I.  Abstract

GeoSciML is a model of geological features commonly described and portrayed in geological maps, cross sections, geological reports and databases. The model was developed by the IUGS CGI (Commission for the Management and Application of Geoscience Information) and version 4.1 is the first version officially submitted as an OGC standard. This specification describes a logical model and GML/XML encoding rules for the exchange of geological map data, geological time scales, boreholes, and metadata for laboratory analyses. It includes a Lite model, used for simple map-based applications; a basic model, aligned on INSPIRE, for basic data exchange; and an extended model to address more complex scenarios.

The specification also provides patterns, profiles (most notably of Observations and Measurements — ISO19156), and best practices to deal with common geoscience use cases.

III.  Preface

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. The Open Geospatial Consortium shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Recipients of this document are requested to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent claims or other intellectual property rights of which they may be aware that might be infringed by any implementation of the standard set forth in this document, and to provide supporting documentation.

1.  Scope

2.  Conformance

This standard defines XXXX.

Requirements for N standardization target types are considered:

• AAAA

• BBBB

Conformance with this standard shall be checked using all the relevant tests specified in Annex A (normative) of this document. The framework, concepts, and methodology for testing, and the criteria to be achieved to claim conformance are specified in the OGC Compliance Testing Policies and Procedures and the OGC Compliance Testing web site.

In order to conform to this OGC® interface standard, a software implementation shall choose to implement:

• Any one of the conformance levels specified in Annex A (normative).

• Any one of the Distributed Computing Platform profiles specified in Annexes TBD through TBD (normative).

All requirements-classes and conformance-classes described in this document are owned by the standard(s) identified.

3.  Normative references

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

Identification of Common Molecular Subsequences. Smith, T.F., Waterman, M.S., J. Mol. Biol. 147, 195–197 (1981)

ZIB Structure Prediction Pipeline: Composing a Complex Biological Workflow through Web Services. May, P., Ehrlich, H.C., Steinke, T. In: Nagel, W.E., Walter, W.V., Lehner, W. (eds.) Euro-Par 2006. LNCS, vol. 4128, pp. 1148–1158. Springer, Heidelberg (2006)

The Grid: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure., Foster, I., Kesselman, C.. Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco (1999).

Grid Information Services for Distributed Resource Sharing. Czajkowski, K., Fitzgerald, S., Foster, I., Kesselman, C. In: 10th IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing, pp. 181–184. IEEE Press, New York (2001)

The Physiology of the Grid: an Open Grid Services Architecture for Distributed Systems Integration. Foster, I., Kesselman, C., Nick, J., Tuecke, S. Technical report, Global Grid Forum (2002)

National Center for Biotechnology Information, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

ISO: ISO 19101-1:2014, Geographic information — Reference model — Part 1: Fundamentals. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva (2014). https://www.iso.org/standard/59164.html.

ISO: ISO 19115-1:2014, Geographic information — Metadata — Part 1: Fundamentals. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva (2014). https://www.iso.org/standard/53798.html.

ISO: ISO 19157:2013, Geographic information  — Data quality. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva (2013). https://www.iso.org/standard/32575.html.

ISO: ISO 19139:2007, Geographic information — Metadata — XML schema implementation. ISO (2007).

ISO: ISO 19115-3, Geographic information — Metadata — Part 3: XML schema implementation for fundamental concepts. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva https://www.iso.org/standard/80874.html.

OGC Geospatial User Feedback Standard: Conceptual Model (2016)

Gerhard Gröger, Thomas H. Kolbe, Claus Nagel, Karl-Heinz Häfele: OGC 12-019, OGC City Geography Markup Language (CityGML) Encoding Standard. Open Geospatial Consortium (2012). https://portal.ogc.org/files/?artifact id=47842.

Jiyeong Lee, Ki-Joune Li, Sisi Zlatanova, Thomas H. Kolbe, Claus Nagel, Thomas Becker: OGC 14-005r3, OGC® IndoorGML. Open Geospatial Consortium (2014). https://docs.ogc.org/is/14-005r3/14-005r3.html.

Arliss Whiteside Jim Greenwood: OGC 06-121r9, OGC Web Service Common Implementation Specification. Open Geospatial Consortium (2010). https://portal.ogc.org/files/?artifact id=38867.

4.  Terms and definitions

This document uses the terms defined in OGC Policy Directive 49, which is based on the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards. In particular, the word “shall” (not “must”) is the verb form used to indicate a requirement to be strictly followed to conform to this document and OGC documents do not use the equivalent phrases in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

This document also uses terms defined in the OGC Standard for Modular specifications (OGC 08-131r3), also known as the ‘ModSpec’. The definitions of terms such as standard, specification, requirement, and conformance test are provided in the ModSpec.

For the purposes of this document, the following additional terms and definitions apply.

This document uses the terms defined in Sub-clause 5.3 of [OGC06-121r9], which is based on the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards. In particular, the word “shall” (not “must”) is the verb form used to indicate a requirement to be strictly followed to conform to this standard.

For the purposes of this document, the following additional terms and definitions apply.

4.1. example term

term used for exemplary purposes

Example

[SOURCE: ISO 19101-1:2014]

5.  Keywords

6.  Submitting organizations

7.  Contributors

Additional contributors to this Standard include the following:

Edward Lewis, British Geological Survey

8.  Conventions

This sections provides details and examples for any conventions used in the document. Examples of conventions are symbols, abbreviations, use of XML schema, or special notes regarding how to read the document.

9.  Clauses not containing normative material

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10.  Clause containing normative material

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11.  Media Types for any data encoding(s)

A section describing the MIME-types to be used is mandatory for any standard involving data encodings. If no suitable MIME type exists in http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/index.html then this section may be used to define a new MIME type for registration with IANA.

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