FGDC Standards Working Group Update to Coordination Group Julie Binder Maitra FGDC Standards Program Manager, FGDC OS (703) August 14, 2012 Coordination Group Meeting Date v1

2 Introduction The Mission/Purpose of the FGDC Standards Working Group (SWG) is to “promote the development and implementation of standards in support of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.”

3 Introduction Membership:  According to the SWG charter, “Each FGDC subcommittee, working group, and member agency are automatically members of the Standards Working Group and shall designate a representative and, if desired, an alternate.”  The FGDC OS is undertaking a systematic review of FGDC member agency participation in the SWG, Interagency Committee on Standards Policy (ICSP), INCITS L1/U.S. TAG, and OGC.

4 NGDA Data Themes and Data Sets The following data themes and data sets fall under the purview of the FGDC Standards Working Group: The SWG reviews and makes recommendations on standards proposals and standards for any data theme and any data set promoted by the theme lead and/or thematic subcommittee.

5 Recent Meetings The SWG last met via teleconference/web meeting on March 20, The topic discussed at this meeting was the final draft Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS). The outcome arising from this meeting was that the SWG voted to recommend FGDC endorsement of the final draft CMECS, which the FGDC Steering Committee subsequently endorsed.

6 Recent Developments/Projects, Cont’d. Systematic review of FGDC member agency participation in standards activities Refer to FGDC business update on 2011 and 2012 CAP projects FGDC Standards WG members are invited to join CAP project progress calls.

7 Coordination Group Vote None

8 Next Meeting The next meeting of the FGDC Standards WG will be held on Tuesday, September 25 at NOAA Silver Spring AND by teleconference/web meeting. Topics to be discussed at the next meeting include: Geospatial Platform architecture of standards. SDI Cookbook, Chapter 10, Standards Suites for Spatial Data Infrastructure, ter_10. Updates for FGDC-endorsed standards.  INCITS 145 on hydrologic unit codes  Web Coverage Services

9 Next Steps In the coming months, the FGDC Standards Working Group hopes to: Build its membership. Advance implementation of core SDI standards in support of the Geospatial Platform. Advance standards developed by SC/WGs through the FGDC standards process. Recruit subject matter experts to serve on 2013 CAP proposal review panels.

10 Questions? Julie Binder Maitra