irds

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

IRDS

   Information Resource Dictionary System.  A set of ISO
   standards for CASE repositories.  It governs the definition of
   data dictionaries to be implemented on top of relational
   databases (see repository, data dictionary).

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

IRDS
       Information Resource Dictionary System (ANSI, ISO, IM)