[CivicAccess-discuss] DIG - Data Independence Guidelines

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

I am by no means an expert in neither of your domains, however, in some
respects, is this not overlap with OGC - http://www.opengeospatial.org/,
kinda the data standards guru's in the geo world?

Also, with big science (Hadron Collider etc.) and in cartography, the data
model, the software and the data are often inseparable - the output of these
combined being the information.  Atlas data is useless in some respects with
out the rendering of that data.  The Atlas is what matters, if you only have
the data you do not have an atlas.

I know that I cannot flex my knowledge muscles like you fellahs,  but my
hunch would lead me to look at OGC, the San Diego Centre for Super Computing
and the like, NSDIC, most of the GRIDS, IPY (
http://classic.ipy.org/international/joint-committee/data-management.htm) the
US Cyberinfrastructure, what is done with remote sensing, NASA and even the
itsy bitsy advances at the LAC Digital Format Registry -
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/digital-initiatives/012018-2210-e.html would
ensure that no wheels are being reinvented.  There is also - OAIS -
http://public.ccsds.org/publications/archive/650x0b1.PDF.

Again, just a hunch.

Cheers
t


On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Karl Dubost <karl at la-grange.net> wrote:

> Glen,
>
> Le 17 mai 2011 à 09:18, Glen Newton a écrit :
> > As far as I can tell, I don't see 'data independence' defined in any
> > of your documents.
> > I think this would be helpful.
>
> Good point. Would you create an issue :)
> https://github.com/karlcow/Data-Independence-Guidelines/issues/new
> List of previous issues.
> https://github.com/karlcow/Data-Independence-Guidelines/issues
>
> > As someone who has spent 20+ years working in IT and data (big,
>
> As someone who has spent 15+ years working in Web standards and data ;)
>
> > science, business, other), I have never encountered the term 'data
> > independence' used in the way you _appear_ to be using it.
> > The wikipedia definition appears to be different from what you are
> > referring to:
> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Data_independence
>
> Partly. A standardized format helps move data around and makes it easier
> for people to develop tools to import/export. They free the data from the
> software or material structure.
>
> http://www.la-grange.net/2011/05/16/freedata/data-independence#data-export-format
>
>
>
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