ISO Standards for Geographic InformationThe optional Introduction is an informal description of the content of the standard. It should enable a new reader to evaluate whether the standard is relevant for a given purpose or not. Scope The scope defines without ambiguity, the subject of the document and the aspects covered, thereby indicating the limits of applicability. The scope shall be succinct so that it can be used as a summary for bibliographie purposes. The scope has to be approved by the plenary of the Technical Committee or Sub committee in order to align the fields of work of all standards of the family. Conformance The "Conformance" clause is only required in some standards in the Information Technology field. This clause shall enable a user to test a product on compliance with the ISO standard. Normative references, Terms and definitions, Symbols and abbreviated terms The "Normative references" clause provides a list of the referenced documents cited in the document in such a way as to make them indispensable for the applica tion of the document. The "Terms and definitions" clause refers to the terminology of the standard. In families of standards like the ISO 19100 it is recommended that one keep track of the terminology of all member standards of the family as a whole. The "Symbols and abbreviated terms" clause is filled as far as necessary for un derstanding the standard. Basic elements The basic elements contain the provisions of the standard. They are ordered in clauses, subclauses, and paragraphs. |
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2dimensional abstract andthe application schema associated attribute boundary cadastral Computer conceptual schema conformance Coordinate Reference System coordinate system coverage curve data quality dataset datum defined describing direct positions domain ellipsoid encoding example Extensible Markup Language family of standards feature catalogue feature type functions geodetic geographic data Geography Markup Language geomatics geometric object geometric primitive georeference global GM_Object graphics gridded data Group Homepage Hydrographic imagery Information technology interface International Hydrographic Organization International Standard interoperability interpolation inthe ISO 19100 standards ISO 19115 Metadata ISO standard ISO/IEC ISO/TS metadata elements navigation Neubrandenburg node NOTE ofthe Open GIS Consortium operation organizations parameters Photogrammetry polygon polynomial portrayal processing reference model referencing Remote Sensing requirements sensor standardisation structure surface Technical Committee temporal theISO tothe Web Map server XML document XML element XML Schema XPointer