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Subject:        Draft North American Profile of ISO Standard being Reviewed
Date:   Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:44:20 -0500
From:   Zellmer, Linda R <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
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Hello All,

The FGDC Metadata Work Group has developed a North American Profile of
the ISO Geospatial Metadata Standard 19115:2003. The draft of the
profile is now available for review and comment. The announcement of the
review, with links to the document, is given below. The North American
Profile was developed jointly by organizations in the U.S. and Canada.
Canadians are being invited to participate in the review through the
Canadian General Standards Board
(_http://w3.pwgsc.gc.ca/cgsb/prgsrv/stdsdev/nsa/secthree-e.html_).

The information below contains a link to the profile as well as
instructions on how to comment on the profile for participants in the
United States. The comment period ends March 16. Linda Zellmer

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The InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
(INCITS) Technical Committee L1, Geographic Information Systems and the
Canadian General Standards Board – Committee on Geomatics (CGSB-CoG)
have released a draft of the North American Profile of International
Standards Organization Standard 19115: 2003, Geographic information -
Metadata (NAP – Metadata) for review. Review and comment from other
metadata practitioners are also invited. Comments are invited to assure
that the Profile meets the needs of the geographic information community
in both the United States and Canada.

The review period began on February 1, 2007 and ends March 16, 2007. The
draft profile may be found at
_http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/incits-l1-standards-projects/NAP-Metadata/napMetadataProfileV101.pdf/_
<_http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/incits-l1-standards-projects/NAP-Metadata/napMetadataProfileV101.pdf/_>
. Reviewers are 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. The
ISO Standard ISO 19115:2003 can be purchased from the ANSI eStandards Store.

Comments received will be reviewed in mid-March. Editing will be
finished 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, for
approval. The Standard will then be 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 developed 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.

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Linda Zellmer
Head, Geology Library
Geology Building, Room 601
1001 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-1405
Phone: (812) 855-2275 Fax: (812) 855-6614
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