scope:

Establishes the overview of the international standardization of Geometrical Product Specification (GPS). It explains the concept of GPS andprovides a Masterplan of GPS including the existing standards and standards to be issued in the field which is the responsibility of ISO/TC 3, IS/TC 10/SC 5 and ISO/TC 57. It also mentions GPS standards and standardization activities outside the field of responsibility of the above mentioned technical committees (TCs). This is done in order to give complete information about the status of international GPS standards. The non ISO/TC 3, ISO/TC 10/SC 5 and ISO/TC 57 standards are only referred to as examples and do not intend to be a complete and exhaustive list of complementary GPS standards. This Technical Report provides information to the industrial user of ISO GPS standards and the other TCs within ISO, which are using the content of GPS standards in their international Standards or are producing complementary ISO GPS standards, in order to improve the common understanding and use of GPS.