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GB/T 40208-2021Core metadata of logistics information resource (English PDF)

物流信息资源核心元数据

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

May 21, 2021

Implementation date

December 1, 2021

Scope

GB/T 40208-2021 is the English-translated version of 物流信息资源核心元数据.

GB/T 40208-2021 sets out the core metadata used to describe logistics information resources, meaning the data, files, materials and charts produced in logistics business, service and management and kept in electronic form.

It classifies these resources, specifies a core metadata model in UML and the way each metadata item is described - Chinese name, definition, English name, data type, value range, abbreviation, constraints and maximum number of occurrences - and then describes the metadata entities and elements.

It also gives general rules for extending the core metadata and a code table in a normative annex. It is meant for cataloguing and publishing logistics information resources, building databases and supporting data exchange and query services. It was issued on 21 May 2021 and has applied since 1 December 2021.

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Document preview — GB/T 40208-2021

National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS: 03.220.01
Classification: A 20

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Core Metadata Model
4.1 UML model notation
4.2 UML model diagram
5 Descriptive methods of metadata
5.1 Basic requirements
5.2 Chinese name
5.3 Definition
5.4 English name
5.5 Data Type
5.6 Value range
5.7 Abbreviations
5.8 Constraints/Conditions
5.9 Maximum number of occurrences
5.10 Note
6 Core metadata description
6.1 Metadata entity description
6.2 Metadata element description
7 General requirements for core metadata extension
7.1 Principles of extension
7.2 Extension type
7.3 Implementation and method of extension
Appendix A (Normative) Classification of Logistics Information Resources
Appendix B (Normative) Core Metadata Code Table of Logistics Information Resources
Appendix C (informative) Application example of core metadata of logistics information resources
Reference

Foreword

This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Guidelines for Standardization Work Part 1: Structure and Drafting Rules of Standardization Documents" Drafting.

1 Scope

This document gives the classification of logistics information resources, specifies the core metadata model, metadata description method, core metadata description, and The general requirements of core metadata extension, and the core metadata code table is given.

This document is suitable for cataloging, building a database, and publishing logistics information resources, as well as data exchange and network query services related to sharing.

2 Normative references

The contents of the following documents constitute the indispensable clauses of this document through normative references in the text. Among them, dated quotations Only the version corresponding to that date is applicable to this document; for undated reference documents, the latest version (including all amendments) is applicable to this document.

GB/T 7027 Basic principles and methods of information classification and coding

GB/T 7408 Data element and exchange format information exchange date and time representation

GB/T 18391.1-2009 Information Technology Metadata Registration System (MDR) Part 1: Framework

GB/T 21063.2 Government Information Resource Directory System Part 2: Technical Requirements

GB/T 26768 Basic data element of road and waterway cargo transportation

GB/T 26816-2011 Information Resources Core Metadata

GB 32100-2015 Uniform Social Credit Code Coding Rules for Legal Persons and Other Organizations

JT/T 697.7 Basic Data Element of Traffic Information Part 7: Basic Data Element of Road Transport Information

JT/T 747.3 Transportation Information Resource Directory System Part 3: Core Metadata

JT/T 919.1 Transportation Logistics Information Exchange Part 1: Data Element

RFC2396 Uniform Resource Identifiers (UniformResourceIdentifiers)

3 Terms and definitions

The following terms and definitions defined in GB/T 18391.1-2009 and GB/T 26816-2011 apply to this document.

3.1 Logistics information resource

All kinds of data, files, materials and charts, etc., generated in the course of logistics business, service and management, and recorded and saved in electronic form.

3.2 Core metadata of logistics information resource

Metadata elements and metadata entities that describe the basic attributes of logistics information resources.

3.3 Metadata

Data that defines and describes other data. [Source: GB/T 18391.1-2009, 3.2.16]

3.4 Attribute

The characteristics of an object or entity.

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This preview omits tables, figures, formulas and parts of the technical clauses. The complete document — 23 pages — is available in the English PDF.

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Normative references

JT/T 697.7 · RFC 2396

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