Association Objects

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This page describes the Objects of CommonMap.

Objects of the Association (Final Proposal 16 January 2010)

For the benefit of the community:

1. To be a custodian of useful digital models of Earth; where these models:
   1. are made openly available on the Internet for reuse by anyone, without restrictions, other than for this Association to be attributed as the custodian of the models;
   2. are created from contributions made in the spirit of the creative commons.
2. To encourage reuse of these models by:
   1. Making them available in a format that can be implemented without restriction;
   2. Improving their availability through the use of emerging and open technologies;
   3. Welcoming editing and improvements that increase the quality of the models; including:
      1. accuracy;
      2. precision;
      3. coverage;
      4. semantic consistency;
      5. classes of landmark;
      6. integration between individual contributions; and
      7. ease of integration with other geographical products.
   4. Providing the ability to distinguish between the legal designations and observed realities of landmarks (e.g. as-designed vs. as-built).
   5. Undertaking efforts to gain recognition as the preferred supplier of geographical data models, either as standalone products or in conjunction with like minded bodies in other jurisdictions.

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This is the final proposed Rules for the meeting on 16 January 2010. This final proposal evolved from earlier proposals.