Re: [egov] Tactics on data alignment / standardization

["Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>]

Carl,

Is [1] the best reference for the UK Ordnance Survey and Land Line? Are
there any specific schemas you'd like to point folks to?

Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton

[1] http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2001-10-19-a.html

Carl Reed wrote:
> 
> Thomas -
> 
> You might be interest to learn that the UK Ordnance Survey now provides
> their Land Line (vector) data as a GML (Geography Markup Language) encoding.
> GML is an adopted OpenGIS Specification. GML is based on the
> eXtensibleMarkup Language (XML), is an open and non-proprietary
> specification used for the transport and storage of geographic information.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Carl Reed
> Executive Director
> OpenGIS Consortium
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Thomas Lee <ytlee@cecid.hku.hk>
> To: <egov@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 3:17 AM
> Subject: [egov] Tactics on data alignment / standardization
> 
> > Dear John and other eGov experts,
> >
> > The Government team and my team are very impressed by UK Government's
> > achievement on the production of the Data Standards Catalogue.  After
> > the production of our XML Guide, our priority will be to gather
> > different Government departments to concertedly align Government data
> > elements and develop XML schemas for those elements. We forsee there
> > will be considerable politics in arriving at commonly agreed data
> > representations among different departments.
> >
> > Do any of you kindly share with us your tips, tactics, experiences, and
> > reference materials on handling politics in  Government-wide data
> > standardization? Have you created / referenced any standardization
> > process for this purpose?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Thomas
> >
> > P.S. Please see the following email messages from my Government partner.
> >
> > -----
> > Dear Thomas
> >
> > Re the preceeding email, the UK's Government Data Standards Catalogue is
> > a useful reference.
> > (http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/schemasstandards/eservices.asp)
> >
> > We are looking for things beyond what's stated in volume 1.    We want
> > tacit knowledge, including how to deal with politics.
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Marianne
> >
> > -----
> > Dear Thomas
> >
> > While we are making preparation to pursue with the progressive alignment
> > of common data elements across government  departments, can you share
> > with us some tips or tactics on data alignment / data standardization,
> > so that we can be more tactful in this exercise.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your advice
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Marianne
> >
> >
> >
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