We consider S-100 more as a general formal requirement rather than a practical challenge. We don’t understand why it is being promoted as a revolutionary transformation, because we can't answer the following questions:

• Ever since geographical coordinates were invented, what makes S-100 so special in solving interoperability problems that have already been addressed?
• In the coming years, human text recognition will reach near 100% accuracy, and AI will substitute most formal human operations. What makes S-100 so promising that it will remain competitive in the long term?
• In the past 10 years, vaccines for COVID and Ebola have been developed, space shuttles have resumed operation, autonomous cars and ships have advanced, AI has become a part of our daily routines, and even Donald Trump was re-elected. S-100 hydrographic standards were initiated more than 20 years ago. What makes this problem several times more demanding than the examples listed above?

We offer an S-100 solution to help Hydrographic Offices (HOs) achieve compliance, but as a natural side effect, we focus on an automated, evolutionary transition that aligns data quality with the reality of autonomous shipping.