DS CEN/TR 15449:2006

Geographic information - Standards, specifications, technical reports and guidelines, required to implement Spatial Data Infrastructure

Scope

This Technical Report identifies the standards, technical specifications, technical reports and guidelines, required to implement a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) in Europe. It gives recommendations as to whether any of these items should become EN, and proposes a roadmap for future work items. It further provides recommendations for measures to be taken in order to support implementation and maintenance of a SDI. In so doing, the report addresses a range of topics, including:
- multi-lingual aspects,
- consistent identification of geographical items,
- conformance testing,
- geographic information metadata including catalogue service profile and guidelines, and
WMS and WFS profiles and guidelines.