Promote the use of open geospatial formats Providing best-practise guidelines and examples for use of open and free standards for data (GML, WMS, WFS-T) and metadata (Dublin Core, RDF, ISO19115 through ISO19139).

Promote public access to state-collected geodata Lead by example in demonstrating economic value and research activity generated by open access to public geographic information. Run a repository of open geodata A Geodata_Repository shall be hosted by the PGDP. Additionally, links to other open data repostories shall be collected. Present and explain licenses for public geodata The PGDP aims to collect licenses suitable for the publishing of public geodata. The license shall be presented along with a summary of its benefits and focus