<div style="color:black;font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">
<div id="yiv3039036432">
<div>
<div style="color:black;font:10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div style="font-family:arial, helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">
<div id="yiv3039036432">
<div style="color:black;font:10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div>Hello All,</div>
<div><br clear="none">
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>Not sure if you're aware of the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/index-rev.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" data-jzz-gui-player="true">US LOC RFS</a>, but it is a document here in the states that many look to for setting and determining standards for data storage, archival, and dissemination.</div>
<div><br clear="none">
</div>
<div>The current <a href="https://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/geo-carto-rev.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" data-jzz-gui-player="true">Geospatial and CAD segment</a>, is in my opinion, a bit of a mess. Our dear friend GeoPackage is never once mentioned by name, nor even tangentially, much to my confusion.</div>
<div><br clear="none">
</div>
<div>Vector: </div>
<div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;"><img width="600" title="vector.png" class="yiv3039036432AOLInlineImage" id="yiv3039036432TIE.6984700" style="margin:5px;vertical-align:middle;" alt="vector.png" src="cid:AanvqQl6xvOhGcMM2c0g"></div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;"><br clear="none">
</div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;">Shapefile leads the recommended specs, but GPKG isn't even an acceptable. Furthermore, where are SQLite/Spatialite (which elsewhere LOC recommends for database artifacts)?</div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;"><br clear="none">
</div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;">Raster is a little less black-box, but not much:</div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;">
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;"><img width="600" title="raster.png" class="yiv3039036432AOLInlineImage" id="yiv3039036432TIE.7689040" style="margin:5px;vertical-align:middle;" alt="raster.png" src="cid:0XaTmljoeLbMmxL3OJG2"></div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;">COG isn't mentioned, though IMO it should be, nor is a Geopackage-stored Raster, which even ArcGIS Desktop supports.</div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;"><br clear="none">
</div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;">Vector+Raster is a bit more concerning:</div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;">
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;"><img width="600" title="raster_vector.png" class="yiv3039036432AOLInlineImage" id="yiv3039036432TIE.8292740" style="margin:5px;vertical-align:middle;" alt="raster_vector.png" src="cid:hfAMSpXjJfSmuxdS5H6Q"></div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;">Once again, Geopackage is an obvious omission, though they might be hinting at it in 3A/3B.</div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;"><br clear="none">
</div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;">This document is currently maintained by one Miss Rachel Trent (<a href="mailto:rtrent@loc.gov" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" data-jzz-gui-player="true" ymailto="mailto:rtrent@loc.gov">rtrent@loc.gov</a>). I was planning on writing her briefly to kindly express my concerns that Geopackage isn't more prominently recommended nor even listed as an acceptable format. I'm sure there is a process that was followed to vet the formats on this list, but I just can't reconcile the guidance document with what I know from practice and theory of the values of the different formats. Has anyone here been involved in this process or similar before? Am I perhaps just missing something obvious? To be clear, I'm not looking to hassle anyone or cause a fuss with this line of inquiry.</div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;"><br clear="none">
</div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;">I don't know if you know anyone at OGC or elsewhere who might wish to lend their voice. Perhaps a statement or two from someone like Even Roult or Howard Butler (or others who worked to draft the Geopackage spec) would carry more weight than mine. Maybe even a friendly nudge from OGC? I'm not sure whom is most appropriate to ping with this type of thing, but I thought I'd reach out to you all regardless.</div>
<div class="yiv3039036432yqt0526914259" id="yiv3039036432yqtfd34874">
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;"><br clear="none">
</div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;">Thanks as always,</div>
<div align="left" class="yiv3039036432envelope" style="float:none;">Brett</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="yiv3039036432yqt0526914259" id="yiv3039036432yqtfd53549">
</div>
</div>
<div class="yiv3039036432yqt0526914259" id="yiv3039036432yqtfd79292">
</div>
</div>
<div class="yiv3039036432yqt0526914259" id="yiv3039036432yqtfd85718">
</div>
</div>
<div class="yiv3039036432yqt0526914259" id="yiv3039036432yqtfd21265">
</div>
</div>
<div class="yiv3039036432yqt0526914259" id="yiv3039036432yqtfd23339">
</div>
</div>
<div class="yiv3039036432yqt0526914259" id="yiv3039036432yqtfd44382">
</div>
</div>
<div class="yiv3039036432yqt0526914259" id="yiv3039036432yqtfd85759">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>