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ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics

Standards ofISO Technical Committee 211

Geographic information/Geomatics

Presented by

Julie Maitra

To GSDI-7 Tutorial

Bangalore, India

January 30, 2004

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ISO/TC 211 Topics• Scope of work • Goals• Membership• External liaisons• Program of work – over 40 standards• Views of program of work

– Role of ISO standards in Spatial Data Infrastructures– Status of standards in ISO standards approval process

• Published standards• Draft International Standards• Emerging Standards

• Standards of particular interest• Roles of standards organizations• For more information• Get involved!

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ISO/TC 211

Scope of ISO/TC 211work

• Standardization in the field of digital geographic information.

• This work aims to establish a structured set of standards known as the ISO 19100 series of geographic information standards.

• This work shall link to appropriate standards for information technology and data where possible, and provide a framework for the development of sector-specific applications using geographic data.

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ISO/TC 211 The goal of ISO/TC 211...…a family of international standards that support understanding and usage of geographic

information increase the availability, access, integration, and sharing

of geographic information enable interoperability of geospatially enabled computer

systems contribute to a unified approach to addressing global

issues ease the establishment of SDIs on local, regional, and

global levels

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ISO/TC 211 MembershipActive members (P-members), 29 countries

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Canada

China

Czech Rep.

Denmark

Finland

Germany

Hungary

Italy

Japan

Republic of Korea

Malaysia

Morocco

New Zealand

Norway

Portugal

Russian Federation

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Thailand

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States of America

Yugoslavia

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ISO/TC 211 MembershipObserving members 27 (20 O-members, 4

corresponding members)

Argentina

Bahrain (corr.)

Brunei Darussalam (corr.)

Colombia

Cuba

Estonia (corr.)

France

Greece

Hong Kong (corr.)

Iceland

IndiaIndia

Iran

Ireland

Jamaica

Kenya

Mauritius

Netherlands

Oman

Pakistan

Philippines

Poland

Slovakia

Slovenia

Tanzania

Ukraine

Uruguay

Zimbabwe

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ISO/TC 211 External liaisons• CEOS, Committee on Earth Observation Satellites• DGIWG, Digital Geographic Information Working Group• EPSG, European Petroleum Survey Group• FIG, International Federation of Surveyors• GSDI, Global Spatial Data Infrastructure• IAG, International Association of Geodesy• ICA, International Cartographic Association• ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization• IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society• IHB, International Hydrographic Bureau • ISCGM, International Steering Committee for Global Mapping• ISPRS, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • JRC, Joint Research Centre, European Commission • OGC, Open GIS Consortium, Incorporated• PCGIAP, The Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific• UN Economic Commission for Europe, Statistical Division• UNGIWG, United Nations Geographic Information Working Group• WMO, World Meteorological Organization• PC IDEA, Permanent Committee on Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Americas• SCAR, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research• UNGEGN, United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names• CEN/TC 287, Geographic information

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ISO/TC 211 ISO 6709:1983, Standard representation of latitude,

longitude and altitude for geographic point locations ISO 19101 - Reference model ISO 19102 – Overview ISO/TS 19103 - Conceptual schema language ISO 19104 - Terminology ISO 19105 - Conformance and testing ISO 19106 - Profiles ISO 19107 - Spatial schema ISO 19108 - Temporal schema ISO 19109 - Rules for application schema ISO 19110 - Feature cataloguing methodology ISO 19111 - Spatial referencing by coordinates ISO 19112 - Spatial referencing by geographic

identifiers ISO 19113 - Quality principles ISO 19114 - Quality evaluation procedures ISO 19115 – Metadata ISO 19115-2 - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for

imagery and gridded data ISO 19116 - Positioning services ISO 19117 – Portrayal ISO 19118 - Encoding ISO 19119 - Services ISO/TR 19120 - Functional standards +

Amendment 1 ISO/TR 19121 Imagery and gridded data ISO/TR 19122 - Qualifications and certification of

personnel

ISO 19123 - Schema for coverage geometry and functions

ISO/RS 19124 - Imagery and gridded data components

ISO 19125 - Simple feature access – Part 1-3 ISO 19126 - Profile - FACC Data Dictionary ISO 19127 - Geodetic codes and parameters ISO 19128 - Web Map Server Interface ISO 19129 - Imagery, gridded and coverage data

framework ISO 19130 - Sensor and data model for imagery

and gridded data ISO 19131 - Data product specification ISO 19132 - Location based services possible

standards ISO 19133 - Location based services tracking

and navigation ISO 19134 - Multimodal location based services

for routing and navigation ISO 19135 - Procedures for registration of

geographic information items ISO 19136 – Geography Markup Language (GML) ISO 19137 - Generally used profiles of the spatial

schema and of similar important other schemas ISO 19138 – Data quality measures ISO 19139 - Metadata - Implementation

specification ISO 19140 - Technical amendment to the ISO

191** Geographic information series of standards for harmonization and enhancements

Programme of Work

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ISO/TC 211Role of ISO standards in

Spatial Data Infrastructures

OrganizationContent (data)

Access, technology

Education

ISO/TR 19122ISO/TR 19122- Qualifications and- Qualifications and

certification of personnelcertification of personnelDocumentationDocumentation

ISO 19103 - Conceptual schema language ISO 19107 - Spatial schemaISO 19108 - Temporal schemaISO 19109 - Rules for application schemaISO 19110 - Feature cataloguing methodologyISO 19111 - Spatial referencing by coordinatesISO 19112 - Spatial referencing by geographic identifiersISO 19113 - Quality principlesISO 19114 - Quality evaluation proceduresISO 19115 – MetadataISO/TR 19121 - Imagery and gridded data ISO 19123 - Schema for coverage geometry and functions ISO 19124 - Imagery and gridded data componentsISO 19126 - Profile - FACC Data DictionaryISO 19127 - Geodetic codes and parametersISO 19129 - Imagery, gridded and coverage data frameworkISO 19130 - Sensor and data model for imagery and gridded dataISO 19131 - Data product specificationISO 19137 - Generally used profiles of the spatial schema and of similar important other schemas

Standards

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ISO 19116 - Positioning servicesISO 19117 – PortrayalISO 19118 – EncodingISO 19119 – ServicesISO 19125-1 - Simple feature access – Common architectureISO 19125-2 – SFA – SQL optionISO 19128 - Web Map Server InterfaceISO 19132 - Location based services possible standardsISO 19133 - Location based services tracking and navigationISO 19134 - Multimodal location based services for routing and navigationISO 19136 – Geography Markup Language (GML)

OrganizationContent (data)Access,

technologyEducation

Access and services

Standards

ISO 19101 – Reference modelISO 19104 – TerminologyISO 19105 – Conformance and testingISO 19106 – ProfilesISO/TR 19120 – Functional standardsISO 19135 – Procedures for registration of geographic information items

Organization

Role of ISO standards in Spatial Data Infrastructures

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Published International Standards

• ISO 6709:1983 Standard representation of latitude, longitude and altitude for geographic point locations

• ISO 19101:2002 Geographic information — Reference model• ISO 19105:2000 Geographic information — Conformance and testing • ISO 19107:2003 Geographic information — Spatial schema • ISO 19108:2002 Geographic information — Temporal schema • ISO 19111:2003 Geographic information — Spatial referencing by

coordinates • ISO 19112:2003 Geographic information — Spatial referencing by

geographic identifiers • ISO 19113:2002 Geographic information — Quality principles • ISO 19114:2003 Geographic information — Quality evaluation procedures • ISO 19115:2003 Geographic information — Metadata • ISO/TR 19120:2001 Geographic information — Functional standards • ISO/TR 19121:2000 Geographic information — Imagery and gridded data

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Draft International Standards

• ISO/DIS 19104 Geographic information — Terminology• ISO/DIS 19106 Geographic information — Profiles • ISO/DIS 19109 Geographic information — Rules for application

schema • ISO/DIS 19110 Geographic information — Feature cataloguing

methodology • ISO/DIS 19116 Geographic information — Positioning services • ISO/DIS 19117 Geographic information — Portrayal • ISO/DIS 19118 Geographic information — Encoding • ISO/DIS 19119 Geographic information — Services • ISO/DIS 19125-1 Geographic information — Simple feature access

— Part 1: Common architecture • ISO/DIS 19125-2 Geographic information — Simple feature access

— Part 2: SQL option

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ISO/TS 19103 - Conceptual schema language ISO 19115-2 - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO/TR 19122 - Qualifications and certification of personnel ISO 19123 - Schema for coverage geometry and functions ISO/RS 19124 - Imagery and gridded data components ISO 19126 - Profile - FACC Data Dictionary ISO 19127 - Geodetic codes and parameters ISO 19128 - Web Map Server Interface ISO 19129 - Imagery, gridded and coverage data framework ISO 19130 - Sensor and data model for imagery and gridded data ISO 19131 - Data product specification ISO 19132 - Location based services possible standards ISO 19133 - Location based services tracking and navigation ISO 19134 - Multimodal location based services for routing and navigation ISO 19135 - Procedures for registration of geographic information items ISO 19136 – Geography Markup Language (GML) ISO 19137 - Generally used profiles of the spatial schema and of similar important

other schemas ISO 19138 – Data quality measures ISO 19139 - Metadata - Implementation specification ISO 19140 - Technical amendment to the ISO 191** Geographic information series

of standards for harmonization and enhancements

Emerging Standards

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ISO/TC 211 Standards of Interest

• ISO/DIS 19109 Geographic information — Rules for application schema

• ISO 19123 Geographic information — Schema for coverage geometry and functions

• ISO 19115:2003 Geographic information — Metadata

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ISO/TC 211Standards of Interest:

ISO/DIS 19109 Geographic information — Rules for application schema

• Presents General Feature Model for defining geographic features

• Provides rules for defining an application schema in Unified Modeling Language (UML)

• Provides rules for integrating schemas from other ISO/TC 211 standards into an application schema for a complete data structure

• Pending registration as Final Draft International Standard (FDIS); targeted for publication as an International Standard (IS) in May 2004.

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Extract of General Feature Model

Standards of Interest: ISO/DIS 19109 Geographic information —

Rules for application schema

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• Defines coverage as a “feature that acts as a function to return values from its range for any direct position within its spatiotemporal domain.”

• Data sets that can be represented as coverages include digital orthoimages, gridded elevation data sets, and thematic classification maps such as soils maps.

• Representation of geographic phenomena as discrete features or coverages is not mutually exclusive. A discrete feature or a coverage could represent the same phenomenon.

• Pending registration as a Draft International Standard (DIS); targeted for publication as IS in May 2005.

Standards of Interest: ISO 19123 Geographic information —

Schema for coverage geometry and functions

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The main package in ISO 19115 is Metadata entity set information. It is an aggregate of other packages:

• Identification information – information to uniquely identify a resource or resources

• Constraint information – restrictions on access and use of a resource or metadata

• Data quality information – scope, lineage (information about events or source data used to construct the data), and data quality element information.

• Maintenance information - scope and frequency of updating data.

• Spatial representation information - information concerning the mechanisms (grid or vector) used to represent spatial information in a dataset.

• Reference system information - description of spatial and temporal reference system(s)

Standards of Interest: ISO 19115:2003 Geographic information —

Metadata

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• Content information – information about the feature catalogue used and/or information describing the content of a coverage dataset

• Portrayal catalogue information - information identifying the portrayal catalogue used.

• Distribution information - information about the distributor of and options for obtaining a resource.

• Metadata extension information - information about user specified metadata extensions.

• Application schema information - information about the application schema used to build a dataset.

• Extent information – metadata elements that describe the spatial and temporal extent of the referring entity.

• Citation and responsible party information - data types for citing a resource (dataset, feature, source, publication, etc.) and information about the party responsible for a resource.

Standards of Interest: ISO 19115:2003 Geographic information —

Metadata (continued)

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ISO/TC 211Standards of Interest:

ISO 19115:2003 Geographic information — Metadata (continued)

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Roles of Consensus Organizations• ISO provides a framework for the development

of sector-specific applications• Industry Consortia provide technical

implementation specifications – OpenGIS Consortium has adopted standards

developed by ISO/TC 211 as abstract specifications and has submitted its specs as New Work Item Proposals (NWIP)

• Regional and national groups adopt international standards and standardize data and services using international standards

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ISO/TC 211

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ISO/TC 211Meeting schedule

Meeting

11th plenary

12th plenary

13th plenary

14th plenary

15th plenary

16th plenary

17th plenary

18th plenary

19th plenary

20th plenary

21th plenary

22th plenary

Place

Reston, VA, USA

Lisbon, Portugal

Adelaide, Australia

Bangkok, Thailand

Gyeongju, Rep. of Korea

Switzerland

Germany

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Baveno, Italy

Stockholm, Sweden

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Orlando, Florida, USA

DateDate

September 7-8, 2000September 7-8, 2000

March 8-9, 2001March 8-9, 2001

October 25-26, 2001October 25-26, 2001

May 23-24, 2002May 23-24, 2002

November 14-15, 2002November 14-15, 2002

May 22-23, 2003May 22-23, 2003

October/November, 2003October/November, 2003

May 2004May 2004

October 2004October 2004

May/June, 2005May/June, 2005

October/November 2003October/November 2003

May 2006May 2006

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ISO/TC 211 For More Information

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http://www.isotc211.org

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ISO/TC 211 Get Involved!!• Contact your ISO member body for access to protected ISO/TC 211

documents

• Comment on ISO/TC 211 documents

• Contact ISO Chair Mr. Olaf Østensen (olaf.ostensen@statkart.no)

or ISO/TC 211 Executive Secretary Ms. Bjørnhild Sæterøy (

bjs@standard.no) about getting involved in ISO/TC 211

• Implement mature ISO standards as part of SDI strategy in

developing national standards

• Upgrade membership in ISO/TC 211 to “P” status for voting

privileges and full participation in development of emerging

standards

• See you at the ISO/TC 211 plenary in Kuala Lumpur in May 2004!

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ISO/TC 211 Thank you !

(Ms.) Julie Binder Maitra जू�ली मत्र

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)590 National Center

12201 Sunrise Valley DriveReston, Virginia 20192

USA

Email: jmaitra@usgs.govPhone: +1 703 648 4627

Fax: +1 703 648 5755

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