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Brian Thomas edited this page Jan 12, 2015 · 2 revisions

Machine Understanding Metadata

Related Use case(s)

Use Case 4

Description

Instances of the format shall contain metadata which allow for machine understanding of their contents.

Sub-requirements

Requirement 5.1

The format standard shall require a declaration of the version of the format in any instance.

Requirement 5.2

The format standard shall contain metadata sufficient to allow software to determine if the contents of any instance are syntactically valid.

Requirement 5.3

The format standard shall contain metadata sufficient to allow creators of any instance the ability to provide description sufficient for software to determine if the contents of any instance are semantically valid.