[ciq] xAL of OASIS CIQ TC and BS7666

[Ram Kumar <rkumar@msi.com.au>]

Hi all

The enclosed document was produced by RoberT James of White Wulf Consultants 
comparing BS7666 standard with xAL of CIQ TC. This document was consulted 
with Dr Rob Walker Chairman of the BS committee responsible for BS7666 
(IST/36). 

xAL is a superset of BS7666.

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Anwar (Election and Voting Services TC),

Can you please forward this document to John Borras of your department
as he might be interested in this.

Thanks
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For those who are not aware of BS7666:

What is BS7666?

To facilitate the creation of the NLPG, a British Standard (BS7666 Spatial 
datasets for geographical referencing) has been created. The standard 
comprises four parts covering Street Gazetteers, Land and Property 
Gazetteers, Addresses and Rights of Way. An operational BS7666 compliant LLPG 
will become an essential prerequisite for ongoing involvement in the NLPG 
once it has been created. 

What does it do?

BS7666 specifies a standard format for holding details on every property and 
street. The standard does not differentiate between commercial or residential 
properties, between occupied, developed or vacant land, between urban or 
rural or between addressable properties and non-addressable entities such as 
communications masts. 


Regards

Ram
Chair, CIQ TC

BS766_xAL version 2.doc