[OSGeo-Discuss] Sharing GIS Data Models

[Rafal Wawer]

HI Landon,
Sounds very interesting, especially Public Land Survey model.
Did you think about using an UML editor for the job instead Inkscape?

INSPIRE Directive spatial data models 
http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/2/list/datamodels
(I had the pleasure to participate in the development of the models for
biodiversity themes)

are written in UML using a commercial tool, but there are several free tools
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unified_Modeling_Language_tools

The benefits of this UML editor approach is, that using certain tools you can
translate the data model directly into the database structure or even to code.

Best regards:
RAf




On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:14:21 -0700, Landon Blake wrote
> I recently started work on a GIS for a small sewer district at my day
> job. I'm currently using diagrams I created in Inkscape
> (http://inkscape.org/) to illustrate the following elements of my GIS
> data model:
> 
> 1) Simple Feature Attributes
> 2) Individual Feature Level Metadata
> 
> When the data model documentation process is complete I hope to also
> have diagrams for the additional elements of my GIS data model:
> 
> 1) Topology Data
> 2) Feature Relationships
> 3) Feature Editing History
> 
> The diagrams will be combined with a short written guide to document
> the data model. I plan on sharing all of the data model, including 
> its design, the SVG and PDF files of the diagrams, and the written guide.
> I'd like to release all of that under a Creative Commons License. If 
> I can find time, I'll tweak the diagrams to create templates that could
> be easily applied to other data models.
> 
> Is there any interest among other OSGeo members in these data model
> documents and templates? If there is, I'd love to gather feedback 
> from interested parties. If there was enough interest, I'd like to talk
> about hosting an open data model page similar to the one here:
> 
> http://support.esri.com/en/downloads/datamodel
> 
> I'd could commit to maintaining the data for the sewer data model, 
> and hope to add data models for the Public Land Survey System and Flood
> Control Infrastructure before the end of the year. If there isn't
> interest in doing that as part of OSGeo, I'll put up a set of GIS 
> data model pages here:
> 
> http://www.ccvgpg.org/
> 
> Ultimately my goal is to encourage better documentation and sharing 
> of GIS data model design. Inkscape is a really wonderful vector graphics
> program that makes it possible to do this in a beautiful way using
> common templates.
> 
> If there is any interest, I'll share what I've got so far, and will
> move the conversation to the OSGeo standards mailing list.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Landon
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DR. Rafal Wawer
The Department of Soil Science Erosion Control and Land Protection
The Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation - State Research institute
ul. Czartoryskich 8
24-100 Puławy
Poland