Resolutions of the 14th plenary meeting of ISO/TC 211
Bangkok, Thailand, 2002-05-23/24

Resolution 208 Approval of liaison request from the Permanent Committee on Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Americas (PC IDEA)

ISO/TC 211 appreciates the request for category A liaison status from the Permanent Committee on Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Americas (PC IDEA), and instructs the secretariat to inform the ISO Central Secretariat of its approval

Unanimous

Resolution 209 Approval of liaison request from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

ISO/TC 211 appreciates the request for category A liaison status from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), and instructs the secretariat to inform the ISO Central Secretariat of its approval.

Unanimous

Resolution 210 Approval of liaison request from the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN)

ISO/TC 211 appreciates the request for category A liaison status from the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN), and instructs the secretariat to inform the ISO Central Secretariat of its approval.

Unanimous

Resolution 211 Registration of ISO CD 19104, Geographic information - Terminology as DIS

ISO/TC 211 instructs the secretariat to process the editorial omissions and corrections, and to forward ISO CD 19104 (document N 1237) to the ISO Central Secretariat for issuing as DIS.

Unanimous

Resolution 212 Registration of ISO CD 19116, Geographic information - Positioning services as DIS

ISO/TC 211 instructs the secretariat to resolve the editorial comments, and to forward ISO CD 19116 (document N 1232) to the ISO Central Secretariat for issuing as DIS.

Unanimous

Resolution 213 Confirmation of new work item Geographic information - Geography Markup Language (GML)

ISO/TC 211 confirms the approval of the following new work item and endorses the nomination of project leader:

WI 19136 Geographic information - Geography Markup Language (GML)
Mr. Clemens Portele

The project is assigned to Working Group 4.

Unanimous

Resolution 214 Confirmation of new work item Geographic information - Generally used profiles of the spatial schema and of similar important other schemas

ISO/TC 211 confirms the approval of the following new work item and endorses the nomination of project leader:

WI 19137 Geographic information - Generally used profiles of the spatial schema and of similar important other schemas
Mr. Josef Dorfschmid

The project is assigned to Working Group 7.

ISO/TC 211 instructs the project leader to consult with the project team regarding resolution of the comments to the title and scope. ISO/TC 211 further instructs the project leader to forward the proposed changed title and scope to the secretariat by 2002-07-01 for ballot among the members. The project team shall proceed with the work while the ballot is in progress.

Unanimous

Resolution 215 Terminology maintenance group (TMG)

ISO/TC 211 resolves to retain the TMG under the convenorship of Mr. Andrew Jones, to review and update the ISO/TC 211 on-line terminology repository.

ISO/TC 211 instructs each Working Group convenor to nominate two representatives from their working group to the TMG by 2002-06-30 and authorises the TMG convenor to invite additional members as necessary, to ensure:

• more than one language is represented;
• terminology expertise is included;
• national bodies and liaisons are engaged.

Unanimous

Resolution 216 New work item proposal to address harmonization and enhancements

ISO/TC 211 is pleased to accept the United Kingdom's offer to draft a NWIP for a Technical Amendment to address harmonization and enhancements for all the 19100 standards in order that the amended standards can be published in a timely and efficient manner.

Further more ISO/TC 211 requests the United Kingdom to submit by 2002-06-17 to the secretariat the NWIP for ballot.

Unanimous

Resolution 217 Cooperative agreement between ISO/TC 211 and Digital Geographic Information Working Group (DGIWG)

ISO/TC 211 appreciates the draft cooperative agreement from DGIWG. ISO/TC 211 instructs the secretariat to review the proposal in cooperation with the ISO Central Secretariat and forward the final text of the cooperative agreement for approval by the ISO Council.

Unanimous

Resolution 218 Appreciation to ESRI

ISO/TC 211 wishes to express its gratitude to ESRI for the offer to provide the ISO/TC 211 stand at the ESRI User Conference in San Diego in July 2002 and at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in August 2002.

Unanimous

Resolution 219 Editor of ISO CD 19128

ISO/TC 211 welcomes and accepts the offer from OGC for Dr. Jeff de la Beaujardiere to become editor for ISO CD 19128 Geographic information - Web Map Server Interface.

Unanimous

Resolution 220 Delegation to the meeting of the Joint steering group for spatial standardization and related interoperability in London, 2002-06-21/22

ISO/TC 211 appoints the following delegation to represent ISO/TC 211 at the Joint steering group for spatial standardization and related interoperability in London 2002-06-21/22:

Dr. Abdullah Al-Shahrani, Saudi Arabia
Mr. Martin Ford, United Kingdom
Mr. Doug O'Brien, Canada
Dr. Charles Roswell, United States of America

Unanimous

Resolution 221 Convenor of Working Group 6

ISO/TC 211 welcomes and accepts the nomination from Canada of Mr. C. Douglas O'Brien as convenor of Working Group 6.

Unanimous

Resolution 222 Convenor of Working Group 7

ISO/TC 211 welcomes and accepts the nomination from South Africa of Mr. Antony Cooper as convenor of Working Group 7.

Unanimous

Resolution 223 Convenor of Working Group 8

ISO/TC 211 appreciates the nominations from the United States of America and the United Kingdom for convenor of WG 8.

ISO/TC 211 welcomes Mr. John R. Rowley of the United Kingdom as convenor of Working Group 8.

Unanimous

Resolution 224 Convenor of Working Group 9

ISO/TC 211 welcomes and accepts the nomination from Japan of Dr. Hiroshi Imai as convenor of Working Group 9.

Unanimous

Resolution 225 Convenors of Advisory Group on outreach

ISO/TC 211 welcomes the nominations from the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) of Mr. Henry Tom and from Germany of Professor Dr. Hans Knoop as convenors of the advisory group on outreach.

ISO/TC 211 accepts both nominations and appoints them as co-chairs of the advisory group for a period of two years.

Unanimous

Resolution 226 Proceeding of ISO DIS 19115 Geographic information - Metadata

ISO/TC 211 resolves to delete the informative annex F, clause J.3 and any references to these, in ISO DIS 19115, as requirements for XML DTDs are replaced by requirements for XML schemas in 19118.

ISO/TC 211 instructs the secretariat to process the corrections above and other editorial and minor technical improvements in accordance with the ISO Directives, and to forward ISO DIS 19115 to the ISO Central Secretariat for issuing as FDIS.

ISO/TC 211 resolves that an implementation UML model and an XML Schema for metadata in compliance with ISO 19115 and 19118 will be a new work item proposal for a Technical Specification. Based on discussions at the 14th ISO/TC 211 plenary, the new work item proposal will be submitted for ballot by 2002-06-30.

Unanimous

Resolution 227 Development of registers

ISO/TC 211 believes that the current effort to develop appropriate procedural and technical standards for registration should continue. ISO/TC 211 therefore directs:

• PT 19135 to continue work on a procedural standard for registration of items of geographical information along the lines suggested in the PT presentation to the Plenary meeting on 2002-05-23 (refer document N 1288).
• PT 19126 to specify requirements for the registration of feature catalogues.
• PT 19127 to complete the development of a technical standard for the registration of lists of geodetic codes and parameters.
  

The consensus of ISO/TC 211 is that a register for catalogues should be established initially as an internal repository after the appropriate standards have reached the DIS stage.

Unanimous

Resolution 228 Review of ISO 6709:1983 Standard representation of latitude, longitude and altitude for geographical locations

ISO/TC 211 instructs the secretariat to immediately send out a call for systematic review of ISO 6709:1983 Standard representation of latitude, longitude and altitude for geographical locations.

Unanimous

Resolution 229 Liaison representatives

ISO/TC 211 accepts the following liaison representations:

• Professor João de Matos, Portugal, to UNGIWG
• Professor Tschangho Kim, Korea, to UNGIWG
• Mr. Vincent Dessard, Belgium, to UNGIWG
• Professor Liping Di, United States of America, to UNGIWG
• Mr. Antony Cooper, South Africa, to ICA
• Mr. John Eller, United States of America, to DGIWG
• Mr. George Percivall, United States of America, to IEEE GRSS
• Mr. Larry Hothem, United States of America, to SCAR

ISO/TC 211 expresses its appreciations to Mr. Dave Danko for serving as representative to DGIWG for several years.

Unanimous

Resolution 230 Response to OGC proposal for TOCG strategy

ISO/TC 211 recommends that the chair of ISO/TC 211 and the chair of TOCG meet with representatives of OGC, including the chair of OGC TC, to discuss the future cooperation between ISO/TC 211 and OGC. As a consequence, ISO/TC 211 recommends that the TOCG does not meet until this meeting has been held.

Unanimous

Resolution 231 Registration of ISO CD 19118, Geographic information - Encoding as DIS

ISO/TC 211 instructs the secretariat to finalize the editing of ISO CD 19118, including making annex A informative, and to forward ISO CD 19118 (document N 1136) to the ISO Central Secretariat for issuing as DIS.

The annex of XML encoding rules will be made normative as a part of the amendment process described in resolution 216.

Unanimous

Resolution 232 Adjustment of target dates of the ISO/TC 211 programme of work

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Unanimous

Resolution 233 Requirements concerning subsequent meetings

ISO/TC 211 adopts the following meeting schedule:

15th plenary	2002-11-14/15	Gyeongju, Rep. of Korea
16th plenary	2003-05-22/23	Switzerland
17th plenary	2003-10/11	Germany	(avoid 10-01 - 11-05)
18th plenary	2004-05	Canada
19th plenary	2004-11	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	(avoid 10-10 - 11-15)
20th plenary	2005-05/06	Stockholm, Sweden

Facilities for editing committees, project team meetings and a workshop will be provided at the 15th plenary in Gyeongju.

Unanimous

Appreciations

ISO/TC 211 expresses its appreciation to the Thai Industrial Standards Institute for hosting the workshop, working groups, editing and 14th plenary meetings and providing the committee with excellent meeting facilities.

ISO/TC 211 expresses its appreciation to the Thai Industrial Standards Institute for the excellent dinner and entertainment for the delegates and their accompanying persons at Siam Erawan on Thursday night, and for the words of welcome from Ms. Sasithorn Sunthrarak.

ISO/TC 211 further expresses its appreciation to the hosts for arranging the excellent dinner cruise on Wednesday evening.

ISO/TC 211 finally expresses its gratitude to Dr. Kaew Nualchawee, Ms. Sasithorn Sunthrarak, Ms. Thitima Hoonsuwan, Ms. Apassorn Suksai, Ms. Porntip Sai-ngam, Ms. Nopporn Klum-Em and Ms. Salakjit Chotsiri for their excellent help in arranging the meetings and their support during the meetings.

Acclamation