Programme of work - active projects

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Working group 1 – Framework and reference model

Convenor: Dr. Ryan Ryu,  Republic of Korea (from 2021-01 - Reappointed 2023-12)

 

Reference Project leader Document title Stage* VA*** Comments
ISO/AWI 19101-1 Dr. Jinsongdi Yu Geographic information — Reference model —
Part 1: Fundamentals
20.00 Yes DIS text expected from project leaders 2027-12
IS to publish before 2028- 12
ISO/AWI 19150-1

Mr. Bi Jiantao
Mr. Yin Jianguang

Geographic information — Ontology —
Part 1: Framework
20.00 No CD text expected from Project Leader 2026-12
DIS text expected from project leaders 2027-12
IS to publish before 2028-12
ISO/PWI 19173 Mr. Reese Plews SMART Terminology for geographic information 00.00   PWI/Stage 0 project
ISO/DIS 19186-1 Dr. Nicholas Car Geographic information — GeoSPARQL —
A geographic query language for RDF data
40.20 No DIS ballot until 2026-09
IS to publish before 2028-01
 
           

 

Working group 4 – Geospatial services

Convenor: Prof. Peng Yue, China (from 2023-12) 

 

Reference Project leader Document title Stage* VA*** Comments
ISO/AWI 19119-1 Prof. Peng Yue

Mr. Kaixuan Wang

Geographic information — Services  —
Part 1: Fundamentals and architectures
20.00 Yes CD text expected from Project Leader 2026-11
DIS text expected from project leaders 2027-11
IS to publish before 2028-11
ISO/DIS 19178-1 Prof. Peng Yue Geographic information — Training data
markup language for artificial intelligence — Part 1: Conceptual model
40.99 Yes FDIS text expected from project leaders 2026-09
IS to publish before 2027-12
ISO/CD 19178-2 Mr Chuanwei Cai
Mr Baoxin Teng
Training data markup language for artificial intelligence —
Part 2: JSON encoding
30.99 No DIS text expected from project leaders 2026-11
IS to publish before 2027- 08
ISO/CD 19178-3 Mr Kaixuan Wang
Mr Haoru Wu
Training data markup language for artificial intelligence —
Part 3: XML encoding
30.99 No DIS text expected from project leaders 2026-11
IS to publish before 2027- 08
ISO/AWI TR 19180 Dr Yogita Shukla Geographic Information –
Guidelines for incorporating
Gender sensitivity in Geospatial standards
20.00 Yes CD text expected from Project Leader 2025-11
DTR text expected from project leaders 2026-08
TR to publish before 2026- 11
ISO/AWI TR 19182 Dr. Zhang Chenxiao
Dr. Jiang Liangcun
How to incorporate GeoAI in
geographic information standards
20.00 No CD text expected from Project Leader 2026-12
DTR text expected from project leaders 2027-12
TR to publish before 2028- 12
ISO/CD 19183-1 Mr. Scott Simmons Geographic Information —
Geospatial API for Maps — Part 1: Core
30.99 No DIS text expected from project leader 2026-11
IS to publish before 2027- 11

 

Working group 6 – Imagery

Convenor:  Mr Aliyan Haq, Canada (from 2024-11)

 

Reference Project leader Document title Stage* VA*** Comments
ISO/CD TR 19121 Mr. Eromonsele
Akhidenor
Geographic information —
Imagery and gridded data
30.60 Yes DTR text expected from project leader 2026-09
TR to publish before 2026- 12
ISO/DIS 19123-2 Prof. Peter Baumann Geographic information —
Schema for coverage geometry and functions —
Part 2: Coverage implementation schema
40.60 Yes

Waiting for decision on possible FDIS
IS to publish before 2027-01

ISO/CD TS 19123-4 Mr Jinsongdi Yu Geographic information —
Schema for coverage geometry and functions —
Part 4: Tiling Schema
30.60 Yes DTS text expected from project leader 2026-09
TS to publish before 2026-12
ISO/CD TS 19124-3 Prof. Hong Wen Geographic information — Calibration and
validation of remote sensing data and
derived products — Part 3: Optical sensors
30.20 Yes CD ballot until 2026-06
DTS text expected 2027-06
TS to publish before 2027-09
ISO/CD TS 19124-4 Prof. Hong Wen
Jixian Zhang
Geographic information — Calibration and
validation of remote sensing data and
derived products — Part 4: Lidar
30.20 Yes CD ballot until 2026-06
DTS text expected 2027-06
TS to publish before 2027-09
ISO/PWI 19124-5 Prof. Hong Wen Geographic information - Calibration and
validation of remote sensing data and
derived products — Part 5: Cross Calibration
and Validation for Satellites Constellation
and Distributed Sensors project
00.00 No PWI/Stage 0 project
ISO/DTS 19130-2

Prof. Wolfgang 
Kresse

Geographic information —
Imagery sensor models for geopositioning —
Part 2: SAR, InSAR, lidar and sonar
50.00 Yes

Waiting for DTS ballot dates
TS to publish before 2026-01

ISO/DIS 19163-2 Dr Shao Yuanzheng Geographic information — Content components and
encoding rules for imagery and gridded data —
Part 2: Implementation schema
40.20 Yes DIS ballot between 2026-04 and 2026-07
IS to publish before 2027-01

 

Working group 7 – Information communities

Convenor: Professor Yuqi Bai, China  (from 2021-01 - Reappointed 2023-12)

 

Reference Project leader Document title Stage* VA*** Comments
ISO/AWI 19115-1 Mr Peter Parslow Geographic information – Metadata —
Part 1: Fundamentals
20.00 Yes CD text expected from project leader 2025-11
DIS text expected from project leaders 2026-11
IS to publish before 2027-11
ISO/DTR 19115-4 Mr Paul Jansen Geographic information – Metadata —
Part 4: JSON schema implementation of
metadata fundamentals
50.00 Yes

DTR ballot between 2026-05 and 2026-08
TR to publish before 2026-04

ISO/CD TS 19115-5.2 Mr Peter Parslow Geographic information – Metadata —
Part 5: DCAT mapping 
30.20 Yes 2nd CD consultation until 2026-07
DTS text expected from project leaders 2026-11
TS to publish before 2027-02
ISO/DTS 19144-4 Mr John Latham Geographic information —
Classification systems —
Part 4: Registration and implementation aspects
50.00 Yes Waiting for DTS ballot dates
TS to publish before 2026-09

ISO/PWI 19152-6

Mr Chris Body Geographic information --
Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) —
Part 6: Implementation aspects
00.00 Yes

Announced in the ISO 19152 Stage 0 project.

ISO/CD TR 19179 Prof. C.S. Dubey
Dr. Dutta
Geographic Information -
ESG Assessment in Geospatial Standards
30.20 Yes CD Ballot until 2026-05
DTR text expected from project leaders 2026-08
TS to publish before 2026-11

 

Working group 9 – Information management

Convenor: Mr David Stolarz USA (from 2022-12 )

 

Reference Project leader Document title Stage* VA*** Comments
ISO/AWI 19111 Mr Lei Hu
Mr Dayu Yu

Geographic information — 
Referencing by coordinates

20.00 Yes CD text expected from Project Leader 2025-08
DIS text expected 2026-08
IS to publish before 2027-08
ISO 19127 Mr Patrick Vorster Geographic information — Geodetic register 60.00 Yes

IS to publish before 2026-08.

ISO/FDIS 19157-3 Dr Ivana Ivanova
Mr Torsten Svärd
Geographic information — Data quality —
Part 3: Data quality measures register
50.60 Yes

On Hold. Awaiting result from CEN on FprEN ISO, closes 2026-09-10
IS to publish before 2026-04.

ISO/CD 19158 Ms Liz Kolster Geographic information —
Quality assurance of data supply
30.20 Yes CD consultation until 2026-09
DIS text expected before 2027-04
IS to publish before 2028-04. 
ISO/DIS 19161-2 Mr Thierry Gattacceca

Geographic information — 
Geodetic references —
Part 2: Unique identification of
geodetic ground stations

40.20 Yes DIS ballot until 2026-10
IS to publish before 2027-04. 
ISO/PWI 19170-2 Dr Matthew Purss Geographic information —
Discrete Global Grid Systems — Part 2:
Three-dimensional and Equi-volume DGGS RS
00.00   PWI being prepared by OGC.
ISO/PWI 19170-3 Dr Matthew Purss Geographic information —
Discrete Global Grid Systems —
Part 3: Spatio-temporal DGGS RS
00.00  

PWI being prepared by OGC.

ISO/AWI 19170-4

Mr Chengqi Cheng
Dr Tengteng Qu

Geographic information —
Discrete Global Grid Systems —
Part 4: Axis-aligned DGGS RS
20.00   CD text expected from project leader 2027-05
DIS text expected 2028-05
IS to publish before 2029-05

 

Working group 10 – Ubiquitous public access

Convenor:  Prof. SangKi Hong, Korea (from 2008-01 – Reappointed 2023-12)

 

Reference Project leader Document title Stage* VA*** Comments
ISO/AWI TR 19184 Prof. SangKi Hong Geographic Information – Gap Analysis
of Information Models for Seamless
Hinterland and Maritime Logistics
20.00 Yes CD text expected from project leader 2026-11
DTR text expected 2027-08
TR to publish before 2027-11
ISO/AWI TR 19185 Mr Sumit Sen

Geographic Information – Extended Metadata
Standards for Urban Digital Twins

20.00 Yes CD text expected from project leader 2026-11
DTR text expected 2027-08
TR to publish before 2027-11

 

Joint working group 11 – GIS - ITS

Convenor:  Mr Trond Hovland, Norway (from 2019-06 – Reappointed 2024-11)

 

Reference Project leader Document title Stage* VA*** Comments

ISO/PWI 5974

Mr Jonathan
Harrod Booth
Evolution and revision formation for GDF 00.00   PWI/Stage 0 project

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