Victorian Spatial Who’s Who and Glossary of Terms
SII
The Spatial Information Infrastructure Division of the
Department of Sustainability and Environment
manages and distributes core spatial information
including Vicmap. SII provides the Secretariat for the
VSC and runs the Custodianship Programme.
VSC
The Victorian Spatial Council (VSC) represents the peak
spatial information associations for business,
government, academia and the professions. Its
mandate is to develop policy and promote best practice
for spatial information development, management and
utilisation. Contact the VSC on 03 8636 2529 or email
Victorian.SpatialCouncil@dse.vic.gov.au
VSDD
The Victorian Spatial Data Directory. This is the current
online Search and Discovery Tool for Datasets available
through the Custodianship Programme. It contains a
profile for each dataset known as its Metadata. The
user can search on keywords such as gas, bird or parks.
At national level the VSDD is linked into The Australian
Spatial Data Directory allowing searches across all
Australian datasets. http://www.land.vic.gov.au/vsdd
VSDI
The Victorian Spatial Data Infrastructure: A mechanism
for making data available and for sharing and
exchanging it to enhance the achievement of social,
environmental and economic goals. It incorporates the
development of data, technology, policies, institutional
arrangements and capacity building (ie equipping
people to use the technology and information).
VSIS and VGIS
The Victorian Spatial Information Strategy 2004-2007
and its predecessor, the Victorian Geospatial
Information Strategy 2000-2003 have created a spatial
information management framework for Victoria.
Custodianship is a cornerstone of this framework.
The VSC is currently developing the new Strategy
(VSIS 2008 – 2010), with input from all sectors,
including agencies, private organisations, government,
and academia.
Framework Dataset
These datasets are considered fundamental to the
development and operation of Victoria’s Spatial Data
Infrastructure. They are the building blocks upon which
value adding can occur. Examples are the Vicmap suite
– Address, Property, Administrative Boundaries,
Transport, Geodetic, Elevation, Planning, Imagery,
Hydrography. They are maintained under the
Custodianship Programme by Government
Departments.
Foundation Dataset
These are the basic data layers which are not sensitive
and which the Custodian is willing to licence subject to
a Distribution Access License Agreement. For example
in a utility they would be the distribution boundary,
poles or street lights.
Restricted Dataset
These are layers which the Custodian will only license
to a limited number of users e.g. Emergency Services or
another utility. These may be a dataset of sensitive
electricity isolating switches, critical gas regulators, or
gas citygates.
Metadata
Data about data. Metadata is structured information
that describes, explains, locates or otherwise makes it
easier to retrieve, use or manage an information
resource. The Wyoming Geographic Information
Science Center at the University of Wyoming has a clear
and very readable explanation of Metadata with
presentations and examples of good and bad
metadata. http://www.sdvc.uwyo.edu/metadata/
Product Description
Datasets for commercial distribution may have a more
comprehensive package of general and administrative
information called the product description which
includes metadata, a pricing and licensing model,
production and/or acquisition methods, future plans,
linkages to other organisations/data sets, marketing
and associated documents for promotion and
dissemination.
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