JTC 1/ SC 32

Title: Data Management and Interchange

Area of Work: Standards for data management within and among local and distributed information

systems environments. SC 32 provides enabling technologies to promote

harmonization of data management facilities across sector-specific areas. Specifically,

SC 32 standards include:

1) reference models and frameworks for the coordination of existing and emerging

standards;

2) definition of data domains, data types and data structures, and their associated

semantics;

3) languages, services and protocols for persistent storage, concurrent access,

concurrent update and interchange of data;

4) methods, languages, services and protocols to structure, organize and register

metadata and other information resources associated with sharing and interoperability,

including electronic commerce.

JTC 1/ SC 32/WG 01

Title: eBusiness

Area of Work: Standardization in the field of generic information technology standards for open

electronic data interchange needed to attain global interoperability among the

information technology systems used by organizations. Such interoperability is viewed

from both business and information technology perspectives.

Within this context the scope includes:

1 methodology and framework for identification and modelling of business activities

through business scenarios and their components, such as roles, information bundles,

and semantic components;

2 identification and specification of formal description techniques for describing

classes of business requirements and their contextual and semantic specifications;

3 identification and specification of formal description techniques for developing

business scenarios and their components;

4 identification and specification of information technology services and service

interfaces for accomplishing business transactions;

5 identification and specification of facilities to manage business scenarios and their

components.

Note: Priority is on work required to support the needs of electronic commerce,

electronic administration, electronic business, etc. The basis of work is the Open-edi

Reference Model (ISO/IEC 14662).

JTC 1/ SC 32/WG 02

Title: Metadata

Area of Work: To develop and maintain standards that facilitate specification and management of

metadata. Use of these standards will enhance the understanding and sharing of data,

information and processes to support, for example, interoperability, electronic

commerce and component-based development. The scope shall include:

a) a framework for specifying and managing metadata;

b) specification and management of data elements, structures and their associated

semantics;

c) specification and management of value domains, such as classification and code

schemes;

d) specification and management of data about processes and behaviour;

e) facilities to manage metadata, for example: data dictionaries, repositories,

information resource dictionary systems, registries and glossaries;

f) facilities to exchange metadata, including its semantics, over the Internet, intranets

and other media.

JTC 1/ SC 32/WG 03

Title: Database Languages

Area of Work: The terms of reference of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC32/WG3 Database Languages are:

1. To develop and maintain languages for the dynamic specification, maintenance and

description of database structures and contents in multi-user environments. The

specifications may include the data type, behaviour and any integrity constraints on the

contents of the defined structures. The specifications may include mechanisms for the

creation and generation of new data types and behaviours so as to support the

specification of other international standards.

2. To provide additional support for the integrity of database systems through

transaction commitment, recovery, and security facilities.

3. To develop and maintain languages which provide for the storage, access and

manipulation of data in database structures by multiple concurrent users. These

languages may be computationally complete and may contain features for the

packaging and storage of modules and procedures in database structures.

4. To provide interfaces for the languages developed to other standard programming

languages.

5. To provide interfaces or access to other standards describing data types, behaviour

or database content to users of the languages developed.

JTC 1/ SC 32/WG 04

Title: SQL Multimedia & Application Packages

Area of Work: To specify packages of abstract data types for use in various application areas. Specify

each package of abstract data type definitions using the facilities for user-defined type

provided in the Database Language SQL/Foundation. This should include packages

such as Full-Text, Spatial, Still Image, Still Graphic, Animation, Full Motion Video, Audio,

Seismic, and Music.