DIN EN ISO 19109

Abstract

Scope: This International Standard defines rules for creating and documenting application schemas, including principles for the definition of features. The scope of this International Standard includes the following: — conceptual modelling of features and their properties from a universe of discourse; — definition of application schemas; — use of the conceptual schema language for application schemas; — transition from the concepts in the conceptual model to the data types in the application schema; — integration of standardized schemas from other ISO geographic information standards with the application schema. The following are outside the scope: — choice of one particular conceptual schema language for application schemas; — definition of any particular application schema; — representation of feature types and their properties in a feature catalogue; — representation of metadata; — rules for mapping one application schema to another; — implementation of the application schema in a computer environment; — computer system and application software design; — programming.