The Scope clause shall appear at the beginning of each document and shall define without ambiguity the subject of this document and the aspect(s) covered, thereby indicating the limits of applicability the topic being discussed. It shall not contain requirements.
The scope shall be succinct so that it can be used as a summary for bibliographic purposes.
It shall be worded as a series of statements of fact. Forms of expression such as «This OGC® document [specifies] [establishes] [gives guidelines for] [defines terms] …» shall be used.
Statements of applicability of this document shall be introduced by the wording «This OGC® document is applicable to …».
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