Category Specification Organisation International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ID ISO/TS 17948:2014 Type Standard Version 1 Access Fees apply to access Status Active Created Jul-14 This specification defines a core set of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) literature metadata, describes the principles and methods of TCM metadata, and specifies the formal description of TCM metadata. It applies to the storage, processing, recording, maintenance and exchange of TCM literature. It covers areas of identification, content, distribution, constraint, quality, maintenance and relationship of traditional Chinese medicine literature.Main sections:· Scope· Terms and definitions· Structure· Sources of the metadata elements· Standard table of TCM literature metadata· Elements dictionary