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MLGT updated to 2024/06/21 version

June 18, 2024

The online version of ISO/TC 211 MLGT has been updated to reflect the latest MLGT version of 2023-12-14.

This MLGT version provides a number of improvements, including:

Superseded and replacement standards

Old Standard New Standard

ISO 6709:2008

ISO 6709:2022

ISO 19105:2000

ISO 19105:2022

ISO 19111:2019

ISO 19111:2019/Amd.2:2023

ISO 19115-3:2016

ISO 19115-3:2023

ISO 19123:2005

ISO 19123-1:2023

ISO 19125-2:2004

Withdrawn. No replacement.

ISO 19126:2009

ISO 19126:2021

ISO 19131:2007

ISO 19131:2022

ISO 19148:2012

ISO 19148:2021

ISO 19153:2014

Withdrawn. No replacement.

ISO 19156:2011

ISO 19156:2023

ISO 19157:2013

ISO 19157-1:2023

ISO 19160-4:2017

ISO 19160-4:2023

Records requiring changes to the authoritative source

Records in which the authoritative reference changed from ISO 6709:2008 to ISO 6709:2022(E)

Term ID Term

733

altitude

905

sexagesimal degree

Records in which the authoritative reference changed from ISO 19105:2000 to ISO 19105:2022(E)

Term ID Term

76

conformance testing

235

implementation

Records in which the authoritative reference changed from ISO 19123:2005 to ISO 19123-1:2023(E)

Term ID Term

129

Delaunay triangulation

159

evaluation<coverage>

337

point coverage

340

polygon coverage

367

rectified grid

457

tessellation

460

Thiessen polygon

476

triangulated irregular network

491

vector

Records in which the authoritative reference changed from ISO 19125-2:2004 to ISO 19101-2:2018

Term ID Term

203

geographic feature

Records in which the authoritative reference changed from ISO 19126:2009 to ISO 19126:2021(E)

Term ID Term

851

compound registry

852

feature association concept

863

nominal value

Records in which the authoritative reference changed from ISO 19148:2012 to ISO 19148:2021(E)

Term ID Term

1170

attributed feature

1171

feature event

1172

linear referencing

1365

Linear Referencing Method

1079

Linear Referencing System

1173

linear segment

1081

linearly located

1174

linearly located event

1175

linearly referenced location

1176

located feature

1177

locating feature

1178

spatial position

Records in which the authoritative reference changed from ISO 19156:2011 to ISO 19156:2023(E)

Term ID Term

1063

domain feature

1296

feature type

1308

observation result

Records in which the authoritative reference changed from ISO 19109:2005 to ISO 19156:2023(E)

Term ID Term

1312

property type

Records in which the authoritative reference changed from ISO 19157:2013 to ISO 19157-1:2023(E)

Term ID Term

1366

conformance quality level

736

correctness

1298

item

1303

metaquality

1367

standalone quality report

Records in which the authoritative reference changed from ISO 19160-4:2017(E) to ISO 19160-4:2023(E)

Term ID Term

2112

addressee

1950

delivery <postal>

2113

delivery address <postal>

2114

delivery point <postal>

1955

mail recipient

2116

mailee

1958

mailer

1959

party <postal>

2117

postal address

2118

postal address component <postal address>

2119

component <postal address>

2120

postal address construct <postal address>

2121

construct <postal address>

2122

postal address domain <postal address>

2123

domain <postal address>

2124

postal address element <postal address>

2125

element <postal address>

2126

postal address element code

2143

U-code

2127

postal address sub-element <postal address>

2128

sub-element <postal address>

2129

postal address rendering <postal>

2130

address rendition <postal>

2131

postal address segment <postal address>

2132

segment <postal address>

2133

postal address template <postal>

2134

template <postal>

2135

postal address type

2138

rendered postal address

2139

rendered address

2140

rendering parameter

2141

rendition instruction

Records that have been superseded

Records published in ISO 19105:2000 but superseded by new entries in ISO 19105:2022

Term ID Term

3

abstract test case

6

abstract test suite

71

conformance

73

conformance clause

75

conformance test report

161

executable test case

162

executable test suite

238

inconclusive verdict

Records published in ISO 19111:2007 but superseded by new entries in ISO 19123-1:2023

Term ID Term

709

image coordinate reference system

Records published in ISO 19111:2019 but superseded by new entries in ISO 19111:2019/Amd.2:2023

Term ID Term

2368

geodetic coordinate reference system

2377

spherical coordinate system

Records published in ISO 19115-2:2019 but superseded by new entries in ISO 19123-1:2023

Term ID Term

222

grid coordinates

Records published in ISO 19117:2012 but superseded by new entries in ISO 19131:2022

Term ID Term

342

portrayal

Records published in ISO 19123:2005 but superseded by new entries in ISO 19123-1:2023

Term ID Term

83

continuous coverage

99

coverage

100

coverage geometry

141

discrete coverage

221

grid

223

grid point

363

range <coverage>

364

raster

369

referenceable grid

416

solid

Records published in ISO 19126:2009 but superseded by new entries in ISO 19126:2021

Term ID Term

853

feature attribute concept

855

feature concept

856

feature concept dictionary

857

feature operation concept

Records published in ISO 19131:2007 but superseded by new entries in ISO 19131:2022

Term ID Term

110

data product

111

data product specification

Records published in ISO/TS 19139:2007 but superseded by new entries in ISO 19115-3:2023

Term ID Term

840

polymorphism

Records published in ISO 19148:2012 but superseded by new entries in ISO 19148:2021

Term ID Term

1073

linear element

Records published in ISO 19156:2011 but superseded by new entries in ISO 19156:2023

Term ID Term

1442

observation

Records that have been retired

Records published in ISO 6709:2008 but omitted from new edition ISO 6709:2022

Term ID Term

904

resolution <coordinate>

Records published in ISO 19105:2000 but omitted from new edition ISO 19105:2022(E)

Term ID Term

4

abstract test method

5

abstract test module

7

acceptance testing <user>

27

basic test

35

capability test

72

conformance assessment process

77

conforming implementation

166

fail verdict

167

falsification test

237

Implementation eXtra Information for Testing

310

non-conformance

326

pass verdict

329

performance testing

386

robustness testing

440

System Under Test

458

testing laboratory

495

verification test

Records published in ISO 19123:2005 but omitted from new edition ISO 19123-1:2023

Term ID Term

757

geometry value object

758

geometry value pair

257

inverse evaluation<coverage>

Records retired due to the withdrawal (without replacement) of ISO 19125-2:2004

Term ID Term

182

feature table

Records retired due to the withdrawal (without replacement) of ISO 19153:2014

Term ID Term

1206

access control

1207

agency

1208

agent

1210

authentication

1211

authorization

1212

bypass

1213

chain of agency

1214

chain of licence

1215

contract

1216

copyleft

1217

digital licence

1218

digital rights management

1219

expected risk

1220

fair use

1221

general public licence

1222

GeoDRM enabled

1223

GeoDRM extended (applied to resources)

1224

GeoLicence

1225

GeoLicence resolution

1226

GeoLicence infringement

1227

infringement (of a licence)

1228

infringement (of a right)

1229

joint ownership

1230

lease

1231

lend

1232

licence

1233

licence extents

1234

licence manager

1235

licensee

1236

licensing agent

1237

licensor

1240

necessary

1241

owner

1245

principal

1243

payment provider

1244

persistent protection mechanism

1246

protection

1247

provenance

1248

resource <GeoDRM>

1249

remediation

1250

right <GeoDRM>

1251

rights holder

1252

rights management <GeoDRM>

1253

risk

1254

sublicence

1255

sublicensee

1256

sufficient

1257

transaction

1258

trust

Records published in ISO 19156:2011but omitted from new edition ISO 19156:2023*

Term ID Term

1305

observation procedure

1306

observation protocol

1443

sampling feature

Records published in ISO 19157:2013 but omitted from new edition ISO 19157-1:2023*

Term ID Term

1291

catalogue

Other updates

Math

  • Definitions with math for the first time is now incorporated into the MLGT. Math elements are properly reflected in the online version of ISO/TC 211 MLGT.

Registry metadata updates

Language statistics

At present, the Glossary is available in the following languages.

  • Arabic (684 Terminology Records)

  • Chinese (479 Terminology Records)

  • Danish (206 Terminology Records)

  • Dutch (76 Terminology Records)

  • English (1302 Terminology Records)

  • Finnish (482 Terminology Records)

  • French (479 Terminology Records)

  • German (617 Partially Translated Terminology Records)

  • Japanese (151 Terminology Records)

  • Korean (936 Terminology Records)

  • Malay (324 Terminology Records)

  • Polish (251 Terminology Records)

  • Russian (941 Terminology Records)

  • Spanish (1069 Terminology Records including term equivalents)

  • Swedish (681 Translated Terminology Records)

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Convener, Terminology Maintenance Group
rplews@tc211tmg.org
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