptual data model, or complete new packages may be added.
- ↑ "Aristotle Metadata Registry Extensions".