ANZLIC – the Spatial Information Council http://www.anzlic.org.au/

Catalogue Service for Web (CSW) – http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/cat

Custodian is responsible for the continued physical existence, update and availability of a geospatial dataset data. In some cases the steward and the custodian will be the same organisation.

Geography Markup Language (GML) – http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/gml

ISO Technical Committee 211 (ISO/TC211) – a technical committee of the International Organisation for Standardisation that deals with geographic information standards
http://www.isotc211.org/

KML – an XML language used predominantly for Google-based applications
http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/kml

NZGOAL – New Zealand Government Open Access Licensing framework
http://www.nzgoal.info/

Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) can be broadly defined as a network of components that allows people to find, share and use spatial data. Key SDI components have been identified as: policy, access networks, standards, data and people.⁴⁸

Steward is accountable for maintaining the overall quality, integrity, security and dissemination of a geospatial data. Responsibility and accountability for the stewardship rests with the head of the organisation appointed for a particular dataset.

OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) – http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcs/

OGC Web Feature Service (WFS) – http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wfs/

OGC Web Mapping Service (WMS) – http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wms/

⁴⁸ Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures: From concept to reality, Taylor & Francis Group

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