GOLD provides guidance and information concerning data link operations and is intended to facilitate the uniform application of Standards and Recommended Practices contained in Annex 2 Rules of the Air, Annex 10 Aeronautical Telecommunications and Annex 11 Air Traffic Services, the provisions in the Procedures for Air Navigation Services Air Traffic Management (PANS-ATM, Doc 4444) and, when necessary, the Regional Supplementary Procedures (Doc 7030).