Registration statuses

What is a registration status?

A registration status is the value assigned to a metadata element as it progresses through the registration process (or metadata life cycle). Registration statuses signify levels of quality and completeness of the element from the point of view of the registration authority. The status of metadata elements as they progress through the registration process also affects their visibility to different users (for example, metadata developers and the general public). Registration statuses in METEOR are based on ISO/IEC 11179 .

The following table provides more detail on the meaning and visibility of Registration Statuses. The 11179 definitions are also provided.

If you wish to see the development rules please navigate to our registration status help topic page.

 

Registration status

Meaning

Visibility

Unregistered/No registration status

Status on initial creation.

[11179 definition: Submitter wishes to make the community that uses this metadata register aware of the existence of an Administered Item in their local domain.]

Registrar and members of the workgroup
Incomplete

A developer has submitted this item for consideration by the registrar.

[11179 definition: Submitter wishes to make the community that uses this metadata register aware of the existence of an Administered Item in their local domain.]

Registrar and members of the workgroup
Candidate

The item has been reviewed by a data committee and has been accepted onto their work program.

[11179 definition: The Administered Item has been proposed for progression through the registration levels.]

Registrar and members of the workgroup
Recorded

The registrar has determined that the item meets basic quality criteria and is ready for consideration by the relevant data committee.

[11179 definition: The Registration Authority has confirmed that — all mandatory metadata attributes have been completed.] 

Publicly visible
Qualified

A data committee has recommended the item to a registration authority for approval as a Standard.

[11179 definition: The Registration Authority has confirmed that

  • the mandatory metadata attributes are complete, and
  • the mandatory metadata attributes conform to applicable quality requirements.]
Publicly visible
Standard

The item has been endorsed by a registration authority as a data standard.

[11179 definition: The Registration Authority confirms that the Administered Item is

  • of sufficient quality, and
  • of broad interest for use in the community that uses this metadata register.]
Publicly visible
Preferred Standard

Where more than one similar data standard is available, the registration authority recommends this as the preferred standard.

[11179 definition: The Registration Authority confirms that the Administered Item is preferred for use within the community that uses this metadata register.] 

Publicly visible
Superseded

A registration authority has superseded this item with another standard.

[11179 definition: The Registration Authority determined that the Administered Item is

  • no longer recommended for use by the community that uses this metadata register, and
  • a successor Administered Item is now preferred for use.]
Publicly visible
Retired

The item has been nominated by a registration authority as retired.

[11179 definition: The Registration Authority has approved the Administered Item as

  • no longer recommended for use in the community that uses this metadata register, and
  • should no longer be used.]
Publicly visible
Not progressedThe item will no longer be considered by the registrar, a data committee or a registration authority.Registrar and members of the workgroup

 

Legacy METEOR Registration Statuses

METEOR used to operate with registration statuses based on the endorsement body type (national and non-national)

Since our site upgrade in 2022, METEOR has new simplified registration statuses for metadata items as shown in the table below: 

Old status

New status

Not progressedNot progressed
ProposedIncomplete
Draft
RecordedCandidate
Final
CandidateRecorded
Standardisation PendingQualified
StandardStandard
Endorsed
  Preferred Standard
ArchivedSuperseded
Superseded
Retired
Retired