ISO/TC 211 WG 5 Profiles and Functional Standards Presentation to 7th Plenary of ISO TC 211, Beijing, China, 24 September 19981/18 Presentation to ISO/TC

Presentation to 7th Plenary of ISO TC 211, Beijing, China, 24 September 1998

ISO/TC 211 WG 5Profiles and Functional

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Presentation toPresentation to

ISO/TC 211 Plenary MeetingISO/TC 211 Plenary Meeting

24 September 199824 September 1998

Beijing, ChinaBeijing, China------------------

Kees WeversKees Wevers

Convenor WG 5Convenor WG 5



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initial meeting of Ad-hoc WG 5 - initial meeting of Ad-hoc WG 5 - Functional Standards - was held in Functional Standards - was held in Ottawa, Canada, 27/28 April 1995Ottawa, Canada, 27/28 April 1995

informal meeting of WG 5 - Profiles and informal meeting of WG 5 - Profiles and Functional Standards - was held in Functional Standards - was held in Reston, USA, 30 August 1995 Reston, USA, 30 August 1995

first meeting was held in Drammen, first meeting was held in Drammen, Norway, 07/08 December 1995Norway, 07/08 December 1995



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second meeting was held in Ottawa, second meeting was held in Ottawa, Canada, 16 October 1996 Canada, 16 October 1996

third meeting was held in Sydney, third meeting was held in Sydney, Australia, 22 January 1997 Australia, 22 January 1997

fourth meeting was held in Oxford, UK, fourth meeting was held in Oxford, UK, 29/30 September 199729/30 September 1997

a workshop on a workshop on Functional Standards, Functional Standards, Profiles and Product SpecificationsProfiles and Product Specifications was was held in Oxford, UK, 01 October 1997held in Oxford, UK, 01 October 1997



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fifth meeting was held in Victoria, BC, fifth meeting was held in Victoria, BC, Canada, 09/10 March 1998Canada, 09/10 March 1998

sixth meeting was held in Beijing, China, sixth meeting was held in Beijing, China, 23 September 199823 September 1998



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purpose of WG 5: purpose of WG 5: – to provide the to provide the bridgebridge between the base between the base

standards under development, and existing standards under development, and existing standards and productsstandards and products

– to provide a mechanism to put the base to provide a mechanism to put the base standards to usestandards to use

two projects:two projects:– 15046-615046-6 ProfilesProfiles– 1585415854 Functional StandardsFunctional Standards



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international GI standards already existinternational GI standards already exist

on the ISO/TC 211 agenda is the on the ISO/TC 211 agenda is the harmonisation of existing standards into harmonisation of existing standards into profiles of more general standardsprofiles of more general standards

main goal of TC 211 is interoperability, formain goal of TC 211 is interoperability, for– flow and re-use of informationflow and re-use of information– competition on an equal basis competition on an equal basis – reduction of costsreduction of costs



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four steps in achieving these goals:four steps in achieving these goals:– identifying information components from identifying information components from

recognised functional standards as input to recognised functional standards as input to TC 211TC 211

– development of base standards in WGs 1-4development of base standards in WGs 1-4– development of profiles using TC 211 base development of profiles using TC 211 base

standardsstandards– development of product specifications using development of product specifications using

TC 211 profiles and base standardsTC 211 profiles and base standards



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Product Specs

ŸŸŸŸŸSuite of Base Standards

The simple pictureFunctional Standardsharmoni- sation

Profiles

ISPs



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Work Item Work Item 1585415854 on Functional Standards on Functional Standards accepted in ballot June 97accepted in ballot June 97

scope:scope:– taxonomy of recognized functional standardstaxonomy of recognized functional standards– identification of components of these FSs that identification of components of these FSs that

can be harmonised between themselves and can be harmonised between themselves and with TC 211 base standardswith TC 211 base standards

– assistance with development of profiles assistance with development of profiles corresponding to these functional standardscorresponding to these functional standards

PT leader Debra LaMarquePT leader Debra LaMarque



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ad-hoc Project Team meeting in The ad-hoc Project Team meeting in The Hague, The Netherlands, May 1997Hague, The Netherlands, May 1997

first meeting of Project Team in Oxford, first meeting of Project Team in Oxford, UK, 30 September 1997, embedded in UK, 30 September 1997, embedded in WG 5 meetingWG 5 meeting

second meeting of Project Team in second meeting of Project Team in Victoria, BC, Canada, 10 March 1998, Victoria, BC, Canada, 10 March 1998, embedded in WG 5 meetingembedded in WG 5 meeting



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functional standards identified to-date:functional standards identified to-date:– DIGESTDIGEST (DGIWG)(DGIWG)– GDFGDF (TC 204)(TC 204)– S-57S-57 (IHO)(IHO)

SDTS (not a functional standard) contri-SDTS (not a functional standard) contri-buted its modularity conceptbuted its modularity concept



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technical report technical report Functional StandardsFunctional Standards, , published 20 July 1997:published 20 July 1997:– review of functional standardsreview of functional standards– mapping of functional standards to the ISO mapping of functional standards to the ISO

15046 base standards (profiling)15046 base standards (profiling)– harmonisation of functional standards harmonisation of functional standards

(introducing the modularity concept for the (introducing the modularity concept for the base standards)base standards)

– appendices with inputs and guidance for appendices with inputs and guidance for relevant base standardsrelevant base standards



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Work Item 15046-6 - ProfilesWork Item 15046-6 - Profiles

scope:scope:– definition of guidelines for defining a definition of guidelines for defining a

profile/product within the TC 211 family of profile/product within the TC 211 family of standardsstandards

– establishment of a registration procedureestablishment of a registration procedure

PT leader: Doug O’BrienPT leader: Doug O’Brien



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Committee Draft was due for March 1998Committee Draft was due for March 1998 delayed due to recent re-engineering of delayed due to recent re-engineering of

JTC1 directives (which provide primary JTC1 directives (which provide primary input for registration procedure)input for registration procedure)

new version of document 04 Sep 1998new version of document 04 Sep 1998 presented and discussed in WG 5 meeting presented and discussed in WG 5 meeting

in Beijingin Beijing



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contents of document:contents of document:– explanatory section on profilingexplanatory section on profiling– guidelines for creation of profilesguidelines for creation of profiles– guidelines for creation of product specifi-guidelines for creation of product specifi-

cations cations – registration procedureregistration procedure

incorporates modularity concept for the incorporates modularity concept for the base standardsbase standards



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document status: WG 5 working draftdocument status: WG 5 working draft comments to WG 5 until 31 October 1998 comments to WG 5 until 31 October 1998

for final WDfor final WD procedure part will be discussed with ISO procedure part will be discussed with ISO

Central SecretariatCentral Secretariat depending on result of discussion CD will depending on result of discussion CD will

be created / schedule to be determinedbe created / schedule to be determined



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in Beijing fruitful discussions with other in Beijing fruitful discussions with other WGs/PTs on relationship of Profiles to other WGs/PTs on relationship of Profiles to other WIs, and modularity conceptWIs, and modularity concept

2 recent DGIWG proposals for the creation 2 recent DGIWG proposals for the creation of ISPs were discussed:of ISPs were discussed:– purpose: to create awareness for profiles/ISPspurpose: to create awareness for profiles/ISPs– comprise a simple and a complicated ISPcomprise a simple and a complicated ISP



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due to the fact that FSs are continuously due to the fact that FSs are continuously evolving, a continuation of the current WI evolving, a continuation of the current WI to develop a technical amendment, at to develop a technical amendment, at stage 0, is proposedstage 0, is proposed

Documents

ISO/TC 211 WG 5 Profiles and Functional Standards Presentation to 7th Plenary of ISO TC 211, Beijing, China, 24 September 19981/18 Presentation to ISO/TC