AS/NZS ISO 19101.1:2015
Geographic information - Reference model - Part 1: Fundamentals
Specifies and provides geographic information system developers with the schema required for describing geographic information and services. Identical to and reproduced from ISO 19101-1:2014.
AS/NZS ISO 19101.1:2015
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 Normative references
4 Terms, definitions, and abbreviated terms
4.1 Terms and definitions
4.2 Abbreviated terms
5 Interoperability
5.1 Interoperability of geographic information
5.2 Interoperability of geographic information in e-government
6 Interoperability foundations and scope for the reference model
6.1 Foundations
6.2 Scope in the ISO geographic information standards
7 Abstraction of the real world
7.1 General
7.2 Conceptual formalism
7.3 Ontological languages
8 The ISO geographic information reference model
8.1 General
8.2 Reference model conceptual framework
8.3 Reference model — Semantic foundation
8.4 Reference model — Syntactic foundation
8.5 Reference model — Service foundation
8.6 Reference model — Procedural standards
8.7 Uses of the reference model
9 Profiles
9.1 Introduction to profiles
9.2 Use of profiles
9.3 Relationship of profiles to base standards
Annex A - Abstract test suite
A.1 Scope in ISO geographic information standards and profiles
A.2 Conceptual formalism
A.3 Ontology graphical language
A.4 Ontology lexical language
A.5 Reference model — Meta-meta:Semantic foundation standards
A.6 Profile
Annex B - Layers of interoperability
B.1 General
B.2 Network protocols
B.3 File systems
B.4 Remote procedure calls
B.5 Search and access databases
B.6 Geographic information systems
B.7 Semantic interoperability
Annex C - Interoperability of geographic information in e-government
C.1 e-government
C.2 Conceptual model for e-governmental services
C.3 e-government through linked data
Annex D - Foundation standards for SDI
D.1 General
D.2 RM-ODP viewpoints in relation with SDI
Figure D.3 — Computational viewpoints and standards
Annex E - Abstraction of the real world in geographic information
E.1 General
E.2 Conceptual modelling
E.3 Uses of ontologies to support interoperability of geographic information
E.4 Model integration
Annex F - Overview of the ISO geographic information standards
Annex G - Conceptual Schema Modelling Facility: a summary
Bibliography
Tables
Table 1 — Reference model conceptual framework for the ISO geographic information standards
Table F.1 — ISO geographic information standards summary
Figures
Figure 1 — Conceptual framework for the interoperability of geographic information(adapted from References [3] and [4])
Figure 2 — High-level view of the domain of geographic information
Figure B.1 — Levels of interoperability (adapted from Reference [2])
Figure C.1 — Conceptual model for public services (from Reference [8])
Figure D.1 — RM-ODP viewpoints
Figure D.2 — Information viewpoint and standards
Figure E.1 — From reality to conceptual schema
Figure E.2 — UML diagram depicting the abstraction of the real world
Figure G.1 — Conceptual Schema Modelling Facility schema architecture
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AS/NZS ISO 19101.1:2015
COPYRIGHT
PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 Normative references
4 Terms, definitions, and abbreviated terms
4.1 Terms and definitions
4.2 Abbreviated terms
5 Interoperability
5.1 Interoperability of geographic information
5.2 Interoperability of geographic information in e-government
6 Interoperability foundations and scope for the reference model
6.1 Foundations
6.2 Scope in the ISO geographic information standards
7 Abstraction of the real world
7.1 General
7.2 Conceptual formalism
7.3 Ontological languages
8 The ISO geographic information reference model
8.1 General
8.2 Reference model conceptual framework
8.3 Reference model — Semantic foundation
8.4 Reference model — Syntactic foundation
8.5 Reference model — Service foundation
8.6 Reference model — Procedural standards
8.7 Uses of the reference model
9 Profiles
9.1 Introduction to profiles
9.2 Use of profiles
9.3 Relationship of profiles to base standards
Annex A - Abstract test suite
A.1 Scope in ISO geographic information standards and profiles
A.2 Conceptual formalism
A.3 Ontology graphical language
A.4 Ontology lexical language
A.5 Reference model — Meta-meta:Semantic foundation standards
A.6 Profile
Annex B - Layers of interoperability
B.1 General
B.2 Network protocols
B.3 File systems
B.4 Remote procedure calls
B.5 Search and access databases
B.6 Geographic information systems
B.7 Semantic interoperability
Annex C - Interoperability of geographic information in e-government
C.1 e-government
C.2 Conceptual model for e-governmental services
C.3 e-government through linked data
Annex D - Foundation standards for SDI
D.1 General
D.2 RM-ODP viewpoints in relation with SDI
Figure D.3 — Computational viewpoints and standards
Annex E - Abstraction of the real world in geographic information
E.1 General
E.2 Conceptual modelling
E.3 Uses of ontologies to support interoperability of geographic information
E.4 Model integration
Annex F - Overview of the ISO geographic information standards
Annex G - Conceptual Schema Modelling Facility: a summary
Bibliography
Tables
Table 1 — Reference model conceptual framework for the ISO geographic information standards
Table F.1 — ISO geographic information standards summary
Figures
Figure 1 — Conceptual framework for the interoperability of geographic information(adapted from References [3] and [4])
Figure 2 — High-level view of the domain of geographic information
Figure B.1 — Levels of interoperability (adapted from Reference [2])
Figure C.1 — Conceptual model for public services (from Reference [8])
Figure D.1 — RM-ODP viewpoints
Figure D.2 — Information viewpoint and standards
Figure E.1 — From reality to conceptual schema
Figure E.2 — UML diagram depicting the abstraction of the real world
Figure G.1 — Conceptual Schema Modelling Facility schema architecture