PRISM and VLT

PRISM and VLT are tools designed to help manage and share information about industry standards. PRISM stands for Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata. It is a specification created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to provide a standard way to describe and exchange metadata about industry standards. The PRISM Working Group, which includes representatives from organizations like the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), developed this specification. PRISM offers a common framework for describing standards, including their scope, purpose, and technical content. It defines a set of metadata elements such as title, identifier, version, and publication date. This specification is designed to work with other W3C standards like XML and RDF, enabling the exchange of standards metadata between different systems and organizations. The PRISM Working Group has also created guidelines to help organizations implement the specification consistently and interoperably. PRISM is available for free download from the W3C website, and the Working Group welcomes feedback and contributions from the standards community.