1.1 Introduction

Stewardship ensures that there is an organisation with formally appointed accountability for the management and maintenance of a geospatial dataset so that it meets the needs of most users. Stewardship includes all aspects of managing spatial information including data architecture, quality, maintenance, metadata, pricing, licensing, access and release.

The steward is accountable for maintaining the quality, integrity, availability and security of the data.

The custodian is responsible for the continued physical existence, maintenance, availability and dissemination of the data.

In this section:

• 1.2 Data stewardship and custodianship
• 1.3 Criteria for stewardship selection
• 1.4 Responsibilities for stewards
• 1.5 Responsibilities for custodians

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