Description
This document collates all policies and procedures followed by the IOGP Geodesy Subcommittee for the management of data within the EPSG Dataset. Each chapter describes a separate policy or procedure. Most chapters first provide background information to introduce the topic and to give a historic context. Next, the actual procedural steps or policy items are listed. Some chapters end with a discussion section, elaborating on the dilemmas or consequences of the choices made.
Where a policy is defined in another document the text is copied here and reference given.
The main purpose of this document is to serve as the collective memory for the IOGP Geodesy Subcommittee. Hence, the main audience for this document is the IOGP Geodesy Subcommittee members. It is made publicly available for reasons of transparency, such that users of the Dataset and correspondents that request changes to the Dataset can understand the rules which are followed during data population. Policies that have evolved over time are placed in historic context.