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APPENDIX Resources

Military Standards

DoD 8320.1-M-l, Data Element Standardization Procedures. DoD Directive 8320.1, “DoD Data Administration”

http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html/83201.htm

http://www.abelia.com/498pdf/498ARAPX.PDF

Metadata Standards

Here is a short summary of the NCITS L8 Metadata Standards Committee rules for data elements:

http://pueblo.lbl.gov/~olken/X3L8/drafts/draft.docs.html

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-ndrsc/200111/msg00005.html

Also the pdf file:

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/6233/c002349_ISO_IEC_l1179

The draft:

http://www.iso.org/iso/en/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/c002349_ISO_IEC_l1179-l_1999(E).zip

ANSI and ISO Standards

The SI Basics (“Metric System”)

ISO 31 “Quantities ...