INCITS Technical Committee L1, Geographic Information Systems, and the Canadian General Standards Board – Committee on Geomatics (CGSB-CoG) have released the draft North American Profile of ISO 19115: 2003, Geographic information - Metadata (NAP – Metadata) for review and ballot by their committee members. Review and comment from other metadata practitioners are also invited. Comments are critical to assure the Profile meets the needs of the geographic information community in both the United States and Canada.
The review period begins on February 1, 2007 and ends March
16, 2007 at 12:00 midnight Eastern Standard Time. The draft profile may be found at http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/incits-l1-standards-projects/NAP-Metadata/napMetadataProfileV101.pdf/. Reviewers are strongly encouraged to complete the comment form (Word, Excel) using the instructions provided in FGDC Standards Directive #2d,
Standards Working Group Review Guidelines: Review Comment
Template. Visit the ANSI eStandards Store to purchase a copy of ISO 19115:2003 ($30.00)
Comments resulting from the review will be adjudicated in
mid-March. Editing will be completed by end of April. After the draft
standard passes the INCITS L1 and the CGSB-CoG ballot, it will be
submitted to the INCITS Secretariat and the CGSB for further
processing, which includes a public review, to become approved and
published as an American National Standard (ANS) and a Canadian
National Standard simultaneously. The ANS will be known as the U.S.
National Profile of ISO 19115:2003, Geographic information – Metadata.
Following publication as an ANS, the U.S. National Profile will replace
the current Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (Version
2.0), FGDC-STD-001-1998.
INCITS L1 and the CGSB-CoG develop parallel standards through
a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between ANSI and Standards
Council of Canada (SCC). The CGSB
is a federal government organization accredited by the SCC that offers
client-centered, comprehensive standards development and conformity
assessment services in support of the economic, regulatory,
procurement, health, safety and environmental interests of Canadian
stakeholders — government, industry and consumers. The CGSB-CoG is the
technical committee responsible for the development and maintenance of
unique National Standards in the area of geomatics. SCC will approve
the North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 and CGSB will publish it
as the Canadian profile of ISO 19115:2003.
The content of the U.S. and Canadian versions will be identical.
The American National Standard Institute (ANSI) has accredited the procedures of the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
to develop voluntary consensus standards for Information and
Communications Technologies (ICT). The U.S. participates in ANSI and
ISO standardization activities for geographic information through INCITS Technical Committee L1. OMB Circular A-119
directs Federal agencies to participate in voluntary consensus
standards bodies such as INCITS L1. To that end, the FGDC and member
agencies have joined INCITS L1 as members.
Contact
Contact Person: David Danko
Company Name: ESRI
Telephone Number: 703-506-9515 ext. 8011
Fax Number: 703-506-9514
Email Address: ddanko@esri.com
Web site address: www.esri.com
Contact 2
Contact Person: Sharon Shin
Company Name: Federal Geographic Data Committee Secretariat
Telephone Number: 303-202-4230
Fax Number: 303-202-4229
Email Address: sshin@usgs.gov
Web site address:www.fgdc.gov