ISO/TC 211 Organization

Last updated 2009-07-02

• Disbanded groups - Work finished

Chairman
Mr. Olaf Østensen
Statens kartverk
Norwegian Mapping Authority
Kartverksveien
NO-3500 Hønefoss Norway
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e-mail domain: statkart.no
Telephone: + 47 32 11 81 00, direct: + 47 32 11 83 96
Mobile tel:+ 47 92 21 96 62
Telefax: + 47 32 11 81 01

Secretariat
Ms. Bjørnhild Sæterøy
Standards Norway
P.O.Box 242
NO-1326 Lysaker Norway
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e-mail domain: standard.no
Telephone: + 47 67 83 86 00, direct: + 47 67 83 86 71
Mobile tel: + 47 95 03 35 13
Telefax: + 47 67 83 86 01

ISO/TC 211 Members

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Working group 4 - Geospatial services

Work items allocated to WG 4:

• ISO 19116:2004 Geographic information - Positioning services
• ISO 19117:2005 Geographic information - Portrayal
• WI ISO 19117:2005 Geographic information - Portrayal (Revision of ISO 19117:2005)
• ISO 19118:2005 Geographic information - Encoding
• WI ISO 19118:2005 Geographic information - Encoding (Revision of ISO 19118:2005)
• ISO 19119:2005 Geographic information - Services
• ISO 19119:2005 Amd 1:2008 Geographic information - Services - Amendment 1
• ISO 19125-1:2004 Geographic information - Simple feature access - Part 1: Common architecture
• WI ISO 19125-1:2004 Geographic information - Simple feature access - Part 1: Common architecture (Revision of ISO 19125-1:2004)
• ISO 19125-2:2004 Geographic information - Simple feature access - Part 2: SQL options
• WI ISO 19125-2:2004 Geographic information - Simple feature access - Part 2: SQL options (Revision of ISO 19125-2:2004)
• IS0 19128:2005 Geographic information - Web Map server interface
• ISO 19136:2007 Geographic information - Geography Markup Language (GML)
• WI 19142 Geographic information - Web Feature Service
• WI 19143 Geographic information - Filter encoding
• WI 19149 Geographic information - Rights expression language for geographic information - GeoREL

Convenor: Morten Borrebæk, Norway

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Work items allocated to WG 6:

Convenor: Mr. Doug O'Brien, Canada

WG 6 Forum - TC 211 members can enter the forum as visitors

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Work items allocated to WG 7:

Convenor: Mr. Antony Cooper, South Africa

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Working group 9 - Information management

Work items allocated to WG 9:

Convenor: Professor Hiroshi Imai, Japan

WG 9 Homepage

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Working group 10 - Ubiquitous public access

Work items allocated to WG 10:

• WI 19147 Geographic information - Location Based Services - Transfer Nodes
• WI 19148 Geographic information - Location Based Services - Linear Referencing System
• WI 19151 Dynamic Position Identivication Scheme for Ubiquitous Space (u-Position)
• WI 19154 Standardization Requirements for Ubiquitous Public Access
• WI 19155 Geographic information — Place Identifier (PI) Architecture

Convenor: Professor Sang-Ki Hong, Korea

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• ISO/TS 19104:2008 Geograhic information - Terminology

• ISO 19111:2007 Geographic information - Spatial referencing by coordinates

• ISO 19141:2008 Geograhic information - Schema for moving features

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Advisory group on strategy

An advisory group on strategic direction was established by resolution 107 at the Kyoto plenary in September 1999, mainly to develop a busniss plan for the committee. The advisory group has continued to convene to discuss th strategy of the committee, and meet before each plenary. The head of delegation for each P-member are invited to the meetings.

Convenor: Mr. Olaf Østensen, ISO/TC 211 chaiman

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Advisory group on outreach

The advisory group on outreach was established by resolution 200 at the Adelaide plenary in October 2001.

Convenors: Dr. Hans Knoop, Germany and Mr. Henry Tom

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Programme Maintenance Group (PMG)

The decision to establish the group was taken by Resolution 344 at the Orlando plenary May 2006

Update of Resolution 344: Resolution 361 at the Riyadh plenary November 2006

Chairs:
Ms. Serena Coetzee, South Africa
Mr. Olaf Østensen, ISO/TC 211 chaiman until the 25th plenary

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Terminology maintenance group (TMG)

The Terminology maintenance group was established by resolution 205 at the Adelaide plenary in October 2001. The group was retained by resolution 215 at the Bangkok plenary in May 2002.

Convenor: Mr. Andrew Jones, Australia

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Harmonized Model Maintenance Group (HMMG)

The Harmonized Model Maintenance Group was established by resolution 236 at the Gyeongju plenary in November 2002.

Convenor: Dr. John R. Herring, USA
Editor: Mr. Shawn Silkensen, USA

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ISO/TC 211 / OGC Joint Advisory Group (JAG)

The ISO/TC 211 / Open GIS Consortium, Inc. co-ordination group (TOCG) was established by resolution 95 at theVienna plenary in March 1999. TOCG was reorganized by resolution 252 at the Thun plenary in May 2003.

ISO/TC 211 co-chair: Dr. Jinsoo You, Korea
OGC co-chair: Dr. Paul C. Smits, JRC

Convnor TOCG 1999-05 - 2003-05: Mr.John Rowley, United Kingdom/OGC
ISO/TC 211 co-chair 2003-05 - 2004-10: Mr. George Percivall, USA
ISO/TC 211 co-chair 2004-10 - 2008-05: Professor Tschangho Kim, Korea

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ISO/TC 211 / TC 204 task force

The task force was established by resolution 176 at the Lisbon plenary in March 2001.
Cooperative agreement between the committees: Document N 1690, approved in resolution 304.

Convenor: Dr. Jinsoo You, Korea

2001-03 - 2004-10: Mr. Christopher J. Gower, United Kingdom
2004-10 - 2008-05: Professor Tschangho Kim, Korea

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ISO/TC 211 - ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 task force

The task force was established by resolution 335 at the Montreal plenary in September 2005.

Co-chair ISO/TC 211: Vacant
Co-chair ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24: Mr. Michael Leite

2005-09 - 2008-05: Dr. Charles Roswell, USA

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Ad hoc group to evaluate offers for a register for geodetic codes and parametres

The ad hoc group was established by Resolution 357 at the Riyadh plenary in November 2006, and shall report to the next plenary.

Convenor: Mr. Olaf Østensen, ISO/TC 211 chaiman

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Ad hoc group on XML

The ad hoc group was established by Resolution 474 at the Molde plenary in May 2009, and shall report to the next plenary.

Convenor: Mr. John Hockaday, Australia

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Work concluded - Disbanded Groups

Ad hoc group on registry services

The ad hoc group was established by Resolution 440 at the Tsukuba plenary in December 2008, and shall submit a preliminary report to the next plenary.

Chair: Mr. Morten Borrebæk, Norway

Concluded: Report in Document N 2714 - Resolution 462 (Molde)

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Ad hoc group on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)

The ad hoc group was established by Resolution 446 at the Tsukuba plenary in December 2008, and shall submit a preliminary report to the next plenary.

Chair: Dr. Abdullah Al-Shahrani , Saudi Arabia

Concluded: Workshop on Spatial Data Infrastructure in Molde - Resolution 465 (Molde)

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Ad Hoc Group on Support for Terminology

The Ad hoc group on support for yerminology was established by resolution 424 at the Copenhagen plenary in May 2008.

Convenor: Mr. Andrew Jones, Australia

Concluded: Report in Document N 2701 - Resolution 463 (Molde)

Ad hoc group to review land cover classification

The ad hoc group was established by Resolution 383 at the Rome plenary in May 2007, and shall report to the TC by 2008-04-01.

Convenor: Mr. Martin Ford , Italy

Concluded: Report in Document N 2431 - Resolution 417 (Copenhagen))

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Ad hoc group on registry establishment and management

The ad hoc group was established by Resolution 348 at the Orlando plenary in May 2006, and shall report to the next plenary.

Convnor: Professor Hiroshi Imai, Japan

Concluded: Report in Document N 2110 - Resolution 376 (Rome)

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Ad hoc group for Catalogue services

The ad hoc group was established by Resolution 358 at the Riyadh plenary in November 2006, and shall report to the next plenary.

Convenor: Mr. Morten Borrebæk, Norway

Concluded: Report in Document N 2165 - Resolution 375 (Rome)

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Ad hoc group for ubiquitous geographic information (UGBI)

The ad hoc group was established by Resolution 359 at the Riyadh plenary in November 2006, and shall report to the next plenary.

Convenor: Professor Sang-Ki Hong , Korea

Group disbaned by Resolution 389, Xian 2007-11-01/02 - Final report in document N 2298

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Focus group on data producer use of geographic information standards

The focus group was established by resolution 302 at the Pallanza plenary, October 2004.

Convenor: Mr. Iain Greenway, Ireland

Home page

Group disbaned by Resolution 377, Rome 2007-05-31/06-01

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Ad hoc group on outreach funding

The ad hoc group was established by Resolution 378 at the Rome plenary in May 2007, and shall report to the next plenary.

Convenor: Mr. Iain Greenway , United Kingdom

Group disbaned by Resolution 397, Xian 2007-11-01/02 - Final report in document N 2306

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Advisory group on strategy - Planning team (AGS-PT)

The advisory group on strategy - Planning Team was established by resolution 279 at the Kuala Lumpur plenary in May 2004.

Convenor: Mr. Olaf Østensen, ISO/TC 211 chaiman

Group disbaned by Resolution 398, Xian 2007-11-01/02 - Replaced by the Programme Maintenance Group

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Work items allocated to WG 1:

• ISO 19101:2002 Geographic information - Reference model
• ISO/TS 19103:2005 Geographic information - Conceptual schema language - Under revision
• WI 19104 Geographic information - Terminology - ISO/DIS 19104 (2002)
• ISO 19105:2000 Geographic information - Conformance and testing
• ISO/TR 19121:2000 Geographic information - Imagery and gridded data
• WI 19124 Geographic information - Imagery and gridded data components - Completed with review summary, N 1017
• WI 19129 Geographic information - Imagery, gridded and coverage data framework - Moved to new WG 6
• WI 19130 Geographic information - Sensor and data models for imagery and gridded data - Moved to new WG 6

Convenors:
Dr. H. Gregory Smith, USA (1995-08 - 1996-05)
Mr. Christopher Dabrowski, USA (1996-05 - 2000-12)
Mr. Norman C. Andersen, USA (2001-04 - 2001-10)

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Working group 2 - Geospatial data models and operators

Work items allocated to WG 2:

• ISO 19107:2003 Geographic information - Spatial schema
• ISO 19108:2002 Geographic information - Temporal schema
• ISO 19109:2005 Geographic information - Rules for application schema
• ISO 19123:2005 Geographic information - Schema for coverage geometry and functions

Convenors:
Dr. Ken Bullock, Australia (1995-08 - 2000-03)
Mr. Antony Cooper, South Africa (2000-09 - 2001-10)

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Working group 3 - Geospatial data administration

Work items allocated to WG 3:

• ISO 19110:2005 Geographic information - Feature cataloguing methodology
• ISO 19111:2003 Geographic information - Spatial referencing by coordinates - Replaced by ISO 19111:2007
• ISO 19112:2003 Geographic information - Spatial referencing by geographic identifiers
• ISO 19113:2002 Geographic information - Quality principles - Under revision
• ISO 19114:2003 Geographic information - Quality evaluation procedures
• ISO 19115:2003 Geographic information - Metadata
• WI 19126 Geographic information - Geographic information - Profile - FACC Data Dictionary - Moved to new WG 7
• ISO/TS 19127:2005 Geographic information - Geodetic codes and parameters - Moved to new WG 9

Convenors:
Mr. Les Rackham, United Kingdom (1995-08 - 1999-03)
Mr. Neil Smith, United Kingdom (1999-03 - 1999-12)
Dr. Robert Walker, United Kingdom (1999-12 - 2001-10)

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Working group 5 - Profiles and functional standards

Work items allocated to WG 5:

• ISO 19106:2004 Geographic information - Profiles
• ISO/TR 19120:2001 Geographic information - Functional standards

Convenors:
Mr. Dave McKellar, Canada (1995-08 - 1997-01)
Mr. Kees Wevers, Netherlands (1997-01 - 1999-02)
Mr. Doug O'Brien, Canada (1992-02 - 2001-10)

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Working group 8 - Location based services

(Suspended by resolution 346 in Orlando May 2006)

Work items allocated to WG 8:

• ISO 19132:2007 Geographic information - Location Based Services - Reference model
• ISO 19133:2005 Geographic information - Location based services - Tracking and navigation
• ISO 19134:2007 Geographic information - Location Based Services - Multimodal routing and navigation

Mr. John R. Rowley, United Kingdom (2000-09 - 2003-05)
Mr. Martin Ford, United Kingdom (2003-05 - 2006-05)

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