Standards

Geospatial Data Standard

The objective of this standard is to support stewardship and interoperability of information by ensuring that departments access, use and share geospatial data efficiently and effectively to support program and service delivery.

TBITS 39: Treasury Board Information Management Standard Part 01: Government Online Metadata Standard

This standard adopts the Dublin Core as the core metadata standard for resource sharing and interoperability goals of Government On-Line. Adopting a metadata standard will ensure that, across domains and clusters and business functions, the effort that goes into assigning metadata is coordinated, cost effective and client-service focused.

TBITS 39: Treasury Board Information Management Standard Part 02: Controlled Vocabulary Standard

This standard adopts the principle of controlled vocabulary for the management of electronic information. The use of controlled vocabulary is necessary to classify and describe information, and to support navigation, searching, information sharing and interoperability goals of Government On-Line (GOL).