ISO/IEC 11179-3, Information technology - Metadata registries (MDR) - Part 3: Registry metamodel and basic attributes
A system of valid symbols that substitute for specified values, such as alpha, numeric, symbols or combinations thereof.
A composite global identifier is a global identifier which is differentiated from a 'normal' global identifier in that it serves as a parent in a hierarchy of individual global identifiers. This parent identifier may also provide a unique, common identifier for a financial instrument within the context of a jurisdiction (e.g., country).
a code for the exchange on which the security trades
Financial instruments are cash, evidence of an ownership interest in an entity, or a contractual right to receive, or deliver, cash or another financial instrument.
Financial instruments can be categorized by form depending on whether they are cash instruments or derivative instruments. Cash instruments are financial instruments whose value is determined directly by markets. They can be divided into securities, which are readily transferable, and other cash instruments such as loans and deposits, where both borrower and lender have to agree on a transfer. Derivative instruments are financial instruments which derive their value from the value and characteristics of one or more underlying assets. They can be divided into exchange-traded derivatives and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. Alternatively, financial instruments can be categorized by 'asset class' depending on whether they are equity based (reflecting ownership of the issuing entity) or debt based (reflecting a loan the investor has made to the issuing entity). If it is debt, it can be further categorized into short term (less than one year) or long term. Foreign Exchange instruments and transactions are neither debt nor equity based and belong in their own category.
A financial instrument identifier is an identifier that identifies (that is, labels the identity of) a financial instrument with a unique, persistent, semantically meaningless ID. The abbreviation 'ID' often refers to identity, identification (the process of identifying), or an identifier (that is, an instance of identification). A financial instrument identifier consists of a 12 digit alpha-numeric, randomly generated ID covering active and inactive securities. In total there will be more than 852 billion potential combinations available. The first 3 characters begin with 'xxG'; where 'x' can be any upper-case consonant or 'Y' (with certain restrictions), positions 4-11 are alpha-numeric (excluding vowels) and the last digit is a check digit, which is calculated based on a variation of the Modulus 10 Double Add Double Formula.
Note that not all versions of the various OWL 2 compliant reasoning engines available can process the string pattern properly. The structure of the identifier includes twelve (12) character string as follows: Position 1: any upper-case alpha character excluding vowels ('Y' counts as a consonant). Position 2: any upper-case alpha character exlcuding vowels. Position 3: the letter 'G'. Positions 4-11: any alpha numeric charater excluding vowels that, in combination with positions 1 and 2 does not constitute a duplicate of an existing string. Position 12: check digit (see additional documentation for algorithm) Qualification: positions 1 and 2 cannot be the following sequences: BS, BM, GG, GB, VG, GH, or KY.
the English language name of the company or the financial instrument, e.g., a particular fund name. It sometimes includes a brief description of the security or a differentiating feature, e.g., the issuance date. The name of an instrument may change in conjunction with corporate actions.
A global identifier is the most basic type of identifier that applies to exactly and only one Financial Instrument at the most granular level. For example, AAPL common stock as traded on NASDAQ Global Select. The granularity of this identifier is found in that which it identifies. In particular, the most basic FIGI identifies a financial instrument, where applicable, at the trading venue level. That is, where applicable, the Global Identifier identifies a Financial Instrument within the context of an exchange venue.
An identifier is a name that identifies (that is, labels the identity of) either a unique object or a unique class of objects, where the 'object' or class may be an idea, physical (countable) object (or class thereof), or physical (noncountable) substance (or class thereof). The abbreviation ID often refers to identity, identification (the process of identifying), or an identifier (that is, an instance of identification). An identifier may be a word, number, letter, symbol, or any combination of those. The words, numbers, letters, or symbols may follow an encoding system (wherein letters, digits, words, or symbols stand for (represent) ideas or longer names) or they may simply be arbitrary. When an identifier follows an encoding system, it is often referred to as a code or ID code. Identifiers that do not follow any encoding scheme are often said to be arbitrary IDs; they are arbitrarily assigned and have no greater meaning. (Sometimes identifiers are called 'codes' even when they are actually arbitrary, whether because the speaker believes that they have deeper meaning or simply because he is speaking casually and imprecisely.)
the type of security, for example, common stock
A share class global identifier is a global identifier that is differentiated from a 'normal' global identifier and a composite global identifier in that it serves as a parent in a hierarchy of individual composite global identifiers. For example, AAPL common stock as traded across the planet presented as a list of ocmposite global identifiers. Similar to a composite global identifier, the share class global identifier identifies a financial instrument within the context of the global perspective, e.g., aapl common stock.
the assigned ticker for a financial instrument; the rules for forming the ticker vary according to security class
arranges in classes; assigns to a category
indicates that someone (or something) possesses something, as a characteristic, attribute, feature, capability, and so forth
links an entity to a unique identifier for that entity; may be associated with anything. With reference to a given (possibly implicit) set of objects, a unique identifier (UID) is any identifier which is guaranteed to be unique among all identifiers used for those objects and for a specific purpose.
relates an identifier to the entity that it identifies
indicates the category or classifier used to classify an entity
relates an entity to an identifier or key that identifies it
a reference to an authoritative source for provenance or substatiation purposes; The form of bibliographic citation may be specific to a domain, publication, or community, thus specific properties to define the details are not provided. FRBR, ISO 690, and others provide reasonable approaches if none is explicitly required for a specification.
An Issue is a report made to OMG of an error in an OMG Specification. An F/RTF Report lists the issues and comments received by the F/RTF against a specification, and the resolution, if any, for each comment (referred to by its Issue Number). For resolutions that involve changes to the models (machine readable artifacts) corresponding to the specification, an individual of type IssueResolution should be included in the administrative metadata for the version of the specification to which it applies, for each issue resolved, linking to the appropriate issue page in the OMG JIRA system where further information about the issue and how it was dealt with can be found.
MIME media type as defined by the IANA standard
Modularization of any engineering model involves principles of the model driven architecture methodology (MDA), including but not limited to separation of concerns, coherence, and establishing clear logical boundaries in order to increase reusability and maintainability. A module should be designed to reflect these principles, including a small number of models that have well-defined relationships with one another, that form a coherent and cohesive whole for some purpose, and that have clear boundaries or interfaces to other external modules.
an entity, such as an institution or an association, that has a collective goal and is linked to an external environment
an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service
a family of specifications, such as the OMG's Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO) or the Information Exchange Framework (IEF)
a formal revision of a given specification, produced through the efforts of a finalization or revision task force
the content type for the model or module, for example, MOF metamodel, UML profile, UML model, vocabulary, ontology, ruleset, etc. The actual content language for the module (for example, RDF Schema, OWL, or SBVR in the case of a vocabulary) should be specified using the contentLanguage annotation property. Valid values are specified as individuals.
a link to a mailing list or web page where questions, discussion, and issues can be raised
a link to the core language and/or specification of the model/electronic file, for example, UML, OWL, SysML, BPMN, including linking to the version of the language in question
indicates the content type, for example, MOF metamodel, UML profile, UML model, SBVR or RDF vocabulary, OWL or CL ontology
an organization or individual that has made a significant contribution to the specification
copyright statement for the specification version, content, or model/electronic file
OMG document number (for the document or file this metadata is associated with); note that a single OMG document number may be associated with many files, for example in the case of an archive containing all of the ontologies associated with a given FIBO specification
document URL (for the specific document or model file this metadata is associated with)
an editor of the specification, which may include the primary contact organization, or RTF/FTF co-chair (organization), depending on where the specification is in the process
specification family abbreviation or acronym
abbreviation or acronym for the specification family
a short textual description of the family of specifications
specification family title (for example, Financial Industry Business Ontology)
URL where the specification family is published
abbreviation or acronym for the file, such as a namespace prefix, if distinct from that of the specification
a short textual description of the model or file
file version, if distinct from the specification or module version
name of the electronic document or file this metadata is associated with
a link to the latest published formal specification (document)
serialization format for the file in terms of its MIME Type, such as xmi, rdf/xml, owl/xml, etc.
relates a 'master' or umbrella specification to specific versions of that specification, created through a finalization or revision process
informative reference, standard, or document
relates a given version of a specification to the 'master' or original specification that it modifies
may appear more than once, as appropriate
abbreviation or acronym for the module, if distinct from that of the specification
a short textual description of the module
module name, if distinct from the specification title
a short title for the component or module
module version, if distinct from the specification version
a normative reference or standard for the specification
a link to the immediately preceding OMG formal specification version
a link to the immediately preceding version at the file level
the date this version of the specification was published
specification or standard (range can be xsd:string, xsd:anyURI, or BibliographicCitation)
task force or working group responsible for the original RFP/RFC and specification adoption
short name for the specification or module
a short, commonly used, or preferred name, for a given specification or module
official abbreviation or acronym for the specification and related electronic files
a short textual description for the specification
the full (complete) formal title of the specification, without abbreviations
URL for the specification directory on the OMG web site
status of this version of the specification from a process perspective, including whether or not it has been formally adopted or superseded by a newer version
explicit URI where the specification version is published
a contributor that is an OMG member, identified member of the submission team, and filed the requisite LOI, responsible for the content of the specification or model
a link to the FTF or RTF report, if applicable
technology area relevant to the specification, for example, analysis and design, business process modeling, information exchange and interoperability, middleware, etc.
the version identifier for this version of the specification
topic or area of interest that this particular specification relates to, for example, real time, robotics