Readings from the other desks

Readings from the other desks: cross-references to their editions for the same scope, not copies of them.

In preparation. This chapter is seeded with Nexus Standards’s reading printed in the GCRI edition; Nexus Standards replaces it with its own text when it writes the edition.
Contents
  1. ·Edition home
  2. 1Where standards are needed
  3. 2Adoption findings
  4. 3Domain and industry profiles
  5. 4Conformance and assurance
  6. 5Change scenarios
  7. 6Readings from the other desks
    1. 6.1 Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition
    2. 6.2 Readings from the other desks
    3. 6.3 Contribute to this chapter
  8. 7Standards work programme
  9. 8Crosswalks

6.1Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition

The instruments that shape the systems of Global Earth Observation and Planetary Intelligence, as printed in the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) Systems Evidence edition. Instruments and published guidance that shape the systems in this edition, by status on the retrieval date. Nexus standards drafts used for terms and hazards are cited as preparatory working draft (2026). The edition assesses no one’s compliance.

InstrumentBodyScopeStatusRelevance
Unified Data Policy, Resolution 1 of the Extraordinary Congress [18]WMOglobalADOPTED 2021data exchange
EU Space Act proposal, COM(2025) 335 [25]European CommissionEUPROPOSED 2025space rules
Union Space Programme Regulation [41]European UnionEUIN FORCECopernicus
High-value datasets implementing regulation [42]European CommissionEUIN FORCEopen data
CEOS Analysis Ready Data specifications [20]CEOSglobalPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYinteroperability
ISO 19115-1 geographic metadata [40]ISOglobalPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYmetadata
Guidelines for the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities [44]UN COPUOSglobalPUBLISHED · GUIDANCEorbit sustainability

6.2Readings from the other desks

Cross-references to the other desks’ editions for the same subject, never copies of them.

DeskEditionStateIdentifier
Standards ProgressStandards Progress: Earth Observation and Planetary Intelligence 2026In preparationNR-NXS-GS-12-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
GCRI Systems EvidenceSystems Evidence: Earth Observation and Planetary Intelligence 2026Drafted, in stewardship reviewNR-SECTOR-EO-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public DeliberationOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
GRA Capital ReadinessCapital Readiness: Earth Observation and Planetary Intelligence 2026In preparationNR-GRA-GS-12-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
Academy CapabilityCapability: Earth Observation and Planetary Intelligence 2026In preparationNR-RA-GS-12-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
Index MeasurementOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit

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6.3Contribute to this chapter

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