Introduction to the Geospatial Profile of Enterprise Architecture

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Introduction to the Geospatial Profile of
Enterprise Architecture

• Doug Nebert
• FGDC Secretariat
• March 2006

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Enterprise Architecture

• Defines a framework in which one describes the
  current and future work activities and justifies
  the investments (personnel, data, applications)
  of an enterprise
• A precursor to electronic government (e-gov) and
  business process re-engineering

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FEA Reference Models

• Business Reference Model (BRM) define
  mission-critical lines of business, business
  processes, and functions
• Performance Reference Model (PRM) developed to
  define measures of business performance
• Technical Reference Model (TRM) identifies and
  describes the technology (components, interfaces)
  used to achieve the BRM
• Service Reference Model (SRM) defines the types
  and instances of services required to support
  processes
• Data Reference Model (DRM) defines the
  data/information concepts, structures,
  definitions, and values or enumerations required
  by the BRM in the context of the TRM

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Describing the Enterprise
mission
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Requirements for Geospatial Profile in Enterprise
Architecture

• Geographic information is used in a majority of
  business settings in and outside of government
• Geographic information and services are not
  addressed consistently within and between
  organizations
• Interoperability among providers and consumers of
  geographic data and services requires a common
  understanding of semantics and functional
  capabilities
• Development of common multi-jurisdictional
  approaches to the use of geographic information
  and services requires inclusion in Enterprise
  Architecture

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Solution Creation of guidance for geospatial
capabilities in the FEA

• Develop a Geospatial Profile document for the FEA
  to support its cross-cutting nature, along the
  lines of the Profiles being developed for Records
  Management and Security and Privacy
• Deploy the concept outside the bounds of FEA to
  include local and state government

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FEA Geospatial Profile

• Companion to Federal Enterprise
  Architecture (FEA) Reference Models
  to recognize and promote the pervasive
  nature of geospatial capabilities in lines of
  business across government
• Audience Agency chief architects and CIO staff
  in federal, state, or local government
• Objective to develop consistent methodology to
  call-out geospatial elements of all aspects of
  government business
• Format 60 page document with many resource
  annexes

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Agencies
Economic Development
Community and Social Services
Financial Management
Human Resources
Natural Resources
Homeland Security
Health
Education
Geospatial
Profiles
Security Privacy
Records Management
Lines of Business
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Geospatial Profile Outline

• Data Reference Model
• Service Components Reference Model
• Technology Reference Model
• Performance Reference Model and Maturity Model
• Appendix A References
• Appendix B Glossary
• Appendix C FEA Overview
• Appendix D Use Case and Scenarios
• Appendix E Geospatial Activity Examples for BRM
• Appendix F Geospatial Business Language
• Appendix G Geospatial Service Components
• Appendix H Geospatial Standards List
• Appendix I Acronym List

• Executive Summary
• Introduction to the Geospatial Profile
• Objectives
• Audience
• Document Structure
• Introduction to Geospatial Concepts
• Cross-cutting nature of geospatial
• Overview of Geospatial Capabilities
• The NSDI
• Business Reference Model

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Next Steps

• Working on revised outline and content for
  Version 2.0 to be completed later in 2006 based
  on comments received through AIC/FEA PMO
• Conduct pilot project in two phases
• Interpretation of Profile by IT/business staff in
  several organizations new to the document
• Implementation pilot of identified capabilities
  of common re-use potential among agencies

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Pilot of Geospatial EA Principles

• Pilot activity is proposed to interpret and
  deploy resources following the Geospatial Profile
  to support specific mission requirements using
  multiple-agency data and services
• Interpret Profile in context of a common
  emergency management scenario with local, state,
  and federal players
• Build on existing capabilities and commitments
• Establish maintainable/sustainable capability
• Provide comment back to Profile and FEA processes
• Kick-off sessions to be held in April 2006
• Pilot will include North Carolina,
  Recreation.gov, and other projects

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Initiative contact

• For more information contact
• Doug Nebert (ddnebert_at_fgdc.gov)
• [phone]