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1. WORLD SPATIAL METADATA STANDARDS
   Being Published by Elsevier Science/Pergamon   
   ISBN - 0080439497
   Harold Moellering, Editor-in-Chief
   Henri Aalders, Associate Editor
   Aaron Crane, Associate Editor
   Spring, 2005 

   The primary goal of this ICA book is to provide a set of scientific and technical characteristics by which any national or international spatial metadata standard can be assessed.  The Introduction provides an informative discussion by Prof. Henri Aalders of Delft University.  The Part II Regional Metadata Activities provides a broader context with which the reader can more easily comprehend the various national and international metadata standards activities in the various continents, as well as a perspective of the ISO TC211 Committee on Geomatics/ Geographic Information.  Parts III presents the scientific and technical characteristics themselves, while Part IV provides chapters on each of the national and international spatial metadata standards in the world, as well as a selected set of subject matter applications profiles.  Part V provides a poster- sized cross table of the 70 critical characteristics of these spatial metadata standards.

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   1. Introduction to World Spatial Metadata Standards An Introduction to Metadata for Geographic Information - Henri J.G.L. Aalders (NL)
   2. Regional Summaries of Spatial Metadata Developments and Associated
   Activities - Edited by Henri J.G.L. Aalders
   European Efforts in the Field of Geographic Metadata and Related SDI
   Activities - Henri Aalders (NL) François Salgé (FR), & Alexander
   Martynenko (RUS)
   North American Metadata Standards Developments in Canada and the
   United States of America - Kian Fadaie (CDN), Julie Binder Maitra (USA),
   Valerie E. Hume (CDN), Harold Moellering (USA) & Henri J.G.L. Aalders
   (NL) Metadata Standards Development Activities in the Asia- Pacific Region
   - Craig Macauley (AUS), Du Daosheng (China), Kazuhiko Akeno (Japan) &
   Tae-Jung Min (Korea) Metadata Standards Development Activities in Central and South
   America, and the Caribbean - Tatiana Delgado-Fernandez (CU), Dora Inéz
   Rey-Martinez (PCIDEA) & Martha Ivette Chaparro-Dominguez (CO) Spatial Metadata in Africa and the Middle East - Antony Cooper (SA) &
   Elizabeth J.O. Gavin (SA) Global Spatial Metadata Activities in the ISO/TC211 Geographic
   Information Domain - Olaf Østensen (ISO) & David M. Danko (USA)
   3. Scientific & Technical Characteristics for Assessing metadata standards
   for geographic datasets - Harold Moellering and Aaron Crane Eds.
   Introduction to the Scientific and Technical Characteristics for Assessing
   Metadata Standards for Geographical Datasets - Harold Moellering &
   Aaron Crane Scientific & Technical Characteristics of Metadata Standards for
   Geographic Datasets - Edited by Harold Moellering & Aaron Crane,
   Developed by the ICA Spatial Data Standards Commission 1995-99, Version
   7.0, Sept, 2002
   4. Scientific and Technical Assessments with Full Descriptions of the Spatial
   Metadata Standards - Edited by Aaron Crane, Charles Ruhl & Harold Moellering Introduction to the Scientific and Technical Assessments of Spatial
   Metadata Standards - Harold Moellering

   National and International Spatial Metadata Standards

   Australia/New Zealand - Craig Macauley
   Canada - Kian Fadaie & Valerie Hume
   China - Jiang Jing-tong & Liu Roumei
   Czech Republic - Petr Rapant, Bronislava Horakova & Jan Ruzicka
   Denmark - Anders Neilsen & Peter Kjeld
   Finland - Paula Ahonen
   Hungary - Istvan Kadar & Tamas Prajczer
   Israel - Ammatzia Peled
   Japan - Shoji Okuyama, Shinji Takazawa & Kazuhiko Akeno
   Korea - Tae-Jung Min & Heung-Muk Cho
   The Netherlands - Henri J.G.L. Aalders
   Russia - Alexander Martynenko
   South Africa - Nic Scheepers & Antony Cooper
   Spain - Sebastian Mas
   United States - Richard A. Pearsall & Richard Hogan
   Dublin Core - Stuart L. Weibel
   CEN/TC287 - François Salgé
   ISO/TC211/WG3/Project 19115 - ISO/DIS 19115 - David Danko

   Example National and International Subject Matter Spatial Metadata Standards and Profiles
   

   EuroGeographics/LeClef - Topography; Marcus Wandinger & Claude Luzet(FR)
   EUCommunity/SSSA/ES - Space Imagery; Bernd Eckhardt(D)
   EuroGeoSurveys/GEIXS - Geology; Denis Bonnefoy(FR)
   USA/NBII Profile - Biology; Susan Stitt(USA)
   
   5. Crosstable of National and International Spatial Metadata Standards and
   Characteristics - Harold Moellering Compiler and Editor
   Introduction to the Crosstable of Spatial Metadata Standards and
   Characteristics - Harold Moellering

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2. Spatial Database Transfer Standards 2:
   Characteristics for Assessing Standards and Full Descriptions
   of the National and International Standards in the World
Published by Elsevier Science/Pergamon
ISBN - 0080424333
Harold Moellering - Editor
Richard Hogan - Editor
First Edition 1997


The primary aim of this book is to provide a new set of scientific and technical characteristics by which any national or international spatial database transfer can be assessed. The beginning of the book will have an expanded introduction by Prof. Moellering. We are also providing four informational chapters that describe such standards development activities in: N. America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, and a perspective of the activities of the newly formed ISO Committee on Geomatic standards, as well as a summary table at the end.

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Contents
I.   Full technical introduction - Harold Moellering
II.  Four summaries of standards development activities in the world
     - Europe - François Salgé
     - N. America - Richard Hogan & Mark Sondheim
     - Asia/Pacific - Drew Clarke
     - ISO Activities - Olav Østensen
III. Scientific and technical presentation of the transfer characteristics - developed and written by Commission
IV.  22 chapters describing each standard
    
    
    
     Ch# Country                             Standard                             Lead Author
     1.  Australia	AUS-SDTS	Drew Clarke
     2.  Austria	A 2260		Werner Kuhn
     3.  Canada		SAIF		Marc Sondheim
     4.  China		DEFS		Du Daosheng
     5.  Finland 	JHS 111-119	Antti Rainio
     6.  France		EdíGeo(Z13-150)	François Salgé
     7.  Germany 	ATKIS(EDBS)	Heinz Brüggemann
     8.  Israel		IEF91		Ammatzia Peled
     9.  Japan		SPDFDM		Akira Yaguchi
    10.  Netherlands	NEN1878(STFGI)	H.J.G.L. AAlders
    11.  Norway		SOSI		Olav Østensen
    12.  Russia		DEMTS		Alexander Martynenko
    13.  S. Africa	NES		Tony Cooper
    14.  Spain		NICCa		Sebastian Más Mayoral
    15.  Switzerland 	INTERGIS	Stephen Nebiker
    16.  U. K. 		BS7567(NTF)	Sam Sowton
    17.  U. S. A.	FIPS173(SDTS)	Richard Hogan
    18.	 CERCO		ETDB            François Salgé
    19.  CENTC287	CENTC287        François Salgé
    20.  CENTC287/7	GDF		Rob van Essen
    21.  DIGWG		DIGEST		Herman Dohmann
    22.  IHO		S57(DX-90)	Robert Sandvik
V.   Cross tabulated table by 63 characteristics for each standard - Harold Moellering (Ed.)

3. Technical Characteristics for Assessing Standards for the Transfer
   of Spatial Data and Brief International Descriptions
Harold Moellering - Editor
Kathy Wortman - Editor
June, 1994
The ICA Commission on Standards for the Transfer of Spatial Data has developed a new set of technical characteristics by which any spatial database transfer standard can be assessed for use at the national, state, provincial, regional, county or local levels. This monograph is also designed to be used in the commercial, utility and university/research sectors as well. It is designed such that it can be used to assess any spatial database transfer standard whether it be a profile of SDTS, DIGEST format, SAIF specification, or some of the simpler graphics transfer standards such as CGM, TIFF, DXF, etc. This technical characteristics assessment monograph has two main purposes: 1) to help understand a standard, and 2) to facilitate comparing of standards by a user for a specific user application. If such a work was individually commissioned, such a report would cost many thousands of dollars. However, copies of this ICA Technical Report are available on a scientific basis to the spatial data processing community on a world wide basis for for the equivalent of $25 US, plus shipping. 



Contents
I.   Introduction - Harold Moellering
II.  Technical Characteristics for Assessing Standards for the Transfer of Spatial Data
III. 23 chapters describing each standard
    
    
    
     Ch     Country                                 Standard                         Lead Author
     1.  Australia       ASDTS          Andrew Clarke
     2.  Austria         A2260          Werner Kuhn
     3.  Canada          SAIF           Mark Sondheim
     4.  Finland         FIGDIS         Antti Rainio
     5.  France          EDIGeO         François Salgé
     6.  Germany         ATKIS(EDBS)    Heinz Brüggemann
     7.  Hungary         DFT            Pal Divenyi
     8.  Israel          IEF91          Ammatzia Peled
     9.  Japan           SPDFDM         Akira Yaguchi
    10.  Netherlands     NEN 1878       H.J.G.L Aalders
    11.  Norway          SOSI           Olav Østensen
    12.  Russia          DEMTS          Alexander Martynenko
    13.  South Africa    NES            Antony Cooper
    14.  Spain           NICCa          Sebastián Más Mayoral
    15.  Switzerland     INTERLIS       Christoph Eidenbenz
    16.  United Kingdom  NTF            T.M. Sowton
    17.  United States   SDTS           Kathy Wortman
    18.  IHO             DX-90          Eric Frey
    19.  CERCO           ETDB           François Salgé
    20.  CEN             CEN/TC 287     François Salgé
    21.  DGIWG           DIGEST         Richard Ley
    22.  Drive Project   GDF            François Salgé      
 
 
 
  

4. Spatial Database Transfer Standards: Current International Status
Published by Elsevier Applied Science
ISBN - 1-85166-677-X
Harold Moellering - Editor
1991

The goal of this book is to explore the status of development of the various spatial data transfer standards throughout the world.  This is accomplished by reviewing spatial data standard activities in the various countries throughout the world.
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Contents
I.   Introduction: Approaches to Spatial Database Transfer Standards - Harold Moellering
II.  18 chapters describing standards
    
    
    
     Ch     Country                                 Lead Author
     1.  Australia       Andrew Clarke
     2.  Austria         Wolfgang Kainz
     3.  Canada          Timothy Evangelatos
     4.  China           Du Daosheng
     5.  Finland         Antti Rainio
     6.  France          François Salgé
     7.  Germany         Heinz Brüggemann
     8.  Hungary         Pál Divényi
     9.  Japan           Minoru Akuyama
    10.  New Zealand     Patrick Van Berkel
    11.  Norway          Olaf M. Østensen
    12.  South Africa    Antony Cooper
    13.  Sweden          Clas-Göran Persson
    14.  Switzerland     Christoph Eidenbenz
    15.  United Kingdom  M. Sowton
    16.  United States   Hedy Rossmeissl
    17.  CERCO           T.M. Sowton
    18.  DGIWG           Ian Smith

   

   

   

    

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