The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory A Baseline Assessment to Meet Geospatial Data Act, Federal Data Strategy, and Other Requirements
Federal Geographic Data Committee
August 31, 2020
Contents Introduction ...... 1 Approach ...... 2 Outcomes ...... 2 How to Use this Document ...... 2 Geospatial Data and Metadata Standards ...... 3 Data Standards Categories ...... 5 Data Content Standards Category Definitions ...... 5 Data Exchange Standards Definitions ...... 8 Metadata Standards Categories ...... 9 Metadata Content Standards Category Definitions ...... 9 Metadata Exchange Standards Category Definitions ...... 11 Data and Metadata Standards Sources ...... 13 Appendix A: National, International, FGDC Endorsed, FGDC Under Development, and FGDC Under Review Data Standards ...... 14 NGDA Theme Specific Standards ...... 14 Address Theme ...... 15 Biodiversity and Ecosystems Theme ...... 15 Cadastre Theme ...... 15 Climate and Weather Theme ...... 16 Cultural Resources Theme ...... 16 Elevation Theme ...... 16 Geodetic Control Theme ...... 16 Geology Theme ...... 17 Governmental Units, and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries Theme ...... 17 Imagery Theme ...... 18 Land Use-Land Cover Theme ...... 18 Real Property Theme ...... 19 Soils Theme ...... 19 Transportation Theme ...... 19
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory i Utilities Theme ...... 20 Water-Inland Theme ...... 20 Water-Oceans and Coasts (Including Water-Inland) Theme ...... 20 Data Standards ...... 20 Data Content Standards ...... 20 Data Exchange Standards...... 23 Metadata Standards ...... 23 Metadata Content Standards...... 23 Metadata Exchange Standards ...... 24 Appendix B: Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Standards ...... 25 Data Schema Standards ...... 26 Data Exchange Standards ...... 26 Data Service Standards ...... 27 Appendix C: Assessment Questions ...... 29 Esri Survey123 ...... 29 NGDA Geospatial Standards Inventory Questionnaire ...... 32 DSM Login ...... 32 Before You Start ...... 32 Overview ...... 34 Section One - General Information ...... 34 Section Two - Data Standards ...... 38 Section Three – Metadata Standards ...... 48 Section Four – Final Thoughts ...... 54 Submit ...... 55 Closing Screen ...... 56 Email Confirmation ...... 56 Appendix D: Proprietary Data Exchange Syntax Picklist ...... 57
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory ii Introduction The purpose of this assessment is to build a baseline inventory of data and metadata standards that apply to National Geospatial Data Assets (NGDA). This inventory meets several requirements of the Geospatial Data Act of 20181, the Federal Data Strategy 2020 Action Plan2 for Action 10, and Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 20183. It also furthers the President’s Management Agenda4 goal of "data, accountability, and transparency to provide the tools to deliver visibly better results to the public and hold agencies accountable...".
The Federal Data Strategy (FDS) 2020 Action Plan “identifies initial actions for agencies that are essential for establishing processes, building capacity, and aligning existing efforts to better leverage data as a strategic asset.” Further, these actions facilitate a common federal approach to managing compliance with multiple laws and requirements.
To meet the actions and milestones outlined in the plan, the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) NGDA Portfolio Management Team, the NGDA Theme Community, and the responsible agencies are moving forward to compile information in support of the reporting requirements.
This report details a standardized approach for meeting one of the milestones related to the FDS Action 10: Integrate Geospatial Data Practices into the Federal Data Enterprise – Track NGDAs for implementation of standards. This milestone requires a baseline inventory of standards for all NGDA Datasets. Specifically, this baseline inventory establishes “percentages of NGDAs with: i) metadata standards, ii) established content standards, iii) standards in process, iv) data assets not requiring standards, and v) no established standards.”
The standards inventory will facilitate the assessment of existing standards, schema, and classifications necessary to meet the Geospatial Data Act (GDA) requirement to establish geospatial data standards for each NGDA data theme.
1 https://www.fgdc.gov/gda 2 https://strategy.data.gov/action-plan/ 3 https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4174 4 https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The-President%E2%80%99s-Management- Agenda.pdf
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 1 Approach The first step in assessing the implementation of standards and establishing a baseline inventory for all NGDA is to categorize standards using agreed upon definitions. NGDA Theme Leads and Dataset Managers will apply this information to each NGDA based upon the process outlined below. In the online survey that accompanies this Companion Guide, Dataset Managers will select from a comprehensive list of identified standards described in this document, including the existing FGDC Endorsed Standards, and will provide input on other standards, schema, and classifications in use. Relevant data and information gathered during the 2017 Lifecycle Maturity Assessment (LMA) is also included in this process.
This document is a compilation of reference materials intended to provide clarification on the survey questions and which were used to establish picklists for the online survey tool. It also provides the user with additional resources, references, and examples.
Outcomes The information gathered through a baseline inventory of data and metadata standards will have many uses. Utilizing standards provides a backbone to high quality data and metadata. Standards enhance the transparency and openness (as appropriate) of the data. They allow partners, stakeholders, and end- users to have a clearer understanding of the data and the fitness for use. This understanding is part of a broad strategy outlined in the President’s Management Agenda and meets the requirements of various federal laws.
A baseline inventory of standards will allow decision makers to determine which standards are acceptable for widespread use across similar theme-related data. Some standards cited may be irrelevant, some may be elevated to “required” status, while others may be superseded by newer standards. Understanding metadata standards can increase machine-readability, yielding wider dissemination and use of the data.
Analysis of the inventory will be conducted for each NGDA, NGDA Theme, agency (bureaus, offices, etc.), and department (lead covered agency5 and covered agency6). The analysis will be made available in a public domain report.
How to Use this Document The categories and definitions used for the inventory, and the documented standards will serve as a desktop reference guide for the NGDA Theme Community – Theme Leads, Dataset Managers, Metadata Managers, and other geospatial Subject Matter Experts (SME) – who will participate in the baseline inventory. The geospatial data and metadata standards categories and their definitions will help participants organize information about their NGDA prior to using an online questionnaire. Additional user training and documentation will accompany this reference guide to help participants with the inventory. Users can save their responses and return to the questionnaire to finalize their submission. The Companion Guide can be shared with other SME who are involved with the NGDA for their input.
5 https://www.fgdc.gov/gda/online#the-term-‘‘lead-covered-agency’’-means-a-lead-covered-agency-for 6 https://www.fgdc.gov/gda/online#the-term-‘‘covered-agency’’—means—an-executive-department-as-def
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 2 Geospatial Data and Metadata Standards A “standard” is documentation established by consensus of subject matter experts and approved by a standards authority that provides rules, guidelines, or characteristics for activities or their results7. There are numerous nationally and internationally recognized data and metadata standards. For example, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) develop and maintain many standards. FGDC has also endorsed many standards8. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGCR) also produces open standards that have national and international recognition. There are also proprietary geospatial standards produced by private industry that are widely recognized nationally and internationally. For example, shapefiles (.shp) and computer-aided drawing files (.dwg) represent two standardized data exchange formats developed by the private sector. Federal departments and agencies may also have standards for geospatial data set forth in policy documents, manuals, standard operating procedures, schemas, and classifications systems. For this inventory, geospatial standards are grouped into two major categories:
• Geospatial data standards (henceforth “data standards”) consisting of content standards and data exchange standards that can be read by computer systems.
• Geospatial metadata standards (henceforth “metadata standards”) which provide content information related to data and metadata exchange standards that can be read by computer systems.
7 ISO/IEC Guide 2:2004 8 https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/list
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 3 The following diagram represents data and metadata standards categories:
1 https://www.fgdc.gov/gda 2 https://strategy.data.gov/action-plan/#action-10-integrate-geospatial-data-practices-into-the-federal-data-enterprise
Figure 1. Data and Metadata Standards Categories.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 4 Data Standards Categories The following table provides a general data standards definition along with some relevant references. As noted in Figure 1 above, data standards categories consist of: Data Content Standards and Data Exchange Standards. Those two categories are further broken down and defined in separate sections and tables below. For each table below, references, resources, and/or examples provide the reader with additional information if needed.
Table 1. Data Standards. Data Standards Definition: Data standards are the rules by which data are described and recorded. In order to share, exchange, and understand data, we must standardize the format as well as the meaning. Data standards promote the consistent recording of information and are fundamental to the efficient exchange of information. They provide the rules for structuring information, so that the data entered into a system can be reliably read, sorted, indexed, retrieved, communicated between systems, and shared. They help protect the long-term value of data. References: • https://www.usgs.gov/products/data-and-tools/data-management/data-standards • https://vraweb.org/resources/cataloging-metadata-and-data-management/data-standards-faqs/
Data Content Standards Category Definitions Data content standard categories consist of Structure, Attribute (including Classification Systems), Accuracy, Quality, and Archive Standards. Structure and Attribute standards for NGDA Datasets may have associated schema. The schema represents the formal model or representation of the data content standard used to describe geospatial objects. A general definition of the data content standard is followed by five categories in the following table.
Table 2. Data Content Standards. Data Content Standards Definition: A data record and the relationship of the fields within it. Fields in a record defining the content standard may refer to technical documents intended for use as a rule, guideline, or definition for common and repeated use. The FGDC has endorsed data content standards pertaining to the seven Framework Data Themes: Cadastre, Imagery, Elevation, Geodetic Control, Governmental Units and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries, Water - Inland, and Transportation. References: • https://www.gistandards.eu/gis-standards/ • https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/framework-data-standard Example: Part 1, Cadastral, FGDC-STD-014.1-2008 https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/framework-data- standard/GI_FrameworkDataStandard_Part1_Cadastral.pdf
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 5 Category Description Definition: Spatial data structures describe the rules that are used to represent geographic data in geographic information systems (GIS). Those rules can be represented in models such as UML, GML, or other schemas. The GIS structure standards are representations of objects (points, lines (including networks), polygons, 3D objects, triangular irregular networks, gridded data, raster data, etc.) and elements used to characterize those objects. In a non-GIS dataset, structure may be singular (e.g. Military Grid Reference System) or standardized coordinate pairs (e.g. latitude/longitude) in a table along with other characterization data that can be utilized in a GIS as point structure. Structure standards include models or schema describing elements used to characterize objects (e.g. a database schema). The elements themselves are attributes and may have separate standards, dictionaries, or classification systems associated with each attribute. However, the selection of elements used to characterize an Structure object and the order of the elements are part of the GIS structure used to store Standards the geospatial data, attributes, and associated geometry. References: • https://www.academia.edu/3045247/Spatial_Data_Structures • https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/mission/gis/nation al-address-database/308816/nad-schema-v2.pdf • https://nhd.usgs.gov/userguide.html Example: The National Address database structure is standardized and represented by defined points with associated attribution. In this case, points are the standard structure. In another example, the National Hydrography Dataset utilizes multiple structure standards to represent the dataset and includes line networks to represent water flow, polygons to represent waterbodies, and points to represent gaging stations. Definition: An established list of normalized terms used as data elements to ensure consistency. This can generally be referred to as tabular data associated with the structural representation of a feature in a GIS. Attributes may include controlled vocabularies, subject specific-terminologies, and authorities for names and places. Classification systems are sometimes treated as data attribute standards because their elements can be used as attribute values. The spatial data is the “where” and attribute data can contain information about the “what, when, and why.” Attribute References: Standards • https://www2.archivists.org/glossary/terms/d/data-value-standard • https://vraweb.org/resources/cataloging-metadata-and-data- management/data-standards-faqs/ • https://www.gislounge.com/attribute-data-types-gis/ Example: United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard FGDC-STD-016-2011 Part 2: Address Data Content: https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/address- data/AddressDataContentStandardPart2
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 6 Definition: Data accuracy consists of two parts: spatial accuracy associated with structural standards in a GIS and data content accuracy associated with the attributes. Spatial accuracy: The National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy (NSSDA) implements a statistical and testing methodology for estimating the positional accuracy of points on maps and in digital geospatial data, with respect to georeferenced ground positions of higher accuracy. Data content accuracy: Data accuracy is a component of data quality and refers Accuracy to whether the data values stored for an object are the correct value. For data to Standards be accurate, the data value must be the right value and must be represented in a consistent and unambiguous form. References: https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards- projects/accuracy/part3/chapter3 https://x-author.com/blog/data-accuracy-guide/ Example: Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards, Part 3: National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy, FGDC-STD-007.3-1998 https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/accuracy/part3/chapter3 Definition: Data quality can be defined as the degree to which a set of characteristics of data fulfills requirements. Example characteristics are completeness, validity, accuracy, consistency, availability and timeliness. Quality References: Standards • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_quality#cite_note-11 • ISO 9000:2015: https://www.iso.org/standard/45481.html Example: INCITS/ISO 19157:2013[2014] Geographic information -- Data quality https://webstore.ansi.org/Standards/INCITS/INCITSISO1915720132014 Definition: The Electronic Records Archives (ERA) is the National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) system that allows Federal agencies to perform critical records transactions with NARA online. ERA is designed to preserve and Archive manage NARA’s electronic records and to manage the lifecycle of records and Standards other holdings, including support for records retention schedules and the accessioning process for all Federal records. Reference: https://www.archives.gov/files/records-mgmt/pdf/what-is-era.pdf
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 7 Data Exchange Standards Definitions Data exchange standards categories consist of Exchange (Transfer, Syntax), and Service (Distribution) standards. A general data exchange standards definition is followed by the two categories in the following table.
Table 3. Data Exchange Standards. Data Exchange Standards Definition: The success of shared cataloging is due in part to the adoption of cataloging standards but is also due to the development of effective data communication/record interchange standards and protocols. These standards, which define the technical framework for exchanging information, work between systems - either within a single institution or among varied systems in multiple institutions. Many standards now have schemas which allow them to be expressed and transmitted or exchanged in XML. An XML schema describes the elements and attributes of the standard, and the grammatical rules or syntax used. Reference: https://vraweb.org/resources/cataloging-metadata-and-data-management/data- standards-faqs/ Category Description Definition: Data exchange (Transfer, Syntax) refers to geospatial information formatted, coded, and/or encoded in such a way that a program or application can recognize, read, and use the data. Data transfer is the process of taking data structured under a source schema and transforming it into a new target schema, so that the resulting data is an accurate representation of Exchange (Transfer, the source data. Data transfer and syntax standards allow data to be shared Syntax) Standards between different computer systems and programs. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_exchange Example: United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard FGDC-STD-016-2011 Part 5: Address Data Exchange https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/address- data/AddressDataStandardPart05 Definition: Data services are web services used to handle the programming logic for data virtualization that allow an application to retrieve and manipulate data without requiring technical details about the data. References: Service (Distribution) https://www.informatica.com/services-and-training/glossary-of-terms/data- Standards services-definition.html#fbid=VJJFV-WbxlC https://searchdatamanagement.techtarget.com/definition/data-virtualization Example: ISO 19119:2016 Geographic information — Services https://www.iso.org/standard/59221.html
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 8 Metadata Standards Categories Metadata standards categories consist of Metadata Content Standards and Metadata Exchange Standards. The following table provides a general metadata standards definition. The two categories are further broken down and defined in separate sections and tables below.
Table 4. Metadata Standards. Metadata Standards Definition: Metadata provides descriptive information about the data elements within an associated dataset. Metadata offer a simple way to find geospatial data. Metadata standards provide a structure for creating and organizing metadata using consistent terminology for catalogs and global searches. Structured metadata standards allow machines and humans to search elements of the data through the metadata. Reference: www.gistandards.eu
Metadata Content Standards Category Definitions Metadata content standards categories consist of CSDGM, ISO (ISO as a category has been separated into recent past and current standards), and POD V1.1 JSON files (technically not a geospatial metadata standard). A general metadata content standards definition is followed by the three metadata categories in the following table.
Table 5. Metadata Content Standards. Metadata Content Standards Definition: Schemas developed by a user community to enable the best possible description of a resource type for their needs. The development of such schemas tends to be controlled through community consensus combined with formal processes for submission, approval, and publishing of new elements. Reference: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/briefing-papers/standards-watch-papers/what-are- metadata-standards Category Description Definition: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) was developed by the FGDC to define content requirements needed for users to determine what data are available, to evaluate the fitness of the data for use, CSDGM to access the data, and to transfer and process the data. Reference: https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/metadata/base- metadata/v2_0698.pdf Definition: Defines the schema required for describing geographic information and services by means of metadata. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal ISO 19115-1:2014 aspects, the content, the spatial reference, the portrayal, distribution, and other properties of digital geographic data and services. Reference: https://www.iso.org/standard/53798.html
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 9 Definition: Extends the ISO 19115:2003 geographic metadata standard by defining the schema required for describing imagery and gridded data. It provides information about the properties of the measuring equipment used to acquire the data, the geometry of the measuring process employed by the equipment, and the production process used to digitize the raw data. This ISO 19115-2:2009 extension defines metadata needed to describe the derivation of geographic information from raw data, including the properties of the measuring system, and the numerical methods and computational procedures used in the derivation. Reference: https://www.iso.org/standard/39229.html Definition: Defines the schema required for describing geographic information and services. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal schema, spatial reference, and ISO 19115:2003 distribution of digital geographic data. THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN REVISED BY ISO 19115-1:2014. Reference: https://www.iso.org/standard/26020.html Definition: Defines the methodology for cataloguing feature types. This document specifies how feature types can be organized into a feature catalog ISO 19110:2016 and presented to the users of a set of geographic data. NOTE: XML implementation schema is included within the standard. Reference: https://www.iso.org/standard/57303.html Definition: Establishes the principles for describing the quality of geographic data. It defines components for describing data quality; specifies components and content structure of a register for data quality measures; describes ISO 19157:2013 general procedures for evaluating the quality of geographic data; and establishes principles for reporting data quality. Reference: https://www.iso.org/standard/32575.html Definition: Defines the conceptual schema for the description of referencing by coordinates. It describes the minimum data required to define coordinate ISO 19111: reference systems. ISO 19111 is used to represent coordinate reference 2007/2019 systems that are not represented by a reference system identifier, e.g. EPSG. Reference: https://www.iso.org/standard/41126.html Note: INCITS/ANSI approval for ISO 19111:2019 is pending at this time. Definition: Project Open Data metadata schema that describes Federal agency requirements for the development of metadata per the Open Data POD v1.1 Policy. Note: This is technically not a geospatial metadata standard. Reference: https://resources.data.gov/resources/dcat-us/
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 10 Metadata Exchange Standards Category Definitions Metadata exchange standards categories consist of CSDGM, ISO (ISO as a category has been separated into recent past and current standards), and POD V1.1 JSON files (technically not a geospatial metadata standard). A general metadata exchange standards definition is followed by the three metadata categories in the following table.
Table 6. Metadata Exchange Standards. Metadata Exchange Standards Definition: Metadata exchange standards translate metadata content into a standardized extensible markup language (XML) that can be readily interpreted by machines and humans. Reference: www.gistandards.eu Category Description Definition: The technical framework for exchanging metadata CSDGM XML information between systems. Reference: https://www.fgdc.gov/schemas/metadata/ Definition: An integrated Extensible Markup Language (XML) implementation of content standards ISO 19115-1 and ISO 19115-3:2016 19115-2. It utilizes Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) to transform the content standard to XML. Reference: https://www.iso.org/standard/32579.html Definition: The Geography Markup Language (GML) is an XML grammar for expressing geographical features. GML serves as a modeling language for geographic systems as well as an open interchange format for geographic transactions on the Internet. As with most XML based grammars, there are two parts to the 19136-1:2020 grammar – the schema that describes the document and the instance document that contains the actual data. A GML document is described using a GML Schema. This allows users and developers to describe generic geographic data sets that contain points, lines, and polygons. Reference: https://www.iso.org/standard/75676.html Definition: Geographic metadata (GMD) XML encoding of a 19139:2007 schema implementation derived from ISO 19115. Reference: https://www.iso.org/standard/32557.html Definition: Geographic metadata (GMD) XML encoding of a 19139-2:2012 schema implementation derived from ISO 19115-2. Reference: https://www.iso.org/standard/57104.html Definition: Data quality encoding XML schema derived from ISO 19157:2013 and the data quality related concepts from ISO 19157-2:2016 19115‑2. Reference: https://www.iso.org/standard/66197.html
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 11 Definition: A lightweight data exchange format based on a subset of the JavaScript programming language and optimized for data interchange. JSON is built on two structures: (1) a collection of POD V1.1 JSON name/value pairs and (2) an ordered list of values. JSON key names are directly drawn from DCAT, with a few exceptions. Note: This is technically not a geospatial metadata standard. Reference: https://resources.data.gov/resources/dcat-us/
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 12 Data and Metadata Standards Sources Categories of data and metadata standards sources, for the purpose of meeting milestones related to the Federal Data Strategy Action 10, are provided below. These sources provide a baseline of standards (data content and exchange, and metadata content and exchange) information related to each of the 176 (as of July 2020) NGDA Datasets. They fall into several categories as listed in the following table.
Table 7. Data and Metadata Standards Sources. Content Standard Description Source National and National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 International The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) Federal Spending Transparency Data Standards American National Standards Institute (ANSI) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Other national and international standards FGDC FGDC Endorsed or Under Development Standards: https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/list Standards under Review: https://www.fgdc.gov/standards FGDC endorses and catalogs standards in use but does not created standards. Many of the standards listed by FGDC are national and international standards Open Geospatial 167 Standards: https://www.opengeospatial.org/standards Consortium (OGC) Proprietary Numerous software-specific and proprietary geospatial data, image, compression, database, and related formats. Examples include: Esri: https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-data- interoperability/supported-formats MapInfo: https://www.pitneybowes.com/us/support/products/software/mapinfo-pro- support.html AutoCAD: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn- explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/AutoCAD-drawing-file-format.html Bentley: https://www.bentley.com/en/products/brands/opencities-map Classification Numerous Federal agency publications and manuals particular to a dataset Systems Department/Agency Federal agency policies, manuals, and documents that structure geospatial Policies data, data content, and metadata content particular to a dataset Federal Law Standards defined by law for a specific dataset
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 13 Appendix A: National, International, FGDC Endorsed, FGDC Under Development, and FGDC Under Review Data Standards As described throughout this document, the standards being gathered from the NGDA Themes will provide a baseline inventory with the objective of meeting GDA and FDS 2020 Action Plan requirements. The terms “FGDC Endorsed, FGDC Under Development, and FGDC Under Review” in this appendix relate to the body of U.S. and International Standards that the FGDC Standards Working Group previously evaluated as part of their geospatial standardization activities. The baseline inventory will contribute to “identifying anticipated or needed data standards; and developing a plan to originate and implement needed standards with relevant community and international practices” as cited in GDA Section 756.
The tables in this appendix represent the standards located on known national and international standards websites and the FGDC.gov website. FGDC standards have been taken from: 1) the ‘All FGDC Endorsed Standards’ tab and 2) the ‘Under Development’ tab on https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/list, and 3) the ‘Under Review’ category on the main standards page https://www.fgdc.gov/standards. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards have been consolidated in Appendix B.
The information in this appendix has been organized into three categories: NGDA Theme Specific Standards, Data Standards, and Metadata Standards. Where a specific Theme is referenced as a keyword in the FGDC Endorsed Standards or Under Development Standards list, it has been categorized in the same manner in the following tables. In addition, Theme Specific Standards tables were supplemented with available informal and formal geospatial policies, guidelines, best practices, specifications, etc. as provided by the Theme community. The more general Data Standards and Metadata Standards tables also follow below. The information found in Appendices A, B, and D will provide the basis for picklists that correspond to related questions in the online assessment questionnaire found in Appendix C.
It is important to understand that the standards categories and related picklists were developed using the best available information from the sources cited. In some cases, the most current version of a standard is not referenced, and the NGDA may be using a newer version. Similarly, the most current version of the standard may be provided in the picklist but the NGDA may use a different version for a variety of reasons. If the particular version of the standard in use with the NGDA is not provided in the picklist, respondents should add it as an “other” response in the textbox provided in the assessment questionnaire tool. These instructions are further detailed in Appendix C and in the online questionnaire.
NGDA Theme Specific Standards Theme specific standards were derived from the keywords provided in the FGDC Standards lists cited above and were supplemented with input from the Theme Community. Theme standards may apply to NGDA within a Theme or an NGDA may utilize a standard outside the NGDA’s Theme. All NGDA Themes will have access to an alphabetized picklist of Theme standards in the survey. Themes may also add their own standards if not provided in the picklist. Theme standards may also include guidelines or other relevant guidance information (e.g. policies, best practices, specifications, glossaries, etc.).
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 14 Address Theme Table 8. Address Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other) United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard FGDC-STD-016-2011 Part 1
Introduction United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard FGDC-STD-016-2011 Part 2:
Address Data Content United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard FGDC-STD-016-2011 Part 3:
Address Data Classification United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard FGDC-STD-016-2011 Part 4:
Address Data Quality United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard FGDC-STD-016-2011 Part 5:
Address Data Exchange United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard FGDC-STD-016-2011 Part 6:
Reference Standards and Specifications United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard FGDC-STD-016-2011 Part 7
Appendices NENA Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) United States Civic Location Data Exchange Format (CLDXF) Standard NENA CLDXF v. 1.0 Standards and Guidelines [U.S. Census Bureau] Minimum and Optimum Address Standards for Puerto Rico [U.S. Census Bureau] Optimal and Minimum Address Data Submission Guidelines for 50 States and D.C. [U.S. Census Bureau] Optimal and Minimal Feature Data Submission Guidelines [U.S. Census Bureau] Optimal Metadata Content Guidelines
Biodiversity and Ecosystems Theme Table 9. Biodiversity and Ecosystems Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other)
National Vegetation Classification Standard (Version 2), FGDC-STD-005-2008 Guidelines FWS Critical Habitat Spatial Data Specifications
Cadastre Theme Table 10. Cadastre Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other)
Cadastral Data Content Standard, FGDC-STD-003
Geographic Information Framework Data Content Standard Part 1, Cadastral, FGDC-STD-014.1-2008
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 15 Climate and Weather Theme Table 11. Climate and Weather Theme Standards. Standards, Best Practices, and Guidelines World Meteorological Organization Standards & Best Practices
Cultural Resources Theme Table 12. Cultural Resources Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other) INCITS 446-2008, Information technology - Identifying Attributes for Named Physical and Cultural Geographic Features (Except Roads and Highways) of the United States, Its Territories, Outlying Areas, and Freely Associated Areas, and the Waters of the Same to the Limit of the Twelve-Mile Statutory Zone FGDC Standards Under Development Cultural Resources Geospatial Data Content Standard (Note: This project was re-scoped to focus on data transfer in 2014. See the linked FGDC page for further details) Guidelines NPS Cultural Resource Spatial Data Transfer Standards: Guidelines for Use and Implementation
Elevation Theme Table 13. Elevation Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other)
Geographic Information Framework Data Content Standard Part 3, Elevation, FGDC-STD-014.3-2008 Lidar Base Specification FGDC Standards Under Development Content Standards for Framework Land Elevation Data
Geodetic Control Theme Table 14. Geodetic Control Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other) Geographic Information Framework Data Content Standard Part 4, Geodetic Control, FGDC-STD-014.4-
2008
INCITS/ISO 6709:2008[R2013] Standard representation of geographic point location by coordinates INCITS/ISO 6709:2008/COR 1:2009 [R2015] Standard representation of geographic point location by
coordinates - Technical Corrigendum 1 ISO 19127:2019 Geographic information — Geodetic register
Standard for a U.S. National Grid, FGDC-STD-011-2001 ISO 19135-1:2015 Geographic information — Procedures for item registration — Part 1: Fundamentals
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 16 ISO 19161-1:2020 Geographic Information - Geodetic references — Part 1: International terrestrial reference system (ITRS)
Geology Theme Table 15. Geology Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other)
Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization, FGDC-STD-13-2006 FGDC Standards Under Development Geologic Data Model
Governmental Units, and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries Theme Table 16. Governmental Units, and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other) Geographic Information Framework Data Content Standard, Part 5: Governmental unit and other
geographic area boundaries, FGDC-STD-014.5-2008
Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes (GENC) Standard Edition 2 National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 31-2009), Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) - Counties/County Equivalents National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 38-2009), Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) -
States/State Equivalents National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 454-2009), Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) - Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Related Geographic Entities National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 455-2009), Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) -
Congressional Districts INCITS 446:2008 - Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) The Office of Management and Budget 2010 Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Unicode 8.0.0 (UTF-8) Policies, Guidelines, and Glossaries OMB Bulletin No. 18-04 OMB Bulletin No. 20-01 (Use going forward - supersedes 18-04) [U.S. Census Bureau] Census Geography Glossary [U.S. Census Bureau] Geographic Areas Reference Manual (GARM) [U.S. Census Bureau] Optimal and Minimal Feature Data Submission Guidelines [U.S. Census Bureau] 2010 PUMA Guidelines [U.S. Census Bureau] 2010 Census Reference Maps File Naming Conventions [U.S. Census Bureau] Block Groups for the 2020 Census-Final Criteria [U.S. Census Bureau] Census Tracts for the 2020 Census-Final Criteria
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 17 [U.S. Census Bureau] Final Urban Area Criteria for the 2010 Census [U.S. Census Bureau] Census County Divisions (CCDs) and Equivalent Entities for the 2020 Census-Final Criteria [U.S. Census Bureau] 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File [U.S. Census Bureau] 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File Appendix A. Geographic Terms and Concepts [U.S. Census Bureau] Census Designated Places (CDPs) for the 2020 Census-Final Criteria [U.S. Census Bureau] American Indian Areas (AIAs) Program for the 2010 Census-Notice of Final Criteria and Guidelines [U.S. Census Bureau] Alaska Native Areas (ANAs) Program for the 2010 Census-Notice of Final Criteria and Guidelines [U.S. Census Bureau] Geospatial Product Metadata Content Standard (Version 1.0)
Imagery Theme Table 17. Imagery Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other) Geographic information Framework Data Content Standard Part 2, Digital Orthoimagery, FGDC-STD-
014.2-2015
GeoTIFF Revision 1.0 INCITS/ISO/IEC 10918-1:1994[R2013] Information Technology - Digital Compression and Coding of
Continuous-Tone Still Images: Requirements and Guidelines (formerly ANSI/ISO/IEC 10918-1-1994) INCITS/ISO/IEC 15444-1:2004 [R2015] Information technology - JPEG 2000 image coding system: Core
coding system
ISO/IEC 13818-2:2000 MPEG 2 - video ISO/IEC 13818-3:1998 Information technology -- Generic coding of moving pictures and associated
audio information -- Part 3: Audio ISO/IEC 15444-1:2004 Technical Corrigendum 1:2007 ISO/IEC 15444-1:2004 Technical Corrigendum 2:2008 JPEG 2000 image coding system: Core coding system
Land Use-Land Cover Theme Table 18. Land Use-Land Cover Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other) INCITS/ISO 19144-1:2009 [R2015] Geographic information - Classification systems - Part 1:
Classification system structure FGDC Standards Under Development Earth Cover Classification Standard
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 18 Real Property Theme Table 19. Real Property Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other) INCITS 446-2008, Information technology - Identifying Attributes for Named Physical and Cultural Geographic Features (Except Roads and Highways) of the United States, Its Territories, Outlying Areas, and Freely Associated Areas, and the Waters of the Same to the Limit of the Twelve-Mile Statutory
Zone
Real Property Asset Data Standard (RPADS), FGDC-STD-019-2014 FGDC Standards Under Development Federal Buildings and Facilities Geospatial Data Content Standard
Soils Theme Table 20. Soils Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other)
Soil Geographic Data Standard, FGDC-STD-006
Transportation Theme Table 21. Transportation Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other)
Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM) 5.1
Federal Trails Data Standards, FGDC-STD-017-2011 Geographic Information Framework Data Content Standard Geographic Information Framework Data Content Standard Part 7: Transportation Base, FGDC-STD-
014.7-2008 Geographic Information Framework Data Content Standard Part 7b: Transportation - Rail, FGDC-STD-
014.7b-2008 Geographic Information Framework Data Content Standard Part 7c: Transportation - Road, FGDC-STD-
014.7c-2008 Geographic Information Framework Data Content Standard Part 7d: Transportation - Transit, FGDC-
STD-014.7d-2008
INCITS/ISO 19132:2007[R2013] Geographic Information - Location-Based Services - Reference Model INCITS/ISO 19133:2005[R2011] Geographic Information - Location-Based Services - Tracking and
Navigation INCITS/ISO 19134:2007[R2012] Geographic Information - Location-Based Services - Multimodal
Routing and Navigation
INCITS/ISO 19135:2005[R2011] Geographic Information - Procedures for Item Registration
INCITS/ISO 19141:2008[R2013] Geographic Information - Schema for Moving Features ISO 14825:2011: Intelligent transport systems — Geographic Data Files (GDF) — GDF5.0
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 19 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Document 791-175: Location Indicators Airline Coding Directory (ACD) and Location Identifiers
Utilities Theme Table 22. Utilities Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other)
Utilities Data Content Standard, FGDC-STD-010-2000
Water-Inland Theme Table 23. Water-Inland Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other)
Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats in the United States, FGDC-STD-004-2013 Geographic information Framework Data Content Standard Part 6, Hydrography, FGDC-STD-014.6-
2008 Geographic information Framework Data Content Standard Part 7e, Transportation - Inland
Waterways, FGDC-STD-014.7e-2008
Wetlands Mapping Standard, FGDC-STD-015-2009 FGDC Standards Under Development Maintenance and Review of the National Wetland Classification Standard
Water-Oceans and Coasts (Including Water-Inland) Theme Table 24. Water-Oceans and Coasts (Including Water-Inland) Theme Standards. Identified Standards (FDGC Endorsed and Other)
Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS), FGDC-STD-018-2012 Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards, Part 5: Standards for Nautical Charting Hydrographic
Surveys, FGDC-STD-007.5-2005 FGDC Standards Under Development Shoreline Data Content Standard
Data Standards
Data Content Standards Table 25. Data Content Standards. Data Content Standards Structure
INCITS/ISO 19107:2003[R2013], Geographic Information - Spatial schema ISO 19107:2019 Geographic information — Spatial schema
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 20 INCITS/ISO 19123:2005[R2011] Geographic information - Schema for coverage geometry and functions ISO 19123:2005 Geographic information — Schema for coverage geometry and functions ISO 19123-2:2018 Geographic information — Schema for coverage geometry and functions — Part 2: Coverage implementation schema ISO 26324:2012 Information and documentation — Digital object identifier system Time-Space-Position Information (TSPI), Version 2.0, (2012-04-05) NENA Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) United States Civic Location Data Exchange Format (CLDXF) Standard NENA CLDXF v. 1.0 ISO 19136-1:2020 Geographic information — Geography Markup Language (GML) — Part 1: Fundamentals ISO 19136-2:2015 Geographic information — Geography Markup Language (GML) — Part 2: Extended schemas and encoding rules INCITS/ISO/IEC 19136:2007 (R2015): Geographic Information - Geography Markup Language (GML) Unified Model Language (UML) 2.5.1 Unified Model Language (UML) 2.2 Structure Accuracy Standards
Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards, Part 1: Reporting Methodology, FGDC-STD-007.1-1998 Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards, Part 2: Standards for Geodetic Networks, FGDC-STD-007.2- 1998 Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards, Part 3: National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy, FGDC-
STD-007.3-1998 Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards, Part 4: Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and
Facilities Management ISO 19111:2019 Geographic Information - Referencing by coordinates
INCITS/ISO 19112:2003[R2014] Geographic information - Spatial referencing by geographic identifiers The Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee (FGCS) BlueBook Structure Schema Standards ISO 19118:2011 Geographic information — Encoding ISO/TS 19103:2005 Geographic information - Conceptual schema language ISO 19103:2015 Geographic information — Conceptual schema language INCITS/ISO 19107:2003[R2013], Geographic Information - Spatial schema ISO 19107:2019 Geographic information — Spatial schema INCITS/ISO 19108:2002[R2013], Geographic information – Temporal schema INCITS/ISO 19108:2002/COR 1:2006[R2015] Geographic information - Temporal schema Technical Corrigendum 1 ISO 19108:2002 Geographic information — Temporal schema ISO 19108:2002/COR 1:2006 Geographic information — Temporal schema — Technical Corrigendum 1 ISO 19109:2005 Geographic information - Rules for application schema
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 21 ISO 19109:2015 Geographic information - Rules for application schema INCITS/ISO 19123:2005[R2011] Geographic information - Schema for coverage geometry and functions ISO 19123:2005 Geographic information — Schema for coverage geometry and functions ISO 19123-2:2018 Geographic information — Schema for coverage geometry and functions — Part 2: Coverage implementation schema ISO 19136-1:2020 Geographic information — Geography Markup Language (GML) — Part 1: Fundamentals ISO 19136-2:2015 Geographic information — Geography Markup Language (GML) — Part 2: Extended schemas and encoding rules INCITS/ISO/IEC 19136:2007 (R2015): Geographic Information - Geography Markup Language (GML) ISO 19148:2012 Geographic information — Linear referencing Unified Model Language (UML) 2.5.1 Unified Model Language (UML) 2.2 Attribute Standards
Hierarchical Data Format V 5.0 (HDF 5)
INCITS/ISO 19108:2002[R2013], Geographic information – Temporal schema INCITS/ISO 19108:2002/COR 1:2006[R2015] Geographic information - Temporal schema Technical
Corrigendum 1 ISO 19108:2002 Geographic information — Temporal schema ISO 19108:2002/COR 1:2006 Geographic information — Temporal schema — Technical Corrigendum 1
INCITS/ISO 19110:2005 [R2015] Geographic information - Methodology for feature cataloguing INCITS/ISO 19111:2007 [R2012] Geographic information - Spatial referencing by coordinates
ISO 19111:2019 Geographic Information - Referencing by coordinates INCITS/ISO 19131:2007/AM1:2011[2012] Geographic information - Data product specifications - Amendment 1: Requirements relating to the inclusion of an application schema and feature catalogue
and the treatment of coverages in an application schema
ISO 19109:2005 Geographic information - Rules for application schema ISO 19109:2015 Geographic information - Rules for application schema
ISO 19131:2007 Geographic information - Data product specifications
ISO/TS 19103:2005 Geographic information - Conceptual schema language ISO 19103:2015 Geographic information — Conceptual schema language Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes (GENC) Standard Edition 2 ISO 3166 Country Codes ISO 3166-1:2013 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country codes ISO/IEC 8859-1:1998 Information technology — 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets — Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1 Unicode® 13.0.0
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 22 Attribute Accuracy Standards
INCITS/ISO 19156:2011[2012] Geographic information - Observations and measurements Quality Standards
INCITS/ISO 19157:2013[2014] Geographic information -- Data quality Archive Standards
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Geospatial Formats
Data Exchange Standards Table 26. Data Exchange Standards. Data Exchange Standards Exchange (Transfer, Syntax) ISO 12639:2004 Graphic technology — Prepress digital data exchange — Tag image file format for
image technology (TIFF/IT) Service (Distribution) INCITS/ISO 19119:2005 [R2015] Geographic information - Services ISO 19119:2016 Geographic information — Services
Metadata Standards
Metadata Content Standards Table 27. Metadata Content Standards. Metadata Content Standards Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata, FGDC-
STD-012-2002 Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Part 1, Biological Data Profile, FGDC-STD-001.1-
1999 Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Part 2, Metadata Profile for Shoreline Data, FGDC-
STD-001.2-2001
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version 2.0), FGDC-STD-001-1998
Content Standard for Digital Orthoimagery, FGDC-STD-008-1999
Content Standard for Remote Sensing Swath Data, FGDC-STD-009-1999 INCITS 453-2009[R2014], Information Technology - North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 -
Geographic Information - Metadata (NAP - Metadata)
INCITS/ISO 19115-1:2014[2014] Geographic information -- Metadata -- Part 1: Fundamentals INCITS/ISO 19115-2:2009[R2014] Geographic information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery
and Gridded Data INCITS/ISO 19115:2003 [R2008] ISO 19115:2003 w/ ISO 19115 Cor. 1:2006 Geographic information - Metadata + Corrigendum 1
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 23 INCITS/ISO 19119:2005/AM 1:2008[R2013] Geographic information -- Services - Amendment 1:
Extensions of the Service Metadata Model
INCITS/ISO 19110:2005[R2015]: Geographic Information - Methodology for Feature Cataloguing
INCITS/ISO 19157:2013[R2019]: Geographic Information - Data Quality ISO 19111:2019 Geographic Information - Referencing by coordinates
INCITS/ISO 19111:2007[R2017]: Geographic Information - Spatial Referencing by Coordinates ISO 26324:2012 Information and documentation — Digital object identifier system
Metadata Exchange Standards Table 28. Metadata Exchange Standards. Metadata Exchange Standards
INCITS/ISO TS 19139:2007 [2015] Geographic Information - Metadata - XML Schema Implementation INCITS/ISO/TS 19139-2:2012[2017]: Geographic information - Metadata - XML Schema Implementation - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data INCITS/ISO/TS 19157-2:2016[2017]: Geographic information - Data quality - Part 2: XML Schema
Implementation FGDC Standards Under Review ISO 19115-3:2016, Geographic information -- Metadata -- Part 3: XML schema implementation for fundamental concepts
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 24 Appendix B: Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Standards The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is an international consortium aimed at growing interoperability for technologies involving spatial information and location. The FGDC works with OGC and other external standards organizations to ensure the best possible technical foundation for data and web services, consistent with standards policies (https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/organization/external- standards-organizations). The FGDC has endorsed some OGC standards as noted in Appendix A. The FGDC ‘Endorsed’ and ‘Under Review’ OGC standards are included in the tables below. Other OGC standards that may be in use by the NGDA Themes are also listed. The tables in this appendix represent OGC standards pertaining to data schema, exchange, and service standards that will be used to develop additional picklists for those categories in the online questionnaire.
OGC standards are technical documents that detail interfaces or encodings. Software developers use these documents to build open interfaces and encodings into their products and services. These standards are the main "products" of the OGC and have been developed by the membership to address specific interoperability challenges. Ideally, when OGC standards are implemented in products or online services by two different software engineers working independently, the resulting components are “plug and play,” that is, they work together without further debugging.
The approved set of standards and documents are identified as a part of the OGC Standards Baseline and/or the OGC Library.
OGC Standards Baseline
• The OGC Standards Baseline is the complete set of OGC Member approved Abstract Specifications and Standards including profiles and extensions, and Community standards.
• A role of the Standards Baseline is to determine consistency with standards.
• Documents in the Baseline are subject to the Technical Committee Policy Directives.
• Deprecated documents are not in the Standards Baseline.
• The OGC Standards Baseline is also known as the OGC Technical Baseline or simply as “OGC Baseline.”
OGC Library
• The OGC Library is the OGC Standards Baseline, OGC Best Practices, OGC Engineering Reports, OGC White Papers, OGC Discussion Papers, OGC Policies and Procedures, and the OGC Reference Model (ORM).
OGC maintains two tracks of standards: 1) the Full standard track and 2) the Community standard track. For purposes relevant to this document, the Full standard track is summarized below.
The Full standard track is a consensus process to develop and approve a standard inside the OGC Technical Committee. In this track, a Standards Working Group is created, and that group writes the standard and supports the approval process. There are two levels in this track:
1. OGC standard: this is the traditional OGC standard resulting in an implementable and testable standard or a conceptual model from which implementation standards can be developed; and
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 25 2. OGC standard with Compliance Suite: this is an OGC standard with a proven ability to be implemented. To reach this level, an OGC standard must have at least three reference implementations and there must be an OGC Compliance Program compliance test suite for all mandatory features of the standard.
The following three tables include OGC Data Schema, Exchange, and Service standards. There may be some duplication of standards across the tables as they may apply to more than one category or questionnaire response picklist.
Data Schema Standards Table 29. Data Schema Standards. OGC Endorsed Data Schema Standards
Observations and Measurements
SWE Common Data Model
SWE Service Model
Sensor Model Language Geography Markup Language Encoding Standard (GML) CityGML GML in JPEG 2000 IndoorGML LandInfra/InfraGML
Data Exchange Standards Table 30. Data Exchange Standards. OGC Endorsed Data Exchange Standards
3D Tiles
3dP
ARML2.0
Cat: ebRIM App Profile: Earth Observation Products
CDB
CityGML
Coordinate Transformation
Filter Encoding
GML in JPEG 2000
GeoAPI
GeoPackage
GeoSciML
GeoSPARQL
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 26 Geography Markup Language
GeoRSS
Geospatial eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (GeoXACML)
GeoTIFF
GroundwaterML
HDF5
i3s
IndoorGML
KML
LandInfra/InfraGML
LAS
Moving Features
NetCDF
OpenMI
OpenSearch for EO
OpenSearch Geo
PipelineML
PubSub
PUCK
SensorThings
Simple Features
Simple Features CORBA
Simple Features OLE/COM
Simple Features SQL
Styled Layer Descriptor
Symbology Encoding
TimeseriesML (tsml)
Two Dimensional Tile Matrix Set
WaterML
WKT CRS
Data Service Standards Table 31. Data Service Standards. OGC Endorsed Data Service Standards
Catalogue Service
Geospatial User Feedback (GUF)
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 27 Location Services (OpenLS)
OGC API - Features
Open GeoSMS
Ordering Services Framework for Earth Observation Products
OWS Context
OWS Security
Sensor Observation Service Sensor Planning Service
Table Joining Service
Web Coverage Processing Service
Web Coverage Service
Web Feature Service
Web Map Context
Web Map Service
Web Map Tile Service
Web Processing Service
Web Service Common
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 28 Appendix C: Assessment Questions As previously stated, the questions outlined below have been developed to answer Action 10 of the Federal Data Strategy Action Plan 2020: “determine the percentage of National Geospatial Asset (NGDA) that utilize standards for data and metadata” and to provide input into the work on “assessing existing standards” required by the GDA SEC. 756(b)(3)(A). Following consensus on the questions and clarifying information cited in this document (e.g. definitions, references, picklists, etc.), a corresponding online questionnaire was developed to facilitate data collection and subsequent analysis to meet reporting requirements. This appendix provides background information, important instructions, and a full copy of the online questionnaire itself.
Esri Survey123 The online questionnaire is built using an instance of Esri Survey123 through the GeoPlatform enterprise account for Esri ArcGIS Online (AGOL). The questionnaire is tied to a token specific to each NGDA. A token will be emailed to the NGDA Dataset Manager which allows access to the questionnaire for the NGDA associated with the token. If an NGDA Dataset Manager is responsible for more than one NGDA, they will receive an individual email and token for each NGDA under their responsibility. This is a collaborative process in which input from colleagues and subject matter experts may be gathered in advance to provide complete responses to the questionnaire. However, only one person - the Dataset Manager or their designee - should possess the token and enter responses into the questionnaire tool. Limiting access to the online tool increases the overall level of security for the responses and ensures responses are not accidently altered or deleted by another individual. This Companion Guide may be distributed to other subject matter experts who work with the NGDA to gather their input prior to entering information into the online survey.
The questionnaire is arranged in four major sections: General Information, Data Standards, Metadata Standards, and Concluding Thoughts. All questions are meant to be answered with a ‘Yes’, ‘No’, or ‘Yes/Other’ response with opportunities for providing additional detail for each of the responses as required. In general, ‘Yes’ responses have associated picklist(s). The ‘Yes/Other’ response option has up to three textboxes to describe any other information or standard(s) not found in the picklist. A ‘No’ response has a textbox to briefly explain why there is no applicable information or standard for a particular category/subcategory. Note that you can choose both ‘Yes’ and ‘Yes/Other’ to select responses in the picklist(s) and add additional information in the ‘Yes/Other’ textboxes as needed.
While the questionnaire section in this appendix closely mirrors the content found in the online questionnaire, the survey presents a simplified version in some instances. The questions and response options are the same, but this Guide also provides some additional clarifying statements for further instructions and context.
Important notes: • It is important to look through all the standards picklists in Appendices A, B, and D regardless of how they are categorized. Some standards may apply to more than one category, and they may not be duplicated across the picklists. If a picklist provided for a survey question does not include the appropriate standard needed, please add it under the ‘Yes/Other’ response option per the instructions below. • You can also use the NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist spreadsheet located on the GeoPlatform NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory Quicklinks page (https://communities.geoplatform.gov/ngda-portfolio/ngda-baseline-standards-inventory/).
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 29 • Please be aware that a category picklist may include both older and newer versions of a standard; it will be important to select the version in use. If the particular version used with the NGDA is not listed, please add it in the ‘Yes/Other’ response textbox.
What to Consider for ‘Yes/Other’ Responses The level of detail you provide in ‘Yes/Other’ responses will help inform FGDC and stakeholders of methods used to collect data, and the standards employed to ensure that the data is consistent, of high quality, and can be accessed by others with a need to utilize the dataset or collect similar data.
Under the ‘Yes/Other’ response option, consider adding the following - in order of significance: • National and international standards not in the ‘Yes’ picklist that are utilized for the NGDA. • Departmental, bureau, or office standards used to develop a consistent GIS. • Standards internal to the dataset. For example, standards for domain values that consistently attribute certain fields within a dataset. • Different version of the standard in use. For example, an older or more recent version than the standard provided in the picklist.
The overall purpose of adding standards you consider relevant is to better inform stakeholders and end- users in determining fitness for use or data collectors who may want to integrate their data in a consistent manner. This information will help determine if standards may be required in the future to further codify the NGDA for greater transparency and accountability.
‘Yes/Other’ Examples To add ‘Yes/Other’ entries and to make those entries easier for machine analysis, each entry follows the same logic and syntax throughout. For a given ‘Yes/Other’ entry, there are two to three parts. Each part is separated with a comma.
Important note: Removing commas from the title or reference will assist in machine sorting of the entries. Commas should only be included to separate the parts as shown below.
If there is more than one ‘Yes/Other’ entry, another textbox will appear once you start entering information into the first textbox. This process can accommodate up to three ‘Yes/Other’ entries. If you have more than three entries, please email them to [email protected].
A complete entry includes: • The title of a document (part one), and • A Uniform Resource Locator (URL, web address, link) to the document (part two) • In some instances, the level of the document within an agency (part three)
In the following example, there are two complete ‘Yes/Other’ entries. Each entry has commas between parts (noted in red for emphasis). In this example of two ‘Yes/Other’ entries added by the respondent, the following reference is used: https://www.nps.gov/gis/data_info/nps_standards.html.
National Park Service Geospatial Data Policies and Standards, https://www.nps.gov/GIS/data_info/documents/5npsPolicyStandards.pdf, bureau
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 30 Digital Photo Metadata Standard, https://www.nps.gov/gis/data_info/documents/NPS_DPMS.zip, bureau
An incomplete entry is missing one or two of the parts above (title, URL, or level). If a part is missing, use the word ‘none’ to replace the missing part separated by a comma. If the is more than one entry another ‘Yes/Other’ textbox will appear to add additional ‘Yes/Other’ entries.
In this example, there are two incomplete ‘Yes/Other’ entries. Each entry has commas between parts (noted in red for emphasis). In this instance, one of the parts (the URL) is missing and the word ‘none’ is entered. This example uses the following reference: https://www.nps.gov/gis/data_info/fed_standards.html.
GIS (Geographic Information System) Data Specifications for Resource Mapping Inventories and Studies (note: commas removed from title), none, bureau
DOI Enterprise Architecture Geospatial Modernization Blueprint, none, department
Accessing the Questionnaire for Each NGDA
The first steps will be for the Dataset Manager (DSM) or designee to review the instructions in the READ ME FIRST file to ensure access to the GeoPlatform ArcGIS Online (AGOL) organization, request Federal Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) User status, and log in to the questionnaire using the survey link and unique NGDA token provided in an email from [email protected].
Dataset Managers with multiple NGDA
A unique token is associated with each NGDA. If you are responsible for more than one NGDA, you will receive multiple tokens, each associated with a specific NGDA. You must complete and successfully submit one survey at a time before beginning the next one. Refer to the READ ME FIRST file for further instructions.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 31 NGDA Geospatial Standards Inventory Questionnaire
DSM Login Please enter the assigned token to access your NGDA questionnaire: [Textbox for token]
Before You Start The purpose of this questionnaire is to build a baseline inventory of data and metadata standards being used by National Geospatial Data Assets (NGDAs). This inventory will assist in meeting parts of the Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (GDA), the Federal Data Strategy 2020 Action Plan Action 10, and Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018.
Additional resources can be found in the NGDA Portfolio Community under NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory. If you have any questions or concerns before, during, or after filling out the questionnaire, please contact the [email protected]. The following information will be helpful for navigating and completing the questionnaire.
• Familiarize yourself with The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory and the NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist.
o Use these documents as workbooks and resources for questionnaire preparation. o Print them out and mark them up or highlight parts as an aid for responding to questions. o Taking this approach will help you predetermine responses embedded in picklists (picklists often consist of ‘select all that apply’ with a dropdown menu of complex standards with long names).
Questions are arranged in four major sections: General Information, Data Standards, Metadata Standards, and Concluding Thoughts. Each section has a brief introduction that describes the questions for each category within the section. Questions with an asterisk (*) indicate required responses. Questions are generally arranged for one of the following responses:
• Yes – ‘Yes’ responses generally consist of a picklist. The picklist may be a single response or in some cases ‘all that apply’ responses. There may be one or multiple picklists for a question. For example, a question may have options to select from FGDC, OGC, and proprietary standards picklists.
• Yes/Other – ‘Yes/Other’ responses are generally text boxes to provide a reference to a document, category, standard, etc. followed by a URL. Enter only one response per textbox. When you start typing in one textbox, another textbox will appear for up to three textboxes to add ‘Yes/Other’ responses. If you have more than three ‘Yes/Other’ responses, email the [email protected] to provide additional responses.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 32 Important Note: ‘Yes/Other’ responses need to be formatted as follows:
• Each part of a reference will be separated by a comma (e.g. title, URL, agency) • Remove commas from titles to assist in machine sorting of the data
• You may select both ‘Yes’ and ‘Yes/Other’ if some of the picklist options apply but you have other references you want to include under ‘Yes/Other.’
• No – ‘No’ responses are generally textboxes to provide a brief explanation and, in a few cases, there are picklists.
Saving Your Responses
Your responses are saved to your browser -- and provided you do not clear your cookies and site data, you can return to the questionnaire at any time to continue or go back and make changes. Once the questionnaire is complete, you will click the ‘submit’ button at the end to save it to the database. Once the survey is submitted:
• If you have not answered all questions, the incomplete questions will be flagged for completion. • If you have successfully completed all questions, you will be presented a confirmation page. You will also receive an email confirmation with a summary of your responses. • After the initial submittal, you can supplement or change responses and resubmit as often as needed until the conclusion of the questionnaire period. Further information on editing submitted responses is provided on the confirmation page and in the confirmation email.
Let’s get started!
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 33 Overview
Why is FGDC Collecting This Information? The NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory is being collected to:
• Meet FGDC reporting requirements for Federal Data Strategy 2020 Action Plan Action 10. • Create consistency in reporting across agencies, reducing the need for each agency to collect information and develop their own reporting schema. • Allow a single set of standards to be consistently reported through agencies as part of GDA reporting requirements. • Provide FGDC agencies with insights and common responses to other laws as they relate to geospatial data standards.
The responses to the following questions will provide insights to lead covered agencies and covered agencies (see Geospatial Data Act of 2018 - Section 752 Definitions) for GDA annual reporting, specifically towards:
• Lead Covered Agencies: Annual performance reports require information to address GDA Sec 756(b)(3)(A), “facilitate the development and implementation of geospatial data standards for the National Geospatial Data Asset data theme.” • Covered Agencies: Sec 759(a)(6), “use the geospatial data standards, including the standards for metadata for geospatial data, and other appropriate standards, including documenting geospatial data with the relevant metadata and making metadata available through the GeoPlatform.” By providing a response for each NGDA Dataset, the results for all NGDA within the theme and department can be aggregated for reporting and use in future assessments of existing standards and needs.
Section One - General Information
What Information is FGDC Collecting Related to This Section? Question one asks you to confirm the specific NGDA being reported. Questions two and three will provide insights on the data standards policies, directives, and guidelines in use by agencies, bureaus, or offices. This will inform GDA reporting and allow available, relevant guidance and documentation to be shared with data managers in other agencies, bureaus, or offices.
Question: Q1: Please verify this is the National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) title associated with the NGDA. Clarifying Use the reference below to verify the official NGDA title. Statement: Reference: https://communities.geoplatform.gov/ngda-portfolio/ngda-portfolio/ Question Yes: The official NGDA title is correct. Options: No: Textbox - Please correct the NGDA title if it is different than the title in the official list. If the NGDA is not associated with the dataset manager or agency, please stop and contact [email protected].
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 34
Question: Q2: Has your agency established policies, directives, or guidelines related to geospatial data standards that apply to this NGDA? Clarifying 1. For this questionnaire, ‘agency’ includes all levels, such as department, agency, Statement: bureau, office, branch etc. 2. The term ‘policies, directives, or guidelines’ includes both singular or plural forms (e.g. policy or policies) and may include laws, standard operating procedures, specifications, etc. specific to your NGDA. 3. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select policies, directives, or guidelines from the picklist and enter references for any not included in the picklist. 4. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please email them to [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. reference title, URL, and agency name separated by a comma): reference title, URL, agency name b. Incomplete references (e.g. reference title, URL, and/or agency name is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o none, URL, agency name o reference title, none, agency name o reference title, URL, none c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts. Reference: The Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (https://www.fgdc.gov/gda) Question Yes: Picklist - Please select the policies, directives, or guidelines (select all that apply): Options: NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist (Tab Q2). Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No/I don’t know: Textbox - Please explain why the agency does not have geospatial data standards policies, directives, or guidelines.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 35 Question: Q2a. Does this NGDA use agency policies, directives, or guidelines related to geospatial data standards? Clarifying 1. For this questionnaire, ‘agency’ includes all levels, such as department, agency, Statement: bureau, office, branch etc. 2. The term ‘policies, directives, or guidelines’ incudes both singular or plural forms (e.g. policy or policies) and may also include specific laws, standard operating procedures, specifications, etc. Reference: The Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (https://www.fgdc.gov/gda) Question Yes: Picklist - Pick the best response: Options: • NGDA has implemented and adheres to all applicable agency policies, directives, or guidelines. • NGDA is in the process of implementing agency policies, directives, or guidelines. • NGDA has implemented some but not all applicable policies, directives, or guidelines. No: Textbox - Please explain why the NGDA does not have or use agency policies, directives, or guidelines for data standards.
Question: Q3: Has your agency established policies, directives, or guidelines related to geospatial metadata standards that apply to this NGDA? Clarifying 1. For this questionnaire, ‘agency’ includes all levels, such as department, agency, Statement: bureau, office, branch etc. 2. The term ‘policies, directives, or guidelines’ incudes both singular or plural forms (e.g. policy or policies) and may also include specific laws, standard operating procedures, etc. 3. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select policies, directives, or guidelines from the picklist and enter references for any not included in the picklist. 4. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please email them to [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. reference title, URL, and agency name separated by a comma): reference title, URL, agency name b. Incomplete references (e.g. reference title, URL, and/or agency name is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o none, URL, agency name o reference title, none, agency name o reference title, URL, none c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts. Reference: The Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (https://www.fgdc.gov/gda)
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 36 Question Yes: Picklist - Please select the policy, directive, or guideline (select all that apply): Options: NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist (Tab Q3). Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No: Textbox - Please explain why the agency does not have or use metadata standards policies, directives, or guidelines.
Question: Q3a: Does this NGDA use agency policies, directives, or guidelines related to geospatial metadata standards? Clarifying 1. For this questionnaire, ‘agency’ includes all levels, such as department, agency, Statement: bureau, office, branch etc. 2. The term ‘policies, directives, or guidelines’ incudes both singular or plural forms (e.g. policy or policies) and may also include specific laws, standard operating procedures, etc. Reference: The Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (https://www.fgdc.gov/gda) Question Yes: Picklist (pick the best response): Options: • NGDA has implemented and adheres to all applicable agency policies, directives, or guidelines. • NGDA is in the process of implementing agency policies, directives, or guidelines. • NGDA has implemented some but not all applicable agency policies, directives, or guidelines. No: Textbox - Please explain why the NGDA does not use geospatial metadata standards policies, directives, or guidelines.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 37 Section Two - Data Standards
What Information is FGDC Collecting Related to This Section?
Questions four through eleven are related to the geospatial data standards and data exchange standards used by the NGDA.
To simplify the collection and enhance reporting of this information, data standards have been split into categories to allow respondents to more precisely provide standards being used.
Question: Q4: Are there geospatial data standards applied to this NGDA? Clarifying 1. Consider the NGDA as a whole when answering this question. Statement: 2. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select geospatial data standards from the picklist and enter references for any not included in the picklist. 3. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please email them to [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. both category and URL separated by a comma): category, URL b. Incomplete references (e.g. URL is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o category, none o none, URL c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts. Reference: Data Standards Categories Question Yes: Picklist - Please select data standard categories (select all that apply): Options: • Structure • Attribute • Accuracy • Quality • Archive • Exchange (Transfer, Syntax) • Service (Distribution) Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No: Textbox - Please explain why there are no data standards associated with the NGDA. You may also include any standards under consideration or review for future use with this NGDA.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 38 Question: Q5: Are there National, International and/or FGDC Endorsed NGDA Theme Standards applied to this NGDA? Clarifying 1. Consider the NGDA as a whole when answering this question. Statement: 2. Theme standards may fall into multiple defined standards categories. Theme standards may also apply to NGDA in other Themes. Please review all Theme standards in all Appendix A tables when answering this question. 3. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select National, International and/or FGDC Endorsed NGDA Theme Standards from the picklist and enter references for any not included in the picklist. 4. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please contact [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. both standard and URL separated by a comma): standard, URL b. Incomplete references (e.g. URL is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o standard, none o none, URL c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts. Reference: NGDA Theme Specific Standards (organized by Theme) Question Yes: Picklist - Please select National, International, and/or FGDC Endorsed NGDA Options: Theme Standards (select all that apply). NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist (Tab Q5). Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No: Textbox - Please explain why there are no NGDA Theme standards associated with the NGDA. You may also include any Theme standards under consideration or review for future use with this NGDA.
Question: Q6: Are there geospatial structure standards applied to this NGDA? Clarifying 1. Consider the NGDA as a whole when answering this question. Statement: 2. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select geospatial structure standards from the picklist and enter references for any not included in the picklist. 3. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please contact [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. both standard and URL separated by a comma): standard, URL b. Incomplete references (e.g. URL is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o standard, none o none, URL c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 39 References: Structure Definition Structure Standards Question Yes: Picklist - Please select geospatial structure standards (select all that apply). Options: NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist (Tab Q6). Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No: Textbox - Please explain why there are no structure standards associated with the NGDA. You may also include any structure standards under consideration or review for future use with this NGDA.
Question: Q6a: Are there model(s) and/or schema(s) applied to define the structure of this NGDA? Clarifying 1. Consider the NGDA as a whole when answering this question. Statement: 2. A schema is the GIS structure described in a formal language usually supported by the database management system (DBMS) that describes both the geometry and the underlying data related to an object. In a relational database, the schema defines the tables, the fields, relationships, views, indexes, packages, procedures, functions, queries, triggers, types, sequences, materialized views, synonyms, database links, directories, Java, XML schemas, and other elements. Schemas are generally stored as models that are visualized through diagrams. Although a schema is defined in one of several formal languages, the term is often used to refer to a graphical depiction of the database structure. 3. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select schemas from the picklist and enter references for any not included in the picklist. 4. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please contact [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. both schema and URL separated by a comma): schema, URL b. Incomplete references (e.g. URL is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o schema, none o none, URL c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts. References: Structure Definition Structure Schema Standards Wiki.GIS.com Database Schema Definition Question Yes: Picklists - Select all that apply from FGDC, National, International picklist and the Options: OGC picklist. NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist (Tabs Q6a-FGDC and Q6a-OGC). Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No: Textbox - Please explain why there are no schemas associated with the NGDA. You may also include any schema under consideration or review for future use.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 40
Question: Q6b: Are there geospatial structure accuracy standards applied to this NGDA? Clarifying 1. Consider the NGDA as a whole when answering this question. Statement: 2. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select schemas from the picklist and enter references for any not included in the picklist. 3. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please contact [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. both standard and URL separated by a comma): standard, URL b. Incomplete references (e.g. URL is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o standard, none o none, URL c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts. References: Accuracy Standards Structure Accuracy Standards Question Yes: Picklist - Please select structure accuracy standards (select all that apply). Options: NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist (Tab Q6b). Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No: Textbox - Please explain why there are no structure accuracy standards associated with the NGDA. You may also include any structure accuracy standards under consideration or review for future use with this NGDA.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 41 Question: Q7: Does the NGDA have geospatial and/or non-geospatial attribute standards? Clarifying 1. Consider the NGDA as a whole when answering this question. Statement: 2. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select attribute standards from the picklist and enter references for any not included in the picklist. 3. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please contact [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. both standard and URL separated by a comma): standard, URL b. Incomplete references (e.g. URL is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o standard, none o none, URL c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts. References: Attribute Definition Attribute Standards Question Yes: Picklist - Please select attribute standards (select all that apply). Options: NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist (Tab Q7). Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No: Textbox - Please explain why there are no attribute standards associated with the NGDA. You may also include any attribute standards under consideration or review for
future use with this NGDA. [Please note, a ‘No’ response to this question will skip to Question 7b]
Question: Q7a: If there are attribute standards, how are they applied to this NGDA? Clarifying 1. Select the best response from the picklist. Statement: 2. If you have additional information to add, use the comment textbox. References: Attribute Definition Attribute Standards Question Yes: Picklist – Please select how attribute standards are applied to this NGDA (select Options: the best response): • Standards or domain values for all attributes. • Standards or domain values for all critical attributes (as determined by the agency, stakeholders and/or end-users). • Standards or domain values for some but not all critical attributes (as determined by the agency, stakeholders and/or end-users). • Standards or domain values for some of the attributes (no determination of what is or is not critical). Textbox – Additional comments.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 42 Question: Q7b: Are data dictionaries or classification systems (including standardized domain values) applied to codify attribution in this NGDA? Clarifying Consider the individual attributes within the NGDA when answering this question. Statement: 1. If you answer Yes, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three additional dictionaries and/or systems, please contact [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. both dictionary/system and URL separated by a comma): dictionary/system, URL b. Incomplete references (e.g. URL is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o dictionary/system, none o none, URL c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts. References: Attribute Definition Attribute Standards USGS Data Management Data Dictionaries Question Yes: Textbox - Please add reference(s). Options: No: Textbox - Please briefly explain why some attributes in the NGDA do not utilize data dictionaries or classification systems.
Question: Q7c: Are there attribute accuracy standards applied to this NGDA? Clarifying 1. Consider the NGDA as a whole when answering this question. Statement: 2. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select attribute accuracy standards from the picklist and enter references for any not included in the picklist. 3. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please contact [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. both standard and URL separated by a comma): standard, URL b. Incomplete references (e.g. URL is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o standard, none o none, URL c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts. References: Accuracy Definition Attribute Accuracy Standards Question Yes: Picklist - Please select attribute accuracy standards (select all that apply). Options: NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist (Tab Q7c). Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No: Textbox - Please explain why there are no attribute accuracy standards associated with the NGDA. You may also include any attribute accuracy standards under consideration or review for future use with this NGDA.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 43
Question: Q8: Are there geospatial and/or non-geospatial quality control standards applied to this NGDA? Clarifying 1. Consider the NGDA as a whole when answering this question. Statement: 2. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to quality control standards from the picklist and enter references for any not included in the picklist. 3. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please contact [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. both standard and URL separated by a comma): standard, URL b. Incomplete references (e.g. URL is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o standard, none o none, URL c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts. References: Quality Definition Quality Standards Question Yes: Picklist - Please select quality control standards (select all that apply). Options: NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist (Tab Q8). Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No: Textbox - Please explain why there are no quality control standards associated with the NGDA. You may also include any quality control standards under consideration or review for future use with this NGDA.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 44 Question: Q9: Are there archive standards applied to this NGDA? Clarifying 1. Consider the NGDA as a whole when answering this question. Statement: 2. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to quality control standards from the picklist and enter references for any not included in the picklist. 3. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please contact [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. both standard and URL separated by a comma): standard, URL b. Incomplete references (e.g. URL is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o standard, none o none, URL c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts. References: Archive Definition Archive Standards Federal Records Management Regulations, Policy, and Guidance Appendix A: Tables of File Formats Geospatial Formats Question Yes: Picklist - Please select archive standards (select all that apply). Options: NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist (Tab Q9). Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No: Textbox - Please explain why there are no archive standards associated with the NGDA. You may also include any archive standards under consideration or review for future use with this NGDA.
Question: Q10: Are there geospatial data exchange (transfer, syntax) standards applied to this NGDA? Clarifying 1. Consider the NGDA as a whole when answering this question. Statement: 2. Answer Yes if the NGDA has data exchange standards and select all that apply from each of the three lists (1. FGDC, National, International picklist, 2. OGC picklist, and 3. Proprietary picklist). 3. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select data exchange standards from the picklists and enter any standards not included in the picklists. 4. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please contact [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. both standard and URL separated by a comma): standard, URL b. Incomplete references (e.g. URL is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o standard, none o none, URL c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 45 References: Data Exchange (Transfer) Definition Data Exchange (Transfer) Standards OGC Exchange (Transfer) Standards Proprietary Exchange (Transfer) Standards Question Yes: Picklists - Please select data exchange standards (select all that apply). Options: NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist: • FGDC, National, International picklist (Tab Q10-FGDC) • OGC picklist (Tab Q10-OGC) • Proprietary picklist (Tab Q10-Prop) Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No: Textbox - Please explain why there are no data exchange capabilities associated with the NGDA. You may also include any data exchange (transfer) standards under consideration or review for future use with this NGDA.
Question: Q11: Does the NGDA have associated web services that use geospatial web service standards? Clarifying 1. Consider the NGDA as a whole when answering this question. Statement: 2. Answer Yes if the NGDA has geospatial web service standards and select all that apply from each of the two lists (1. FGDC, National, International picklist, and 2. OGC picklist). 3. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select web service standards from the picklists and enter any standards not included in the picklists. 4. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please contact [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. both standard and URL separated by a comma): standard, URL b. Incomplete references (e.g. URL is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o standard, none o none, URL c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts References: Web Service Definition Web Service Standards OGC Service Standards
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 46 Question Yes: Picklists - Please select web service standards (select all that apply from two lists). Options: NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist: • FGDC, National, International picklist (Tab Q11-FGDC) • OGC picklist (Tab Q10-OGC) Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No: Textbox - Please explain why there are no geospatial web services associated with the NGDA. You may also include any geospatial web service standards under consideration or review for future use with this NGDA.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 47 Section Three – Metadata Standards
What Information is FGDC Collecting Related to This Section?
Questions twelve through seventeen are related to the geospatial metadata standards used by the NGDA.
To simplify the collection and enhance reporting of this information, metadata standards have been split into categories to allow respondents to more precisely provide standards being used.
Question: Q12: Is the NGDA documented with one or more metadata records?
Clarifying 1. Consider this NGDA as a whole whether it is an aggregation, a collection, or a Statement: standalone dataset. 2. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select metadata standards from the picklist and enter any standards not included in the picklist. 3. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please contact [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. both standard and URL separated by a comma): standard, URL b. Incomplete references (e.g. URL is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o standard, none o none, URL c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts References: Metadata Definition Metadata Standards Question Yes: Picklist - Please select metadata standards (pick all that apply). Options: NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist (Tab Q12) Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No: Textbox - Please explain why there is no metadata associated with the NGDA. You may also include any metadata standards under consideration or review for future use with this NGDA.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 48 Question: Q13: Is the most current NGDA metadata published in Data.gov and GeoPlatform.gov? Clarifying 1. Use this reference to check the links to metadata associated with your NGDA on Statement: both Data.gov and GeoPlatform.gov (https://communities.geoplatform.gov/ngda-portfolio/ngda-portfolio/): • Data.gov metadata links are found under the “NGDA Links to Data-gov Metadata” column, and the • GeoPlatform.gov metadata links are found under the “NGDA-GeoPlatform- gov Dataset Resource Pages” column. a. If BOTH links are correct, answer Yes. b. If you answer Yes, two textboxes will appear. Please provide the valid links to the NGDA on Data.gov and GeoPlatform.gov in each textbox. For example, the two links for Geoid Height And Deflections Of The Vertical Models - National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) Geoid Models are: • Textbox: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/geoid-height-and-deflections- of-the-vertical-models-national-geospatial-data-asset-ngda-geoid-9508c • Textbox:https://www.geoplatform.gov/resources/datasets/f82730b90b92 bae9bfa94965ad40ce85/ 2. If either of the links are incorrect, please select No and pick the best description from the picklist. a. If you answer No, please use the textboxes to provide us links to your NGDA metadata in Data.gov and GeoPlatform.gov. If the metadata is missing, or the links are broken, please enter the word ‘broken’ or ‘missing.’ b. You will also be provided a textbox to provide any additional information regarding issues with metadata published in Data.gov and/or GeoPlatform.gov.
Reference: https://communities.geoplatform.gov/ngda-portfolio/ngda-portfolio/ Question Yes: If the links to the NGDA metadata record in Data.gov and GeoPlatform.gov found Options: on the NGDA Portfolio page are correct, select yes and please provide the links. Textbox - Please provide the validated Data.gov metadata link. Textbox - Please provide the GeoPlatform.gov metadata link. No: If the links were not correct, use the picklist (select all that apply): • Metadata is out of date in Data.gov • Metadata is out of date in GeoPlatform.gov • Metadata is missing in Data.gov • Metadata is missing in GeoPlatform.gov • Technical harvest issues prevent current metadata from being published in Data.gov • Technical harvest issues prevent current metadata from being published in GeoPlatform.gov Textbox - Please provide updated link to Data.gov metadata. Textbox - Please provide updated link to GeoPlatform.gov metadata. Textbox - Please explain why there is no metadata published in either Data.gov or GeoPlatform.gov, or both.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 49
Question: Q14: Does the NGDA metadata include all the minimum content as recommended by FGDC Technical Guidance: Data.gov and The GeoPlatform Metadata Recommendations Including Guidelines for National Geospatial Data Assets (NGDA)? Clarifying 1. Please examine your metadata in relation to the reference link below. Statement: 2. Answer Yes if the NGDA meets all minimum content recommendations. 3. Answer No and explain any issues in meeting the Technical Guidance. Note: For ‘No’ answers please provide information about issues, such as missing key words, missing data download capabilities, missing web service capabilities, etc. Examples: For no answers, examples of deficiencies are missing key words, data download capabilities, web service capabilities, etc. Reference: https://fgdc.gov/technical-guidance/metadata/ Question Yes. Options: No: Textbox - Please describe issues with meeting the Technical Guidance. You may include a request for the NGDA Team to contact you to schedule a review.
Question: Q15: Is your metadata validated for compliance to a metadata standard? Clarifying 1. A validation application can be used to test metadata for compliance to a Statement: standard. 2. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select metadata standards from the picklist and enter any standards not included in the picklist. 3. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please contact [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. both validator title and URL separated by a comma): validator title, URL b. Incomplete references (e.g. URL is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o validator title, none o none, URL c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts 4. Answer No if the NGDA metadata record is not validated and provide an explanation as to why the metadata is not validated and plans, if any, to implement metadata validation.
Reference: FGDC Geospatial Metadata Tools Question Yes: Picklist - Please pick validator tools in use (select all that apply). Options: NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist (Tab Q15). Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No: Textbox - Please explain why the metadata is not validated and plans, if any, to implement metadata validation.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 50
Question: Q16: Does the NGDA metadata include geospatial web service capabilities or a link to a page that has a list(s) of web services? Clarifying 1. This question will provide insights into the lead covered agency and covered Statement: agency GDA reports and address GDA Sec 759(a)(6) “use the geospatial data standards, including the standards for metadata for geospatial data, and other appropriate standards, including documenting geospatial data with the relevant metadata and making metadata available through the GeoPlatform.” 2. A geospatial web service provides access to, or data processing on, geographic information. OGC Web Feature Service (WFS) and Web Map Service (WMS) are examples of geospatial web services. 3. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select how your web services are provided from the picklist and explain other methods used to deliver web services not included in the picklist. References: Web Service Definition Web Service Standards OGC Service Standards Question Yes: Picklist - Please select how your web services are provided (select all that apply). Options: • Direct machine readable web service link(s) • Landing page(s) with direct listing of different types of web services • Landing page(s) that requires additional search to find specific web services Yes/Other: Textbox - Please explain other methods to deliver web services not included in the picklist. No: Textbox - Please explain why the NGDA metadata does not include geospatial web
service capabilities or a link to a page that has a list(s) of web services.
Question: Q16a: Are the geospatial web services in the NGDA metadata encoded per the NGDA metadata exchange standard in use? Clarifying 1. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select web service encoding Statement: standards from the picklist and enter references for any not included in the picklist. 2. If you answer Yes/Other, your entries MUST be formatted in the method described below to assist in roll up of the data. If you have more than three entries, please contact [email protected]. a. Complete references (e.g. both standard and URL separated by a comma): standard, URL b. Incomplete references (e.g. URL is missing): substitute the word ‘none’ separated by a comma for any missing part. Examples: o standard, none o none, URL c. IMPORTANT: Do not include any commas except those separating the parts. Reference: The Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (https://www.fgdc.gov/gda)
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 51 Question Yes: Picklist - Please select web service encoding standards (select all that apply). Options: NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory: Questionnaire Response Picklist (Tab Q16a). Yes/Other: Textbox - Please add reference(s). No: Textbox - Please explain why the services are not formatted per the metadata exchange standard.
Question: Q16b: If the NGDA metadata provided web services or a services landing page(s), are they all available in GeoPlatform.gov? Clarifying 1. Check whether service(s) are available for this NGDA: Statement: a. Go to the NGDA Themes page on the GeoPlatform and select your NGDA's Theme. b. Next, select your NGDA from the list of Datasets. c. On the NGDA resource page, scroll down to the “Overview” section and review whether a “Landing Page” resource is listed. Continue scrolling to the “Related Resources” section to determine if any (web) “Services” are listed. 2. Answer Yes if the services and/or landing page(s) are all in GeoPlatform.gov. 3. Answer No/NA (not applicable) if the services and/or landing page(s) are not all in GeoPlatform.gov and choose from the picklist. Reference: The Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (https://www.fgdc.gov/gda) Question Yes. Options: No/NA: Picklist - Please select how your web services are provided. • The service(s) are in the metadata but not in GeoPlatform.gov. • The service(s) are in GeoPlatform.gov but not in the metadata. • This NGDA has no web services. Textbox - Additional comments.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 52 Question: Q17. Does the NGDA metadata include geospatial data download capabilities or a link to a page that has a list(s) of geospatial data download(s)? Clarifying 1. This question will provide insights into the lead covered agency and covered Statement: agency GDA reports and address GDA Sec 758(b)(1)(A)(iv) “include download access to all open geospatial data directly or indirectly collected by covered agencies.” 2. In computer networks, download means to receive data from a remote system, typically a server such as a web server, an FTP server, or other similar system. A common data download format that supports lossless data compression is a .ZIP file. A ZIP file may contain one or more geospatial files or directories that may have been compressed. 3. You may answer both Yes and Yes/Other to select from the picklist and explain other data download capabilities not included in the picklist. References: Data Exchange (Transfer) Definition Data Exchange (Transfer) Standards OGC Exchange (Transfer) Standards Proprietary Exchange (Transfer) Standards Question Yes: Picklist - Please select where the download capability is located (select all that Options: apply): • Direct machine readable download link(s) • Landing page(s) or ftp site(s) for direct listings of different types of downloads • Landing page(s) or ftp site(s) that requires additional search to find specific downloads Yes/Other: Textbox - Please explain other methods to deliver data download capabilities not included in the picklist. No: Textbox - Please explain any issues with providing data download capabilities in
the metadata associated with the NGDA.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 53 Question: Q17a: If the NGDA metadata provided data download capabilities or a data download landing page(s), are they all available in GeoPlatform.gov? Clarifying 1. Check whether download capabilities are available for this NGDA: Statement: a. Go to the NGDA Themes page on the GeoPlatform and select your NGDA's theme. b. Next, select your NGDA from the list of Datasets to visit its resource page. c. On the NGDA’s resource page, scroll down to the “Overview” section and review whether a “Landing Page” resource is listed. Continue scrolling to the “Related Resources” section to determine if there are any valid linked downloads listed under “Distributions.” 2. Answer Yes if the download capabilities and/or data download landing page(s) are all in GeoPlatform.gov. 3. Answer No/NA (not applicable) if the download capabilities and/or data download landing page(s) are all are not all in GeoPlatform.gov and choose from the picklist. Reference: The Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (https://www.fgdc.gov/gda) Question Yes. Options: No/NA: Picklist - Please select how your data download capabilities are provided: • The download(s) or landing page(s) are in the metadata but not in GeoPlatform.gov. • The download(s) or landing page(s) are in GeoPlatform.gov but not in the metadata. • This NGDA has no data download capability. Textbox - Additional comments.
Section Four – Final Thoughts
What Information is FGDC Collecting Related to This Section?
FGDC is collecting comments with the goal of improving this questionnaire for future use in meeting reporting requirements.
This information will be used to more specifically tailor questions and responses, simplify the standards inventory process and provide quality information that may help agencies respond to various public laws.
Question: Q18: Do you or your colleagues have any final comments, considerations, or other information you would like to provide related to standards for this NGDA? Clarifying 1. Answer Yes if you want to add any feedback, comments, or information. If there Statement: are any standards under consideration for use with this NGDA not provided in response to another question, please add them here. 2. Answer No if you have no further information to share. Question Yes: Textbox - Please add your comments. Options: No.
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 54 Question: Q19: Do you or your colleagues have any suggestions you would like to provide related to improving future questionnaires or other feedback? Clarifying 1. Answer Yes if you want to add any feedback, comments, or information. Statement: 2. Answer No if you have no further information to share. Question Yes: Textbox - Please add your comments. Options: No.
Submit Once you click the submit button, your responses will be committed to the database. You will receive a confirmation email with a summary of the responses for the initial successful submittal.
If you click the ‘submit’ button and have not answered all questions you will be prompted to complete the unanswered questions before you can ‘submit.’
You may change or supplement your responses as often as necessary until the close of the questionnaire period.
Please refer to the READ ME – Viewing and Editing Submissions instructions document found on https://communities.geoplatform.gov/ngda-portfolio/ngda-baseline-standards-inventory/.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the [email protected].
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 55 Closing Screen
Thank you! Your NGDA questionnaire was successfully submitted.
You can review your submissions in the NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory Responses Dashboard. For more information about the dashboard, please refer to the “Responses Dashboard” section in the READ ME FIRST file located here: https://communities.geoplatform.gov/ngda-portfolio/ngda-baseline- standards-inventory/.
If you would like to change or supplement your responses after you submit, you may do so using the link in the confirmation email*. Submissions may be edited until the close of the questionnaire response period.
*Important Note: You MUST review the READ ME - Viewing and Editing Submissions document before updating your submission.
Press here to begin a new survey for another NGDA using a different token.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email the [email protected].
Email Confirmation Thank you for submitting your NGDA Geospatial Data and Metadata Baseline Standards Inventory Questionnaire. A summary of your responses follows below.
If you would like to change or supplement your responses, you may do so until the close of the questionnaire response period by following these steps:
1. You MUST review the READ ME - Viewing and Editing Submissions document before updating your submission. 2. After you have reviewed the instructions, use this link and your NGDA token to access the survey in ‘edit mode’: [Link provided] 3. You MUST resubmit your survey updates in a single browser session as your responses will not be saved temporarily in ‘edit mode.’
You can also review your initial and edited questionnaire submissions in the NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory Responses Dashboard. For more information about the dashboard, please refer to the READ ME FIRST file located here: https://communities.geoplatform.gov/ngda-portfolio/ngda-baseline- standards-inventory/.
Please contact [email protected] if you encounter any issues. Thank you!
Submitted NGDA: NGDA Title [Responses Summary]
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 56 Appendix D: Proprietary Data Exchange Syntax Picklist
Proprietary Syntax Extension Description Company AI Adobe Illustrator files with coordinates Adobe Geo-enabled Adobe PDF files (e.g. Esri export PDF with embedded coordinates) Adobe DBF DataBase File Ashton-Tate DWG Binary drawing file Autodesk DXF Drawing eXchange Format Autodesk SHP Shapefile Esri GDB File Geodatabase Esri MDB Personal Geodatabase Esri E00 ArcInfo exchange format Esri REST Representational State Transfer API Esri KML Keyhole Markup Language Google KMZ Keyhole Markup Language Zipped Google IMG ERDAS IMAGINE raster file Hexagon DGN 2D/3D drawing file Intergraph ECW Enhanced Compression Wavelet Intergraph MGE MicroStation Graphical Elements file Intergraph SID MrSID compression LizardTech MIF MapInfo Interchange Format Pitney Bowes MID MapInfo Data Interchange format Pitney Bowes TAB Geospatial vector data format Pitney Bowes MAP MapInfo native format Pitney Bowes Excel Spreadsheet (xls, xlsx, etc. with XLSX coordinates) Microsoft MDB Microsoft DataBase Microsoft ACCDB Access database Microsoft SKP 3D SketchUp model Trimble
The Companion Guide: Achieving an NGDA Baseline Standards Inventory 57