This page describes the methodology by which data sets are characterized in terms of templates. Holding Notes This page will refer to and furrher document the IDS Mapping Methodology, and the process by which short-cuts templates are selected to enable characterization of an arbitrary external data set (or schema definition of such a set) in terms of ISO15926. This page will therefore also document the short-cut / short-hand template model implied by that methodology. This page will refer to the definitions of those specific templates documented on other pages.