The following information is applicable to all metadata items.
Definition
The name of the organisation that has accepted responsibility and been approved by a registration authority to provide on-going maintenance and management of a metadata item.
Obligation
Optional completion: only completed if a steward has been endorsed and has agreed to perform steward role.
Development rules
Only a registrar can assign a steward organisation to a metadata item.
Each metadata item may be associated with only one steward.
The steward organisation has responsibility for ensuring that the metadata item is kept up-to-date for all registration authorities to which it has been proposed.
Leave this field blank until an organisation has agreed and has been approved by a registration authority to provide on-going maintenance and management of the metadata item.
State the complete and official organisation title for the steward organisation (including a committee where necessary).
Abbreviations and symbols should only be used when they are part of the official organisation title.