The scope of ISO/TC 211 is standardization in the field of digital geographic information. This work aims at establishing a structured set of International Standards for information concerning objects or phenomena that are directly or indirectly associated with a location relative to the Earth. These International Standards may specify, for geographic information, methods, tools and services for data management (including definition and description), acquiring, processing, analysing, accessing, presenting and transferring such data in digital/electronic form between different users, systems and locations. The work will be linked to appropriate International Standards for information technology and data, where possible, and provide a framework for the development of sector-specific applications using geographic data.
This International Standard provides the framework, concepts, and methodology for testing and the criteria to be achieved to claim conformance to this family of International Standards. This International Standard is based in part on ISO 9646-1 which describes conformance and testing in Open Systems Interconnection (OSI), ISO 10303-31 which describes conformance and testing in industrial automation systems and integration, and ISO 10641 which describes conformance and testing for computer graphics and image processing. While the framework of conformance testing described in these three International Standards is used in this International Standard, some concepts have been modified for use in this particular domain.