Project 1574 - INCITS 436, Information technology - Framework Data Content Standard

Project 1574 - INCITS 436, Information technology - Framework Data Content Standard - Base Document

This Geographic Information Framework Data Content Standard provides interrelated thematic standards in seven data areas: cadastral, digital orthoimagery, elevation, geodetic control, governmental unit boundaries and other geographic area boundaries, hydrography, and transportation.¹

The parts for each of the seven themes and this Base Document specify a minimal level of data content that data producers, consumers, and vendors shall use for the description and interchange of those data, including through Web services.

The standard does not specify a particular structure for the interchange of data. Further, data producers and users may structure framework data in any format for their own internal use. The standard does not modify an organization’s internal business processes or how the organization holds data, except for the requirement that a minimal level of data content is present.

Scope of the Base Document

This Base Document provides:

• A high-level view of the seven framework data themes

• An overall integrating Unified Modeling Language (UML) model that is supplemented by detail in the part for each data theme

• Terminology and other information common to two or more themes

¹ This standard expands on framework data descriptions given in the 1997 publication, Framework Introduction and Guide, by the Federal Geographic Data Committee, Washington, DC.