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Geospatial

16 data model standards serving geospatial. Every one confirmed against its steward's own site.

Standard Steward Origin Layer Access Modernity
FGDC CSDGM (Federal Geographic Data Committee) US Federal Geographic Data Committee — Metadata Model — 48.4 Legacy
GeoJSON IETF (RFC 7946) — Exchange Schema open 72.0 Current
GeoPackage Open Geospatial Consortium International United States Exchange Schema open 65.0 Modernizing
INSPIRE Data Specifications European Commission / EEA European Union Belgium Information Model open 57.7 Modernizing
ISO 19107 / 19109 Spatial Schema and General Feature Model ISO/TC 211 International Information Model spec sold —
ISO 19115 Geographic Metadata ISO/TC 211 International Metadata Model spec sold 46.0 Legacy
KML Open Geospatial Consortium International United States Exchange Schema open 59.0 Modernizing
OGC 3D Tiles Open Geospatial Consortium / Cesium International United States Exchange Schema open —
OGC API - Features / Records / EDR (Open Geospatial Consortium) Open Geospatial Consortium International United States Exchange Schema open 84.0 Current
OGC GeoSPARQL Open Geospatial Consortium / W3C International United States Ontology / Vocabulary open 70.0 Modernizing
OGC Moving Features (Open Geospatial Consortium) Open Geospatial Consortium International United States Information Model open 60.6 Modernizing
OGC Simple Features Open Geospatial Consortium International United States Information Model open —
OpenStreetMap tagging schema OpenStreetMap Foundation / community United Kingdom Ontology / Vocabulary open —
Overture Maps schema Overture Maps Foundation (Linux Foundation) — Information Model open —
STAC (SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog) STAC community / Radiant Earth — Metadata Model open 74.2 Current
UPRN / UK addressing (Unique Property Reference Number) Ordnance Survey / GeoPlace United Kingdom Code System open 65.0 Modernizing
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