ISO/TC 211 recognizes the importance of standards for spatial data infrastructures and resolved in its 27th plenary in Tsukuba, Japan, to establish an Ad hoc group on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) to prepare a workshop at the 28th plenary in Molde, Norway
Dr. Abdullah Al‑Shahrani, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was the chair of the group, and moderated the workshop together with Mr. Olaf Østensen, chair of ISO/TC 211.
NSDI Implementation in Malaysia: Issues and Challenges
Mrs. Fuziah Abu Hanifah, Director Malaysian Centre For Geospatial Data Infrastructure (MaCGDI)
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia
Views on the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure
Dr. Mohamed Habbane, Manager, Ministry of Natural Resources Canada/ GeoConnections
Mr. Ron Lake, Chairman & CEO, Galdos Inc., Canada
African requirements for SDI standardization
Mr. Antony Cooper, The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa
Mr. Walid Molla, Director of GIS center, KACST and Mr. Mohammed Dalbouh, General Commission for Survey, Saudi Arabia
INSPIRE and the role of standardisation
Dr. Paul C. Smits, European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)