Standardization of Environmental Data and Information Management in the Czech and Slovak Republic

Abstract

Twelve years of Czech and Slovak experiences in standardization of environmental data and information management arising from national and European union legislation are discussed in this paper. The standardization process in both countries (the previous Czechoslovak Republic) began in early nineties of the last century and could only be considered as successful if the proposed standards are accepted and used. When creating Czech and Slovak standards, it had to be assured that, as well as having a good technical solution, it was backed up by motivated users people that feel they really need to have the standards – and who are willing to use them.