Terms of Reference, 1991-1995

ICA COMMISSION ON STANDARDS FOR THE TRANSFER OF SPATIAL DATA

ACI COMMISSION SUR LES NORMES DE TRANSFERT DES DONNEES SPATIALES

TERMS OF REFERENCE, 1991-95

October, 1991

Goals for the Commission were specified at the 1991 ICA meetings in Bournemouth. The goals for the 1991 – 95 period are as follows:

  1. To exchange information and reports by the ICA member countries and relevant bodies concerning the development standards for the transfer of digital spatial data;
  2. To collect and distribute in the Commission copies of all standards published in ICA countries and by relevant international bodies;
  3. To serve as a focal point of information concerning digital spatial data transfer developments throughout the world;
  4. To identify research needs that arise from the standards process;
  5. To organize reporting sessions on the Commission’s activities at the 1993 and 1995 ICA meetings;
  6. To develop and publish:
    1. criteria relating to standards for the transfer of spatial data; and
    2. descriptions of the characteristics of national and international standards in terms of those criteria.