ISO 19110:2005定义了要素类型编目的方法，并规定了如何将要素类型分类组织到要素目录中，并呈现给一组地理数据的用户。ISO 19110:2005适用于在以前未编目的领域中创建要素类型目录，并修订现有要素目录以符合标准实践。ISO 19110:2005适用于以数字形式表示的要素类型的编目。它的原理可以扩展到其他形式的地理数据的编目。 ISO 19110:2005适用于类型级别的地理特征定义。ISO 19110:2005不适用于每种类型的单个实例的表示，并分别排除了ISO 19107、ISO 19108和未来ISO 19117中规定的空间、时间和描绘模式。 它还排除了要素实例的收集条件。 ISO 19910:2005可作为定义特定应用程序中建模的论述范围的基础，或用于标准化多个应用程序中建模的真实世界特征的一般方面。

ISO 19110:2005 defines the methodology for cataloguing feature types and specifies how the classification of feature types is organized into a feature catalogue and presented to the users of a set of geographic data. ISO 19110:2005 is applicable to creating catalogues of feature types in previously uncatalogued domains and to revising existing feature catalogues to comply with standard practice. ISO 19110:2005 applies to the cataloguing of feature types that are represented in digital form. Its principles can be extended to the cataloguing of other forms of geographic data. ISO 19110:2005 is applicable to the definition of geographic features at the type level. ISO 19110:2005 is not applicable to the representation of individual instances of each type and excludes spatial, temporal, and portrayal schemas as specified in ISO 19107, ISO 19108, and the future ISO 19117, respectively. It also excludes collection criteria for feature instances. ISO 19910:2005 may be used as a basis for defining the universe of discourse being modelled in a particular application, or to standardize general aspects of real world features being modelled in more than one application.