Positioning the DDI-CDI Model vis-a-vis Other Metadata Specifications and Ontologies
- Joachim Wackerow
Introduction
DDI-CDI is designed to fill a gap in the metadata covered by other domain-independent standards, but the landscape of metadata standards, ontologies, etc. is a complex one
This group would positioning DDI-CDI in relation to other, similar models
Practitioners could understand intended purpose
Implementers know how best to employ it
Describe the various types and levels of ontologies and metadata models
Domain-specific
Domain-independent ones
Output is a draft white paper intended for metadata experts and implementers
Planned Deliverables
Document how we can communicate what CDI is and how it should be used, in terms of the standards landscape
Avoid conceptual modelling of specific domains, or of everything (ontologies)
May need to define terms for discussing the standards landscape (like Achim's layers)
Approachable document for wide set of audiences