ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics 1 Session Spatial Data and Professional Standards in Action The 100th AAG Annual Meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 2004 Presented by Julie Binder Maitra Federal Geographic Data Committee Applying ISO/TC 211 Standards in the Development of Data Content Standards

ISO/TC Applying ISO/TC 211 standards in the development of data content standards Topics  ISO Standards of interest  ISO/DIS Geographic information — Rules for application schema (slides 3-5)  ISO Geographic information — Schema for coverage geometry and functions (slides 6-8)  ISO 19115:2003 Geographic information — Metadata (slides 9-11)  Application in development of data content standards  Introduction to Geospatial One-Stop (slides 12-13)  Standards developed through Geospatial One-Stop (slide 14)  Application of ISO standards of interest (slides 15-18)  Links (slide 19)

ISO/TC ISO/DIS Geographic information — Rules for application schema  Presents General Feature Model for defining geographic features  Provides rules for defining an application schema in Unified Modeling Language (UML)  Provides rules for integrating schemas from other ISO/TC 211 standards into an application schema for a complete data structure  Pending registration as Final Draft International Standard (FDIS); targeted for publication as an International Standard (IS) in May 2004.

ISO/TC ISO/DIS Geographic information — Rules for application schema Extract of General Feature Model

ISO/TC ISO/DIS Geographic information — Rules for application schema ISO/DIS provides specialized rules for integrating schemas from the following standards in the series of standards:  ISO 19115: 2003, Geographic information — Metadata (including data quality reporting)  ISO 19108:2002, Geographic information — Temporal schema  ISO 19107:2003, Geographic information — Spatial schema.  ISO/DIS 19110, Geographic information — Feature Cataloguing Methodology  ISO 19112:2003, Geographic information — Spatial referencing by geographic identifiers

ISO/TC The online glossary for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Interactive Map and Data Server (IMADS) provides these definitions for coverage: A digital version of a map forming the basic unit of vector data storage in ArcInfo. A coverage stores geographic features as primary features (such as arcs, nodes, polygons, and label points) and secondary features (such as tics, map extent, links, and annotation). Associated feature attribute tables describe and store attributes of the geographic features. A set of thematically associated data considered as a unit. A coverage usually represents a single theme such as soils, streams, roads, or land use. (from Coverage can also be taken to mean the extent of the earth's surface covered by a data resource such as a national map series or remote sensing data. ISO Geographic information — Schema for coverage geometry and functions

ISO/TC  ISO defines coverage as a “feature that acts as a function to return values from its range for any direct position within its spatiotemporal domain.”  Data sets that can be represented as coverages include digital orthoimages, gridded elevation data sets, and thematic classification maps such as soils maps.  Coverages are of two types: discrete and continuous  Representation of geographic phenomena as discrete features or coverages is not mutually exclusive. A discrete feature or a coverage could represent the same phenomenon.  Registered as a Draft International Standard (DIS); targeted for publication as IS in May ISO Geographic information — Schema for coverage geometry and functions

ISO/TC The main package in ISO is Metadata entity set information. It is an aggregate of other packages: Identification information – information to uniquely identify a resource or resources Constraint information – restrictions on access and use of a resource or metadata Data quality information – scope, lineage (information about events or source data used to construct the data), and data quality element information. Maintenance information - scope and frequency of updating data. Spatial representation information - information concerning the mechanisms (grid or vector) used to represent spatial information in a dataset. Reference system information - description of spatial and temporal reference system(s) ISO 19115:2003 Geographic information — Metadata

ISO/TC Content information – information about the feature catalogue used and/or information describing the content of a coverage dataset Portrayal catalogue information - information identifying the portrayal catalogue used. Distribution information - information about the distributor of and options for obtaining a resource. Metadata extension information - information about user specified metadata extensions. Application schema information - information about the application schema used to build a dataset. Extent information – metadata elements that describe the spatial and temporal extent of the referring entity. Citation and responsible party information - data types for citing a resource (dataset, feature, source, publication, etc.) and information about the party responsible for a resource. ISO 19115:2003 Geographic information — Metadata (continued)

ISO/TC ISO 19115:2003 Geographic information — Metadata

ISO/TC Introduction to Geospatial One-Stop  E-Government (E-gov) Initiative  Component of President’s Management Agenda  Geospatial One-Stop is one of 24 E-gov initiatives  Objectives  Raise the visibility of the strategic value of geographic information and the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)  Accelerate implementation of the NSDI  Increase Federal agency accountability for the stewardship and sharing of geospatial resources  Make access to geospatial information faster, easier and less expensive for all levels of government and the general public

ISO/TC Develop standards for data themes used by many different GIS applications. These themes are known as NSDI Framework themes. 2.Inventory existing Framework data holdings and create metadata to enable data discovery through the NSDI Clearinghouse. 3.Create metadata for planned data acquisition and update of Framework data and serve metadata through the NSDI Clearinghouse to enable opportunities for partnerships. 4.Prototype and deploy enhanced data access and web mapping services for Federal Framework data. 5.Establish a (One-Stop) Federal Portal providing web services to extend the capabilities of the NSDI Clearinghouse Network. Introduction to Geospatial One-Stop

ISO/TC Standards under Development through Geospatial One-Stop Base Standard Transportation Elevation Cadastral Hydrography Governmental Units Orthoimagery Geodetic Control Air Rail Roads Waterways Transit

ISO/TC Application of ISO UML Example: Government Units Boundaries

ISO/TC Application of ISO Excerpt from data dictionary for GUB_GovernmentalUnit class NameDefinitionObligationMOData TypeDomain GUB_GovernmentalUnitThe GU being documentedM1..*ClassLines typeNameThe designated name for the type of GU whose data are being described M1CharacterStringAnnex C, free text typeNameAbbreviationThe abbreviated name for the type of GU whose data are being described C/ if an abbreviation exists for GU Type Name 0..1CharacterStringFree text typeDefinitionDefinition of the type of GU whose data are being described C/ if the type definition is known 0..1CharacterStringAnnex C, free text typeCodeThe specific code which identifies the GU being described C/ if a type code exists 0..*CharacterString/ IntegerFree number codingSystemReferenceGU type code referenceM1..*CharacterString/ IntegerFIPS code, free text, free number maintenanceRelationshipListList of common areal information between one or more GUs or legal entities and geographic area features for the GU type being described C/ if one or more maintenance relationships exist 0..*CharacterStringFree text contiguousRelationshipListList of GUs or feature objects that share a common point or portion of a boundary C/ if one or more contiguous relationships exist 0..*CharacterStringFree text composedOfRelationshipListList of GU or feature object that contains subentities that are completely contained within and are the extent of the entity C/ if one or more composed of relationships exist 0..*CharacterStringFree text composesRelationshipListList of GU subentities that are completely contained within an entity C/ if one or more composes relationships exist 0..*CharacterStringFree text

ISO/TC Application of ISO The draft elevation standard models data as simple discrete coverages Point coverage Curve (line) coverage Grid coverage Surface coverage

ISO/TC Application of ISO  Standards developed through Geospatial One-Stop will be compliant with ISO  Some elements listed as optional in ISO are mandatory for Geospatial One-Stop  examples: Metadata standard name, Metadata standard version, Dataset purpose, Dataset progress, Dataset maintenance and update frequency  ISO elements closely match elements in FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, FGDC- STD (version 2.0); therefore, data standards will be compliant with FGDC standard  FGDC standard lacks metadata elements for language and character set

ISO/TC Links  ISO Technical Committee 211, Geographic information/Geomatics,  Geospatial One-Stop,  FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, FGDC-STD (version 2.0),

ISO/TC Thank you ! (Ms.) Julie Binder Maitra Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) 590 National Center Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, Virginia USA Phone: Fax: