Project 2121 - Information
technology - North American Profile (NAP) of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic
information - Metadata (NAP-Metadata, version 1.2)
Typically nations, regions, or information communities develop profiles to
tailor these specifications to their needs. INCITS-L1 proposes to develop
a North American Profile ANSI Standard tailored for the US market that is
based on these two standards:
INCITS/ISO 19115:2003, Geographic Information – Metadata, and
ISO/TS 19139:2007, Geographic Information – Metadata XML Schema implementation.
These documents are universal in design to address global requirement. We
plan to coordinate our development with separate but like efforts in Canada
and
Mexico to establish a North American Profile.