Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) is a collaborative effort to create standards for space data.
- Space exploration get funding from governments
- Subjects for mapping in a variety of formats, etc.
Assuming that agreement can be reached on the format for a mission, the question remains how do we integrate that data with articles, books, presentations, data from other missions or sources, and/or analysis of other data?
That agreement is reached on a format for one mission or even one set of data, is just a starting point for a more complicated conversation.