Geospatial Community of Practice: Development of an FEA Geospatial Profile

1. Geospatial Community of Practice:Development of an FEA Geospatial Profile Briefing for Coordination Group November 1, 2005 Douglas Nebert U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee Secretariat

2. Presentation Outline • Geospatial Profile of the FEA - Introduction • Problem and Solution context • Community of Practice Objectives, Scope, Approach • Status and Timelines • Discussion

3. Problem Statement • Geographic information is used in a majority of business settings in and outside of government • Geographic information and services are not addressed consistently within and between organizations • Interoperability among providers and consumers of geographic data and services requires a common understanding of semantics and functional capabilities • Development of common multi-jurisdictional approaches to the use of geographic information and services requires inclusion in Enterprise Architecture

4. Solution: Creation of guidance for geospatial capabilities in the FEA • Develop a Geospatial Profile document for the FEA to support its cross-cutting nature, along the lines of the Profiles being developed for Records Management and Security and Privacy • Audience: Chief Architects, individuals in the agency CIO office responsible for development for common Enterprise Architectures in the federal and non-federal settings

5. Geospatial Overlay Shared lines of business Integrated Data and Information “To Be State” DOI USDA Using the FEA-DRM Recreation DOE Natural Resource HHS Health Emission Consumer Safety Public Health Monitoring Consumer Health & Safety Recreational Resource Management & Tourism Pollution Prevention & Control Energy Research

6. Agencies Economic Development Community and Social Services Financial Management Human Resources Natural Resources Homeland Security Health Education Geospatial Profiles Security & Privacy Records Management Lines of Business

7. Geospatial Community of Practice • Convened a workgroup of federal and non-federal participants to develop a Geospatial Profile of the FEA • Affiliated with the Architecture and Infrastructure Committee (AIC) of the Federal CIO Council • Ad-hoc Working Group of the Federal Geographic Data Committee – a trans-governmental coordinating body for geospatial practices • Membership includes major federal agencies, state and local members, professional organizations (NSGIC, NACO, NASCIO, GITA)

8. Geospatial Community of PracticeObjectives in Creation of the Profile • Encourage communication between participants • Examine and promote awareness of current EA practices • Leverage successful EA work to advance the development of the Geospatial Profile • Identify and pursue opportunities to validate the Geospatial Profile best practices • Identify opportunities to leverage investments

9. Audience of EA Geospatial Profile • Enterprise Architects: those responsible for developing enterprise architectures and managing enterprise architecture programs, and ensuring that geospatial requirements are incorporated within enterprise architectures. • CIO Office Leadership and Staff: those responsible for the overall coordination of an organization’s IT planning, development, and management activities to support business needs. • Geospatial Information Officers (GIOs): those responsible for planning and managing an organization’s geospatial activities, investments, and assets.

10. Secondary Audience of Profile • Business Managers and Sponsors • Discipline Practitioners • Portfolio Managers and Capital Planners • Solutions Providers and Integrators • Geospatial Vendors and Consultants

11. Initiative Status, November 2005 • Drafted a Charter for a Geospatial WG under the FGDC and CIO AIC • Refined a work plan to create a Profile document • Identified a wild-land fire scenario as the context to be followed by examples in the Profile document • Convened writing teams for the Introduction section, and to provide geospatial guidance for each of the relevant FEA Reference Models • Completed the third draft (V0.3) of the Profile for review by FGDC and AIC members and their partner organizations

12. Executive Summary Table of Contents Acknowledgements Future Work Introduction to the Geospatial Profile Objectives Audience Document Structure Introduction to Geospatial Concepts Cross-cutting nature of geospatial Overview of Geospatial Capabilities The NSDI Performance Geospatial view of the Performance Reference Model Geospatial performance Architecture Guidance Business Geospatial View of Business Reference Model Geospatial Business Architecture Guidance Data Geospatial View of the Data Reference Model Geospatial Data Architecture Guidance Services Geospatial View of the Service Component Reference Model Geospatial Service Architecture Guidance Technology Geospatial View of the Technical Reference Model Geospatial Technology Architecture Guidance Geospatial Profile Outline

13. Appendices (100+ pages) • Appendix A: References • Appendix B: Glossary • Appendix C: FEA Overview • Appendix D: Use Case and Scenarios • Appendix E: Geospatial Activity Examples for BRM • Appendix F: Geospatial Business Language • Appendix G: Geospatial Service Components • Appendix H: Geospatial Standards List • Appendix I: Acronym List

14. Highlights: Geospatial Integration Maturity Model • Coordination • Governance, Management, and Planning • Policies and Compliance • Enterprise Integration • Data Acquisition, Documentation, & Maintenance • Data Access & Distribution • Standards & Best Practices • Training & Skills Development Influenced by NSGIC Model for Coordination of Geographic Information Technology (GIT) and OMB PART

15. GIMM Levels

16. Geospatial Business Language The Geospatial Business Language is comprised of five basic types of terms: • Application: A computer program with a user interface or computer program component that employs geospatial data and technology; a geospatial business process or sub-process that is implemented as a software program or program component. • Data: A geospatial information class, type or property. • Function: A geoprocessing capability; a geoprocessing user tool; a geospatial service component. • Process: A general series of business activities that employs geospatial data and technology. • Technology: An application of science that generates, displays, manages or otherwise processes geospatial data. (Excluding general-purpose Information Technology.)

17. Other Guidance • Relevant Geospatial Standards and Specifications – Technical Reference Model • Data approaches - Data context, data sharing, data description • Geospatial Service Components - Elaboration on Service Reference Model practices and mapping to FEA classifications

18. Request for your review and comment • As sponsors of this initiative, the members and partners of the FGDC are invited to review and comment on this draft of the Geospatial Profile • Comments are due by COB, November 18, 2005 • Document will be edited and forwarded to the FEA PMO in January for consideration • Profile document is at: http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?CurrentGeospatialProfileDraft

19. Pilot of Geospatial EA Principles • Pilot activity is proposed to interpret and deploy resources following the Geospatial Profile to support specific mission requirements using multiple-agency data and services • Seek input on one or more complementary scenarios • Build on existing capabilities and commitments • Establish maintainable/sustainable capability • Explore opportunities for Service Level Agreements • Suggest we convene a pilot design team meeting on November 17 • Seeking your input and participation!

20. Initiative co-leads • Brenda Smith, EPA • Ivan DeLoatch, FGDC For more information contact: Doug Nebert (ddnebert@fgdc.gov)