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The FGDC Utilities Data Content Standard is now open for
public review.
 
It is the intent of this standard to define the set of common utility
system information for the community of users that capture and use
geospatial information about utility systems.  The standard specifies
the semantic geospatial information for utility systems, including
names, definitions and domains for utility system components that can be
geospatially depicted as feature types and their non-graphical
attributes.
 
Comments are encouraged about the content, completeness, and usability
of the proposed standard.   Comments are requested specifically on the
following topics:
additional required data content for utility systems (i.e., features,
attributes, domains)
existing defacto or ad hoc utilities standard(s) (e.g., internal
organization schema, published documents, etc.)
issues on implementation
 
Please send comments by E-mail to:  Internet: [log in to unmask]
 
Or, send one hard copy version of the comments and a soft copy version
on a 3X5 diskette, Word Perfect 6.0 to:
 
Utilities Data Content Standard Review
c/o FGDC Secretariat (attn: Jennifer Fox)
U.S. Geological  Survey
590 National Center
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, Virginia, 20192
 
Copies of the standard can be downloaded from
http://www.fgdc.gov/Standards/PR_Announcements/Standards/PRstandards.htm
l, or hardcopies can be requested through the above internet and mailing
addresses.
 
All comments must be received by February 6, 1998