SIST EN ISO 19144-2:2024

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2024
Geografske informacije - Klasifikacijski sistemi - 2. del: Metajezik za pokrovnost
(LCML) (ISO 19144-2:2023)
Geographic information - Classification systems - Part 2: Land Cover Meta Language
(LCML) (ISO 19144-2:2023)
Geoinformation - Klassifizierungssysteme - Teil 2: Meta-Beschreibungssprache für
Landbedeckung (ISO 19144-2:2023)
Titre manque - Partie 2: Métalangage de couverture du sol (LCML) (ISO 19144-2:2023)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 19144-2:2023
ICS:
07.040 Astronomija. Geodezija. Astronomy. Geodesy.
Geografija Geography
35.240.70 Uporabniške rešitve IT v IT applications in science
znanosti
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 19144-2
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
December 2023
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 35.240.70
English Version
Geographic information - Classification systems - Part 2:
Land Cover Meta Language (LCML) (ISO 19144-2:2023)
Information géographique - Systèmes de classification - Geoinformation - Klassifizierungssysteme - Teil 2:
Partie 2: Métalangage pour l'occupation des sols Meta-Beschreibungssprache für Landbedeckung (ISO
(LCML) (ISO 19144-2:2023) 19144-2:2023)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 3 April 2023.

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European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 19144-2:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 211
"Geographic information/Geomatics" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 287
“Geographic Information” the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2024, and conflicting national standards shall be
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Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 19144-2:2023 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 19144-2:2023 without any
modification.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 19144-2
Second edition
2023-12
Geographic information —
Classification systems —
Part 2:
Land Cover Meta Language (LCML)
Information géographique — Systèmes de classification —
Partie 2: Métalangage pour l’occupation des sols (LCML)
Reference number
ISO 19144-2:2023(E)
ISO 19144-2:2023(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword . vi
Introduction .viii
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 1
3.1 Terms and definitions . 1
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 4
4 Conformance . 4
4.1 Conformance requirements and testing . 4
4.2 Conformance classes . 4
4.3 Conformance class 1 — Description of a Land Cover classification system . 4
4.4 Conformance class 2 — Comparison of Land Cover classification systems . 4
5 Notation . 4
6 Context . 5
7 Conceptual basis .7
7.1 Definition adopted for Land Cover . 7
7.2 Geometric aspects of classification . 7
7.3 Relationship to Land Use . 8
7.4 LCML approach to class definition . 8
7.4.1 LCML basic principle . 8
7.4.2 Land cover classification system design criteria . 8
7.4.3 General rules for classification . 9
7.4.4 Land cover metalanguage-elements . 9
7.4.5 Layering . . . 9
7.4.6 Packages . 9
8 LCML objects .10
8.1 Overview of LCML objects . 10
8.2 Relation to ISO 19144-1 . 11
8.3 Composition of a LC_LandCover object . 11
8.4 Elements of the LCML metamodel .12
8.5 High level structure .12
8.5.1 High level structure subtypes .12
8.5.2 High level structure classes . .12
8.6 Land Cover Meta Language object structure . 13
8.6.1 Land Cover Meta Language object structure subtypes .13
8.6.2 Land Cover Meta Language object structure classes . 16
8.7 LC_Element . 24
8.7.1 LC_Element subtypes . 24
8.7.2 LC_Element classes.25
8.8 LC_VegetationElement . 25
8.8.1 LC_VegetationElement subtypes . 25
8.8.2 LC_VegetationElement classes . 25
8.9 LC_GrowthForm .26
8.9.1 LC_GrowthForm subtypes . 26
8.9.2 LC_GrowthForm classes . 27
8.10 LC_WoodyGrowthForm .28
8.10.1 LC_WoodyGrowthForm subtypes .28
8.10.2 LC_WoodyGrowthForm classes .
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