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JPSearch Translation Rules Declaration Language (JPTRDL)

The JPSearch Translation Rules Declaration Language (JPTRDL) allows the publication of machine-readable translations between metadata terms belonging to proprietary metadata schemas and metadata terms in the JPSearch Core Metadata Schema. Users can choose which metadata language to use in a JPSearch-based interaction if the proper translations are available. JPTRDL is a key component of the metadata interoperability strategy in ISO/IEC 24800, and it aims to allow a JPSearch compliant system benefit from proprietary or community-specific metadata schemas.

The following example shows a one-to-many translation rule that maps the JPSearch Core Schema date element into three fields of an example target format: