IPL Characteristics and Capabilities
- Standards-Based system within the United States Imagery and Geospatial Information System (USIGS) that supports migration to open architectures and ensures interoperability
- GIAS USIGS Interoperability Profile (UIP)
- USIGS Logical Data Model
- OMG CORBA IIOP specifications
- Object Management Group, Common Object Request Broker Architecture, Internet Inter-Orb Protocols
- NITF 2.0 standards
- Non-proprietary architecture