FGDC Standards Working Group FY 07 Report

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FGDC Standards Working GroupFY 07 Report

• Julie Binder Maitra

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Summary of Accomplishments

• Purpose and responsibilities of the group
• Promote the development and implementation of
  standards in support of the National Spatial Data
  Infrastructure (NSDI).
• Review and comment on proposals for FGDC
  standards projects and draft standards for
• Compliance with FGDC policy and procedures
• Consistency with other FGDC standards and ISO and
  ANSI standards
• Assurance that standards development is
  coordinated with State, local, and tribal
  governments, the private sector and academic
  community, and, to the extent feasible, the
  international community and that the needs of
  data producers and users are addressed.
• Responsiveness to comments submitted by reviewers
• Make recommendations to FGDC Coordination Group
  on approving draft standards for public review
  and final draft standards for FGDC endorsement.

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Summary of Accomplishments

• Current Status
• FGDC Standards Working Group met in February
  2007, June 2007, and November 2007
• FGDC Standards Working Group meets when there are
  actionable items, such as votes on standards
  proposals, pre-public review draft standards, and
  final draft standards

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Summary of Accomplishments

• Accomplishments in 2007
• Final draft National Vegetation Classification
  Standard approved for FGDC endorsement
• Draft National Shoreline Data Content Standard
  completed FGDC public review
• Draft Wetlands Mapping Standard completed FGDC
  public review
• Six proposals on standards implementation
  received through 2008 CAP solicitation
• Systematic review of FGDC standards endorsed 5
  years or longer completed

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Summary of Accomplishments

• Emerging Issues
• Development of a database to identify relations
  among multiple voluntary consensus standards and
  their normative references and compute cumulative
  costs for obtaining standards
• Find personnel to enter data and develop database
  and web-based visualization
• While OMB Circular A-119 directs Federal agencies
  to use voluntary consensus standards, Federal
  agencies and its customers are obliged to buy
  back voluntary consensus standards developed with
  Federal funds.
• Encourage development of tools to implement
  standards some users are interested in tools,
  rather than the standards documents themselves
• Engage NIST and voluntary consensus standards
  bodies in resolution of this issue.
• Obtain FGDC endorsement of standards before
  submitting them to voluntary consensus standards
  process.

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Summary of Accomplishments

• Next Steps
• Obtain FGDC endorsement of the National
  Vegetation Classification Standard (Version 2.0)
• Make recommendations on advancing the following
  draft standards through the FGDC standards
  process
• Standard Practice for Minimum Geospatial Data for
  a Coal Surface Mining Permit Boundary, approved
  by ASTM International
• Federal Trail Data Standards
• Wetlands Mapping Standard
• Cultural Resource Geospatial Data Content
  Standard