ISO 19165-1:2018


CITS Geospatial data - Specification for digital geospatial data records archiving


Archival Information Package (AIP)

The E-ARK Archival Information Package (AIP) specification describes the pan-European standard for packaging data and metadata for long-term storage based on the Common Specification for Information Packages and extends it with aspects relevant for the long-term storage.

Geospatial CITS

CITS Geospatial data contains the specification for geospatial data export using the EC's INSPIRE directive as the basis. The specification describes the use of the INSPIRE directive and a possible way of describing the information.

The specificationcan be downloaded from the GitHub initiative.

More information about the AIP, CITS Geospatial, and the Common Specification for Information Packages (CSIP) can be found at the Digital Information LifeCycle Interoperability Standards Board website.


Geo IP example

Geodata Information Package example (Source: ISO 19165-1:2018).