What is ISO/TS 19139-1 - XML based encoding rules for geographic information about?
ISO/TS 19139-1 defines XML based encoding rules for conceptual schemas specifying types that describe geographic resources.
The encoding rules support the UML profile as used in the UML models commonly used in the standards developed by ISO/TC 211. The encoding rules use XML schema for the output data structure schema.
To facilitate the standardization of implementations across the standards and in similar domain schemas, ISO/TS 19139-1 provides a definitive set of rules for encoding ISO metadata standards in Extensible Markup Language (XML). The resulting XML schemas enhance interoperability by providing a common specification for describing, validating and exchanging metadata.
NOTE: The encoding rules described in ISO/TS 19139-1 are not applicable for encoding UML application schema for geographic features.
Who is ISO/TS 19139-1 - XML based encoding rules for geographic information for?
ISO/TS 19139-1 on XML based encoding rules for geographic information is useful for:
- Geospatial industries
- Geographic data operators
- Research and development team
- Software developers/engineers
- Software companies/ IT firms
Why should you use ISO/TS 19139-1 - XML based encoding rules for geographic information?
The standardization target of ISO/TS 19139-1 is XML implementations of metadata. This includes both other standards within the geographic information series and models developed by other organizations.
ISO/TS 19139-1 provides you with the foundation needed to establish consistent XML schema implementations of geographic resources, in the form of a set of standardized encoding rules to be applied to the conceptual schemas of geographic resources to create standard XML schema.
ISO/TS 19139-1 defines a rule-based encoding built from UML models. Using a rule-based method achieves three important goals: first, the resulting XML schemas are based directly on the conceptual models and therefore increase the chance for interoperability, second, the resulting schema is predictable since any class, attribute, association, etc. is encoded just as all other UML elements of the same type are encoded and third, XML schemas using these rules can be generated in an automated or semi-automated fashion.
