The Aristotle Metadata Registry is commercial

Metadata Registry A metadata registry is a central location in an organization where metadata definitions are stored and maintained in a controlled method. A metadata repository is the database where metadata is stored. The registry also adds relationships with r ...

software based on the

ISO/IEC 11179 The ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registry (MDR) standard is an international ISO/IEC standard for representing metadata for an organization in a metadata registry. It documents the standardization and registration of metadata to make data understandab ...

standard for Metadata Registries. It is influenced by the AIHW METeOR Metadata Registry and th
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. In 2016, the founders of the Aristotle Metadata Registry were hired by

Data61 The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government agency responsible for scientific research. CSIRO works with leading organisations around the world. From its headquarters in Canberra, CSIRO ...

(a division of CSIRO) to continue development of the platform.

Commercial support

Commercial support for the Aristotle Metadata Registry is provided b
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 th
Aristotle Cloud
product line. Aristotle Cloud Services Australia is a member of both the

Data Documentation Initiative The Data Documentation Initiative (also known as DDI) is an international standard for describing surveys, questionnaires, statistical data files, and social sciences study-level information. This information is described as metadata by the st ...

and member of the Canberra start-up hub Entry29. Aristotle Cloud Services Australia was one of the major sponsors of the 2019 IASSIST conference. In 2021, Aristotle Cloud Services Australia was a national finalist in th
59th Australian Export & Investment Awards

Current implementations

DSS Metadata Registry
- A metadata registry for the

Department of Social Services (Australia) The Department of Social Services (DSS) is a department of the Government of Australia charged with the responsibility for national policies and programs that help deliver a strong and fair society for all Australians. The department develop ...

capturing data about longitudinal social security information.
FACSIAR Metadata Registry
- A metadata registry for the

New South Wales Department of Family and Community Services The New South Wales Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) is a former department of the Government of New South Wales and was previously responsible for the delivery of services to some of the most disadvantaged individuals, famili ...

capturing information about child welfare, homelessness and out-of-home care outcomes.
Evolve SBR
- Australian Government Standard Business Reporting Data Dictionary
Metadata Online registry for Cloud Applications
- A metadata registry operated by the Korea Information Technology Association that "helps applications ensure interoperability by using standard metadata to configure the database or issue APIs."
OCASI Indicator Registry
- Metadata registry for the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
Prosper Canada Financial Literacy Indicator Registry
- Registry of peer-reviewed indicators tracking financial literacy outcomes fo
Prosper Canada

Metadata Online registry for Cloud Applications
- A metadata registry operated by the Korea Information Technology Association that "helps applications ensure interoperability by using standard metadata to configure the database or issue APIs."
Workplace Gender Equality Indicator Registry
- A metadata registry for the

Workplace Gender Equality Agency The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) is an Australian Government statutory agency responsible for promoting and improving gender equality in Australian workplaces. The agency was created by the ''Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012'' and ...

recording

Gender Equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...

indicators for Australian employers.
World Health Organisation "100 Core Health Indicators"
- A registry for standard indicators, dashboards, data quality frameworks for the World Health Organisation

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. Current additional metadata types provided by the community include: : * Health indicator and

Performance Indicator A performance indicator or key performance indicator (KPI) is a type of performance measurement. KPIs evaluate the success of an organization or of a particular activity (such as projects, programs, products and other initiatives) in which it en ...

types to record population-level health and equality indicators such as those collected by the

President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief The United States President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is a United States governmental initiative to address the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and help save the lives of those suffering from the disease. Launched by U.S. President Geo ...

and the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of ...

* A DCAT compatible extension to support

Data set A data set (or dataset) is a collection of data. In the case of tabular data, a data set corresponds to one or more database tables, where every column of a table represents a particular variable, and each row corresponds to a given record of the ...

specifications to record columnar datasets * Download formats for

and

DHIS DHIS2 (also spelled DHIS 2, formerly District Health Information Software) is a free and open-source software platform for the collection, reporting, analysis and dissemination of aggregate and individual-level data. The most common use of DH ...

External links

Aristotle Metadata Registry webpage

Aristotle-MDR Github code repository

References

{{Reflist Metadata registry ISO/IEC 11179 Software companies of Australia