Defence Geospatial Information Working Group
Activities

Project List

Data Structures

D01 DGIWG Terminology Register
D02 Basic Data Types
D03 General Feature Model and Applications Schema Project
D04 Temporal Schema Profile
D05 Spatial Schema Profile
D06 Profile 19117 Portrayal and Registry
D07 Road Map for Imagery and Gridded Data
D08 DGIWG Feature Data Dictionary Register
D10 Geodetic Codes and Parameters
D11 Content Model Plan
D12 Encoding Format Plan
D13 DGIWG Quality Measures
D14 Portrayal for Geospatial Intelligence and Related Data
D15 Portrayal for Hardcopy Cartographic Symbols
D17 Spatio-Temporal Schema
D18 Feature and Attribute Data
D19 Metadata Profile of ISO 19139
D20 Metadata Profile Register
D21 Product Specification Dissemination
D22 Implementation of a Prototype DGIWG Portrayal Registry
D24 Spatial Schema Profiles for 3D

Services & Interfaces Technical Panel Projects

S01 DGIWG Portrayal Service
S02 Encoding Service
S03 RFI Request For Information Service
S04 Services Architecture
S05 Web Data Service Access Plan
S06 Digital Services Road Map
S07 Catalogue Service
S08 Web Services Search and Discovery Service
S09 Gazetteer Service
S10 Collaborative Tools Service
S11 Change Management Service
S12 Web Services Compliance Testing
S13 Catalogue Service Specification Stabliization

Data Access Technical Panel Projects

A01 Product Specification
A02 Compliance Testing
A03 Data Exchange Channels
A04 DGIWG Reference Feature Catalogue Registers
A05 DGIWG GML Profiles

Other Projects

T01 Road Map for Imagery and Gridded Data
T02 Geodetic Codes & Parameters Road Map
T03 Portrayal Road Map
T42 Enterprise Architecture
Hydrographic Interoperability Harmonization Working Group
Aeronautical Interoperability Harmonization Working Group



Data Structures Technical Panel Projects

D01 DGIWG Terminology Register - Suspended

Reference Date: 17 June 2003

Description: Specification for a register and a register of all defined terms used within DGIWG standards.

Preparatory Work:Project not started
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Project lead nation: USA

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D02 Basic Data Types - Suspended (ISO standard is sufficient)

Reference Date: 18 Sept 2003

Description: Specification of basic numeric and lexical text data types.

Preparatory Work:2004-06
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Project lead nation: Canada

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D03 General Feature Model and Applications Schema Project - Suspended

Reference Date: 26 Jun 2003

Description: Specification for a data dictionary register as a profile of ISO 19110 (Feature Cataloguing Methodology) and the register. Joint project with ISO TC211.

Preparatory Work:2003-10
Working Draft:2004-04
Draft Standard:
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Project lead nation: Sweden

Technical Panel: DSTP

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D04 Temporal Schema Profile - Suspended

Reference Date: 26 June 2003

Description: Temporal schema for DGIWG standards – profile of ISO 19108.

Preparatory Work: project not started
Working Draft: Draft
Standard: Standard:
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Project lead nation: USA

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D05 Spatial Schema Profile - Completed

Reference Date: 17 June 2003

Description: General spatial schema for DGIWG standards – profile of ISO 19107.

Preparatory Work: 2003-06
Working Draft:2003-10
Draft Standard: 2004-04
Standard: 2004-10

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Project lead nation: UK

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D06 Profile 19117 Portrayal and Registry - Active

Reference Date: 26 June 2003

Description: Develop a DGIWG Implementation Standard for Portrayal as a prototype instance of a portrayal registry that implements ISO 19117 and OGC standards.

Preparatory Work: 2003-10
Working Draft:2004-08
Draft Standard:
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Project lead nation: USA

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D07 Road Map for Imagery and Gridded Data - Transferred to T01

Reference Date: 26 June 2003

Description: Overview of standards required for imagery and gridded and coverage data.

Preparatory Work: 2003-10
Working Draft:2004-06
Draft Standard:
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Project lead nation: France

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D08 DGIWG Feature Data Dictionary Register - Active

Reference Date: 22 Oct 2003

Description: Specification for a data dictionary register as a profile of ISO 19110 (Methodology for Feature Cataloguing) and the development of a conformant DGIWG register. Joint project with ISO TC211.

Preparatory Work: 2002-09
Working Draft:2004-08
Draft Standard: 2005-02
Standard: 2006-08

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Project lead nation: USA

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D10 Geodetic Codes and Parameters - Cancelled

Reference Date: 18 Sept 2003

Description: Specification of a register and a register of geodetic codes & parameters for use in DGIWG standards as part of the ISO 19127 hierarchical register of geodetic codes & parameters.

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Project lead nation: France

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D11 Content Model Plan - Cancelled (superseded to MGCP and Nato initiatives)

Reference Date: 18 Sept 2003

Description: Definition of content models and thematic groups required to address the range of data “products” developed using DGIWG standards.

Preparatory Work: projedct not started
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Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D12 Encoding Format Plan
- Cancelled

Reference Date: 26 June 2003

Description: Definition of encoding formats required to carry data content expressed in DGIWG standards. This includes backward compatibility to existing formats such as VPF and new encoding formats such as XML/GML.

Preparatory Work: project not started
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Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D13 DGIWG Quality Measures - Active

Reference Date: 26 June 2003

Description: DGIWG Data Quality Profile.

Preparatory Work: 2003-10
Working Draft:2004-10
Draft Standard:
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Project lead nation: Germany

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D14 Portrayal for Geospatial Intelligence and Related Data - Active

Reference Date: 26 June 2003

Description: Build upon previous work in DGIWG Project D06 and expand Register of Symbol Sets to include symbols for geospatial intelligence and related data not included in the baseline GeoSym. Develop relationships with external groups such as IHO, WMO, and ICAO to identify common symbology needs and processes for including these symbols in the DGIWG Register of Symbols.

Preparatory Work:Project not started
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Project lead nation: USA

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D15 Portrayal for Hardcopy Cartographic Symbols - Active

Reference Date: 26 June 2003

Description: Develop portrayal catalogs and portrayal specifications for the portrayal of geospatial information shown on hardcopy maps/charts, in accordance with ISO DIS 19117 – PortrayalDGIWG Implementation Standard for Portrayal, and the results of DGIWG Project D06 and post catalog packages to a symbol registry.

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Project lead nation: USA

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D17 Spatio-Temporal Schema - Suspended

Reference Date: 26 June 2003

Description: Schema for 2D or 3D geometry plus time as a third or fourth dimension.

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Project lead nation: USA

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D18 Feature and Attribute Data - Active

Reference Date: 22 October 2003

Description: Restructuring of the DGIWG Feature and Attribute Coding Catalogue (FACC) to support the DGIWG Feature Data Dictionary Register, alignment with external sources, and enhancement to meet new DGIWG requirements.

Preparatory Work: 2004-10
Working Draft:2005-10
Draft Standard:
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Project lead nation: USA

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D19 Metadata Profile of ISO 19139 - Active

Reference Date: 24 Oct 2003

Description: Profile of ISO TC 211 19139 – Geographic Information – Metadata – Implementation Specification and possible future ISO 19139-2.

Preparatory Work: 2003-10
Working Draft:2004-06
Draft Standard:
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Project lead nation: USA

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D20 Metadata Profile Registry - Active

Reference Date: 24 Oct 2003

Description: Specification a DGIWG metadata standard profile registry that contains the register of ISO 19115 and ISO 19115-2 and any extensions identified in the DGIWG Metadata Profile of ISO 19139 for use by military coalitions.

Preparatory Work: 2003-10
Working Draft:
Draft Standard:
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Project lead nation: USA

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D21 Product Specification Dissemination - Completed

Reference Date: 22 April 2004

Description: Provides a mechanism to share a Product Specification.

Preparatory Work: 2004-03
Working Draft:2004-10
Draft Standard: 2005-04
Standard: 2005-10

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Project lead nation: France

Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D22 Implementation of a Prototype DGIWG Portrayal Registry - Active

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Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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D24 Spatial Schema Profiles for 3D - Active

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Technical Panel: DSTP Data Structures

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Services & Interfaces Technical Panel Projects:

S01 DGIWG Portrayal Service - Active

Reference Date: 16 Sept 2003

Description: Develop an implementation specification for a service for accessing and rendering geographic information using portrayal rules and symbol sets.

Preparatory Work: 2004-06
Working Draft:2004-10
Draft Standard:
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Project lead nation: USA

Technical Panel: SITP Services and Interfaces

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S02 Encoding Service
- Suspended

Reference Date: 1 June 2003

Description: Encoding mechanism – profile of ISO 19118.

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Project lead nation: USA

Technical Panel: SITP Services and Interfaces

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S03 RFI Request For Information Service - Active

Reference Date: 17 June 2003

Description: Develop an implementation specification for a request for information service.

Preparatory Work: 2004-06
Working Draft:2004-10
Draft Standard:
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Project lead nation: Canada

Technical Panel: SITP Services and Interfaces

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S04 Services Architecture - Active

Reference Date: 17 June 2003

Description: Specification of a DGIWG profile of 19119 Services standard defining the abstract services required in a DGIWG environment.

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Technical Panel: SITP Services and Interfaces

S05 Web Data Service Access Plan - Active

Reference Date: 16 Sept 2003

Description: Access to geospatial data over networks (simple feature access per ISO 19125 and OGC, and web mapping per ISO 19128 and OGC).

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Project lead nation: UK

Technical Panel: SITP Services and Interfaces

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S06 Digital Services Road Map - Integrated into Project S04

Reference Date: 20 October 2003

Description: Develop a services roadmap incorporating models and descriptive text.

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Project lead nation: UK

Technical Panel: SITP Services and Interfaces

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S07 Catalogue Service - Active

Reference Date: 20 October 2003

Description: Defines a common interface that enables diverse conformant applications to perform discovery, browse and query operations against distributed and potentially heterogeneous catalogue service.

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Project lead nation: TBD

Technical Panel: SITP Services and Interfaces

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S08 Web Services Search and Discovery Service - Suspended

Reference Date: 12 August 2004

Description: Develop and specify the way in which coalition members will identify and interface to accessible services.

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Project lead nation: TBD

Technical Panel: SITP Services and Interfaces

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S09 Gazetteer Service - Active

Reference Date: 13 August 2004

Description: Gazetteer Service Specification.

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Project lead nation: TBD

Technical Panel: SITP Services and Interfaces

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S10 Collaborative Tools Service - Suspended

Reference Date: 13 August 2004

Description: Collaborative Tools Service Specification.

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Project lead nation: TBD

Technical Panel: SITP Services and Interfaces

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S11 Change Management Service - Suspended

Reference Date: 13 August 2004

Description: Change Management Service Specification.

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Project lead nation: TBD

Technical Panel: SITP Services and Interfaces

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S12Web Services Compliance Testing - Active

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Technical Panel: SITP Services and Interfaces

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Data Access Technical Panel Projects

A01 Product Specification - Active

Reference Date: 17 July 2003

Description: Specification of the rules, format and content of a DGIWG product specification based on ISO 19131 Data Product Specification and on existing DGIWG and NGA products such as VMP, DNC.

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Project lead nation: TBD

Technical Panel: DATP Data Access

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A02 Compliance Testing - Active

Reference Date: 1 December 2003

Description: Specification of a methodology for compliance testing based on the concept of “model-based testing” using the application schema defined for each product specification and including test data sets to verify compliance of test software.

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Project lead nation: TBD

Technical Panel: DATP Data Access

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A03 Data Exchange Channels - Active

Reference Date: 21 January 2004

Description: Develop standard procedures for the exchange of geospatial information products over data communications channels, in particular with regard to how security issues will impact service interface specifications.

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Project lead nation: TBD

Technical Panel: DATP Data Access

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A04 DGIWG Reference Feature Catalogue Registers (s) - Active

Reference Date: 15 January 2004

Description: Development of one or more DGIWG reference Feature Catalogue Registers conformant to ISO 19126 (Profiles for feature data dictionary registers and feature catalogue registers).

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Project lead nation: TBD

Technical Panel: DATP Data Access

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A05 DGIWG GML profiles - Active

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Description: Development of a GML schema for DGIWG based application schemas.

Preparatory Work: Project not started
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Project lead nation: Germany
Technical Panel: DATP Data Access

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Other Projects

T01 Road Map for Imagery and Gridded Data - Active

Description: Development of a plan for the establishment of DGIWG standards related to imagery, gridded and coverage data. This includes the relationship between base ISO standards for imagery, gridded and coverage data and the many encoding standards.

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T02 Geodetic Codes & Parameters Road Map - Suspended

Description: Development of a plan for addressing spatial referencing within DGIWG. Note: It was determined that at the present time the ISO standards for spatial referencing form a sufficient basis, and that the register of geodetic codes and parameters, which was established based on the existing DIGEST Part 3, Section 6, provides the codes needed for use in metadata; therefore, this project has been suspended.

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T03 Portrayal Road Map - Active

Description: Development of a plan for the establishment of DGIWG standards related to portrayal. The establishment of a register of symbols and rules has been identified.

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T42 Enterprise Architecture

Description: Development a DGIWG enterprise strategy document. Focus on the identification of current and emerging standards for use by member Nations and Communities of Interest (COI).

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Hydrographic Interoperability Harmonization Working Group - Active

Description: Harmonization of hydro features done in cooperation with the IHO

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Aeronautical Interoperability Harmonization Working Group - Active

Description: Harmonization of aeronautical features done in cooperation with the ICAO and Eurocontrol

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