Systematic review of FGDC Standards program of work

The FGDC is undertaking a systematic review of all projects in the FGDC Standards program of work.

There are over 40 standards projects in the FGDC standards program of work. Half of these projects have resulted in FGDC-endorsed standards. The other half consists of projects in development.

Thirteen of the FGDC-endorsed standards were endorsed before 2000, but have not been subject to the five-year maintenance review required by FGDC standards directive #9, Maintenance. At the same time, several projects in development have not advanced beyond approval of a project.

The systematic review of FGDC Standards program of work has several objectives:

  • Evaluate relationship with relevant voluntary consensus standards - OMB Circular A-119 requires Federal agencies to use voluntary consensus standards whenever possible
  • Plan FGDC Standards activities
  • Promote FGDC Subcommittee and Working Group accountability

Throughout the remainder of FY 06, the Chair of the FGDC Standards Working Group (SWG) will be contacting individual Subcommittee and Working Group chairs to arrange for a phone interview in which to set a timeframe for review of individual standards projects. Subcommittee and Working Group chairs will then add standards review to their work plans and report on progress in semi-annual reports.

The SWG Chair will be contacting the chairs in phases, starting with those standards that have been endorsed the longest. In preparation for the initial interview, the FGDC requests that all chairs:

  • Familiarize themselves with FGDC Standards directive #9, especially Section 3
  • Use the sortable FGDC standards program of work table to identify those standards for which your organization serves as sponsor or maintenance authority.
  • Review the guidance questions (under related content, below) and provide preliminary responses to these questions.

The FGDC looks forward to working with you as we advance the FGDC standards program of work.

Status

Date
Event Document ID Recommendation
2006-02-08 Briefing at FGDC Standards Working Group

2006-03-07
Briefing at FGDC Coordination Group
2006-03-09 Notice of systematic review of FGDC standards program of work sent to SC/WG chairs

2006-03-27 Review of Soils Geographic Data Standard
FGDC-STD-006 Reissue
2006-04-27 Review of National Vegetation Classification Standard
FGDC-STD-005 Change
2006-05-11 Review of Spatial Data Transfer Standard, Part 6: Point Profile
FGDC-STD-002.6 Reissue
2006-05-11 Review of Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards, Part 1: Reporting Methodology
FGDC-STD-007.1-1998 Revise
2006-05-11 Review of Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards, Part 2: Standards for Geodetic Networks
FGDC-STD-007.2-1998 Revise
2006-07-11 Review of Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States
FGDC-STD-004 Reissue
2006-12-22
Review of Spatial Data Transfer Standard, Part 7: CADD Profile
FGDC-STD-002.7 Withdraw
2007-06-15 Review of Standard for a U.S. National Grid
FGDC-STD-011-2001 Reissue
2007-06-15 Review of Content Standard for Remote Sensing Swath Data FGDC-STD-009-1999 Revise
2007-06-15 Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata FGDC-STD-012-2002 Revise
2007-10-25  Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (Version 2.0)  FGDC-STD-001-1998  Reaffirm 
2007-10  Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Part 1, Biological Data Profile  FGDC-STD-001.1-1999  TBD 
2007-10  Content Standard for Digital Geosptial Metadata: Part 2, Metadata Profile for Shoreline Data FGDC-STD-001.2-2001 Reaffirm 

References

  • Materials for 2005 Annual Report (in draft)
  • See also Related Items