[GSDI Legal Econ] official reference of SDI concept / ontologies

[Kate Lance]

Walter,
As far as I'm aware, the boxes came from efforts of Doug Nebert (and/or others) at FGDC in the 1990's as a means to describe SDI components and how they related to each other (check with Doug, ddnebert at fgdc.gov).  As originally conceived, the boxes were limited to maps, metadata, clearinghouse, standards, and partnerships (5 boxes).  Although boxes were used to convey the ideas, I wouldn't say that those promoting SDI thought that you could construct these boxes and thus have an SDI.  I think most fully understood that the institutional/organizational/partnership/social aspects were the most significant.    

In 2000, for work that Diego Pedreros and I were doing on SDI Honduras, and without the time/means to develop entirely new presentation materials, we extended some of Doug's slides and included additional boxes for communications network, legal framework, information policy.

In a similar vein, I know of others who used a presentation that Diego and I put together, because it was easier to use existing slides than create new ones that would have been more apt.  

Does this mean we all had a "building block concept" of SDI development.... or were we too busy/rushed to put more thought into better presentations!  Not knowing why you may be interested in this slide, I wouldn't put more meaning into it than it actually represents.   

You might want to check out recent FGDC presentations to see what ideas currently are being conveyed and how.  I don't think these boxes have been in FGDC presentation in quite some time. 

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From: Walter de Vries <devries at itc.nl>
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Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 12:14:48 PM
Subject: [GSDI Legal Econ] official reference of SDI concept / ontologies


I was looking for the official reference to the SDI container / building block concept, in which SDI is diplayed as a combination of standards, base maps, partnerships, etc. Where/when was this concept introduced, or who should be referred to it how? I have seen it mentioned in various stages since the earlier GSDI conferences 1996/1997 and the earlier books/articles by Masser, Coleman, Moeller, FGDC, but wonder who should actually be credited for the complete picture or the seperate components of this (regardless of whether this picture provides a clear enough idea, or whether the building block concept is useful or not - that is obviously something to debate and/or compare).   
 

 
Walter de Vries
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