Conclusion 
This paper arises naturally out of the deliberations at Mainz and Rio. It should permit our commission to 
take on its role of decision-maker and motivator, and indicate its choice of proposals in the closing 
resolution of the congress. 
Such decisions on general guidelines are essential if the representatives of the national societies and 
organizations are to decide on their level of involvement in the project. We remind the Commission of 
the major choices to make and the areas to consider: 
- type of information to enter in ISPRS-IRS database; 
- |SPRS-IRS database proper (configurations B and C), combination with existing database(s) 
(configuration C), or input to existing system (configuration D); 
- analytical or non-analytical database, indexing thesaurus, indexing language, language for abstract, 
database language; 
- statute for management office, system for reaching agreement and decision; 
- dissemination, products, host; 
- access to source documents; 
- brand (commercial) name for ISPRS-IRS database. 
These decisions, mentioned in the feasibility study, are essential as they affect the future development 
of our project. An overall design study and set of specifications should be formulated so that the various 
operations can be coordinated and dispersed activity avoided. Irrespective of commercial aspects of 
products on the market, our scientific community must be seriously concerned about such coordination, 
this being one of the basic objectives of the ISPRS-IRS. 
Toulouse, March 1988 
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