1.2.1 Overview and targeted group
From Geostandards
1 Framework Geo-standards
1.1 What are geo-standards?
- 1.1.1 Advantages of Standards
- 1.1.2 Standards and interoperability
- 1.1.3 What are open standards?
- 1.1.4 What do standards result in?
- 1.2.1 Overview and targeted group
- 1.2.2 ISO/TC211
- 1.2.3 The OGC
- 1.4.1 Overview and targeted group
- 1.4.2 NEN Standardisation
- 1.4.3 Geonovum
- 1.4.4 Electronic Government
Various standardisation organisations are active at an international level. There are general ICT standardisation organisations, such as W3C, OMG and OASIS, but there are also specific organisations concerned with geo-information and geo-ICT, such as ISO/TC 211 and OGC.
To everyone who is, also indirectly, working with geostandards, it is good to know what is going on at an international level. With regard to new developments, it is important too, to find out if any international standards already exist. In order to do this, NEN can be contacted Geonovum.
The content of a geo-standard may be interesting to:
- software developers who apply the standards to the software;
- application managers, to check if the software works in a way which conforms to the standard;
- geo and/or domain specialists (water, spatial planning, etc) who adopt concepts, methods, terms and definitions for their own domain.
In 1.2 International standards, the international standardisation organisations and their relationships are described. In 1.6.1 Framework of Geostandards this is worked out in more detail.
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