1. A Temporal Quiz ” I’m the beginning of the end. You see me twice in a week, but not in a day. Once in a year, but twice in a decade. What am I ?”

2. ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics Steinar Høseggen, October 2001 International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 211

3. Some objectives... increase the understanding and usage of geographic information increase the understanding and usage of geographic information increase the availability, access, integration, and sharing of geographic information increase the availability, access, integration, and sharing of geographic information promote the efficient, effective, and economic use of digital geographic information and associated hardware and software systems promote the efficient, effective, and economic use of digital geographic information and associated hardware and software systems contribute to a unified approach to addressing global ecological and humanitarian problems contribute to a unified approach to addressing global ecological and humanitarian problems

4. ISO 19101 - Reference model ISO 19101 - Reference model ISO 19102 - Overview ISO 19102 - Overview ISO 19103 - Conceptual schema language ISO 19103 - Conceptual schema language ISO 19104 - Terminology ISO 19104 - Terminology ISO 19105 - Conformance and testing ISO 19105 - Conformance and testing ISO 19106 - Profiles ISO 19106 - Profiles ISO 19107 - Spatial schema ISO 19107 - Spatial schema ISO 19108 - Temporal schema ISO 19108 - Temporal schema ISO 19109 - Rules for application schema ISO 19109 - Rules for application schema ISO 19110 - Feature cataloguing methodology ISO 19110 - Feature cataloguing methodology ISO 19111 - Spatial referencing by coordinates ISO 19111 - Spatial referencing by coordinates ISO 19112 - Spatial referencing by geographic identifiers ISO 19112 - Spatial referencing by geographic identifiers ISO 19113 - Quality principles ISO 19113 - Quality principles ISO 19114 - Quality evaluation procedures ISO 19114 - Quality evaluation procedures ISO 19115 - Metadata ISO 19115 - Metadata ISO 19116 - Positioning services ISO 19116 - Positioning services ISO 19117 – Portrayal ISO 19117 – Portrayal ISO 19118 - Encoding ISO 19118 - Encoding ISO 19119 - Services ISO 19119 - Services ISO/TR 19120 - Functional standards + new rev ISO/TR 19120 - Functional standards + new rev ISO/TR 19121 - Imagery and gridded data ISO/TR 19121 - Imagery and gridded data ISO/TR 19122 - Qualifications and certification of personnel ISO/TR 19122 - Qualifications and certification of personnel ISO 19123 - Schema for coverage geometry and functions ISO 19123 - Schema for coverage geometry and functions ISO 19124 - Imagery and gridded data components ISO 19124 - Imagery and gridded data components ISO 19125 - Simple feature access - SQL option ISO 19125 - Simple feature access - SQL option ISO 19126 - Profile - FACC Data Dictionary ISO 19126 - Profile - FACC Data Dictionary ISO 19127 - Geodetic codes and parameters ISO 19127 - Geodetic codes and parameters ISO 19128 - Web Map Server Interface ISO 19128 - Web Map Server Interface ISO 19129 - Imagery, gridded and coverage data framework ISO 19129 - Imagery, gridded and coverage data framework ISO 19130 - Sensor and data model for imagery and gridded data ISO 19130 - Sensor and data model for imagery and gridded data ISO 19131 - Data product specification ISO 19131 - Data product specification ISO 19132 - Location based services possible standards ISO 19132 - Location based services possible standards ISO 19133 - Location based services tracking and navigation ISO 19133 - Location based services tracking and navigation ISO 19134 - Multimodal location based services for routing and navigation ISO 19134 - Multimodal location based services for routing and navigation ISO 19135 - Procedures for registration of geographic information items ISO 19135 - Procedures for registration of geographic information items Overview TC211

5. Meeting schedule Meeting 1st plenary 1st plenary 2nd plenary 2nd plenary 3rd plenary 3rd plenary 4th plenary 4th plenary 5th plenary 5th plenary 6th plenary 6th plenary 7th plenary 7th plenary 8th plenary 8th plenary 9th plenary 9th plenary 10th plenary 11th plenary 12th plenary 13th plenary 14th plenary Place Oslo, Norway Reston, VA, USA Seoul, Rep. of Korea Sydney, Australia Oxford, UK Victoria, Canada Beijing, China Vienna, Austria Kyoto, Japan Cape Town, South-Africa Reston, USA Lisbon, Portugal Adelaide, Australia Bankok, Thailand Date November 10-11, 1994 August 30-31, 1995 May 30-31, 1996 January 23-24, 1997 October 2-3, 1997 March 5-6, 1998 September 24-25, 1998 March 4-5, 1999 September 29-30, 1999 March 9-10, 2000 September 7-8, 2000 March 8-9, 2001 October 25-26, 2001 May 23/24, 2002

6. Draft International Standards ISO/DIS 19101 Geographic information - Reference model ISO/DIS 19101 Geographic information - Reference model ISO/DIS 19107 Geographic information - Spatial schema ISO/DIS 19107 Geographic information - Spatial schema ISO/DIS 19108 Geographic information - Temporal schema ISO/DIS 19108 Geographic information - Temporal schema ISO/DIS 19110 Geographic information - Methodology for feature cataloguing ISO/DIS 19110 Geographic information - Methodology for feature cataloguing ISO/DIS 19111 Geographic information - Spatial referencing by coordinates ISO/DIS 19111 Geographic information - Spatial referencing by coordinates ISO/DIS 19113 Geographic information - Quality procedures ISO/DIS 19113 Geographic information - Quality procedures ISO/DIS 19114 Geographic information - Quality evaluation procedures ISO/DIS 19114 Geographic information - Quality evaluation procedures ISO/DIS 19115 Geographic information - Metadata ISO/DIS 19115 Geographic information - Metadata ISO/DIS 19125 Geographic information - Simple feature access Part 1: Common architecture Part 2: SQL option ISO/DIS 19125 Geographic information - Simple feature access Part 1: Common architecture Part 2: SQL option

7. ISO/TC 211 Chairman and secretariat Chairman : Olaf Østensen, Norwegian Mapping Authority Secretary : Bjørnhild Sæterøy, Norwegian Technology Centre NTS ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/ Geomatics ISO/TC 211 will develop a family of standards : ISO 19100 series ISO 19100 series

8. ISO/TC 211 statistics l 30 countries active members (P-members), l 24 observing members (O-members) l 18 external liaisons (organisations) l 10 internal liaisons (ISO) l More than 500 persons involved since start l 12 plenary meetings have been convened in 11 different countries on 5 continents NB! Figures are approximate and vary over time

9. WG 2 - Geospatial models and operators ISO 19107 - Spatial schema ISO 19107 - Spatial schema ISO 19108 - Temporal schema ISO 19108 - Temporal schema ISO 19109 - Rules for application schema ISO 19109 - Rules for application schema ISO 19123 - Schema for coverage geometry and functions ISO 19123 - Schema for coverage geometry and functions WG 2 Antony Cooper CSIR - ICOMTEK South Africa

10. ISO 19108 - Temporal schema Based on existing standards ISO 31-1:1992 Quantities and Units ISO 31-1:1992 Quantities and Units ISO 1000:1992 SI units and recommendations ISO 1000:1992 SI units and recommendations ISO 8601:1988 Data element and interchange formats ISO 8601:1988 Data element and interchange formats ISO 11404:1996 Information technology – Language ISO 11404:1996 Information technology – Language independent data types independent data types

11. ISO 19108 - Temporal schema Main issues Conceptual data model for temporal aspects of geographic information Conceptual data model for temporal aspects of geographic information Temporal Reference System Temporal Reference System Temporal Relationships between geographic objects Temporal Relationships between geographic objects

12. ISO 19108 - Temporal schema Conceptual data model for temporal aspects of geographic information Time as a dimension Time as a dimension Instant – position in time Instant – position in time Period – extent in time Period – extent in time Temporal topology Temporal topology TM_Node TM_Node TM_Edge TM_Edge

13. ISO 19108 - Temporal schema Relative position Before Before After After Begins Begins Ends Ends During During Equals Equals Contains Contains Overlaps Overlaps Meets Meets OverlappedBy OverlappedBy MetBy MetBy BegunBy BegunBy EndeBy EndeBy

14. ISO 19108 - Temporal schema Temporal Reference System ISO 8601: Gregorian Calender / 24 h local / UTC ISO 8601: Gregorian Calender / 24 h local / UTC Specification of different temporal reference system Specification of different temporal reference system

15. ISO 19108 - Temporal schema Temporal Relationships between geographic objects Simple temporal relationships Simple temporal relationships Succession of geographic objects Succession of geographic objects substitution substitution division division fusion fusion

16. ISO/TC 211 on Internet - the WWW server You will find updated information on ISO/TC 211 on the following World Wide Web-server : http://www.statkart.no/isotc211/ WWW Secretariat Secretariat Organization Organization Calendar Calendar About... About... Resolutions Resolutions Document list Document list Scope and work programme Scope and work programme Mail to secretariat Mail to secretariat News and information News and information Presentations (slides) Presentations (slides) containing containing :

17. Thank you ! ISO/TC 211... … building the foundation of the geospatial infrastructure, brick by brick...

18. A Temporal Quiz ” I’m the beginning of the end. You see me twice in a week, but not in a day. Once in a year, but twice in a decade. What am I ?”