DNF to embrace Linked Data - Press Release

In support of the change in direction for DNF and the Expert Group to fully embrace Linked Data and to act as the focal point for Linked Data within the geospatial community, a Press Release was issued in February 2011. 

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Migrating to a National Street Gazetteer based on the Digital National Framework

David C. Simmons

This paper proposes a major, but achievable change of direction for the National Street Gazetteer (NSG). The author believes this change is an essential pre-requisite for an effective information system to support pressing road management needs such as those identified in the Traffic Management Act 2004. These changes position NSG to be compatible with a DNF (Digital National Framework) base. This has already been achieved for the whole of Oxfordshire and is underway in a number of other highway authorities. This paper was presented at StreetWorks 2005.

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Results of Unique Identifiers Consultation Paper

The feedback from the consultation paper on unique identifiers have been compiled and published in this paper.

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Spatial Data: A barrier to electronic service delivery in 2005?

Steven Ramage, Marketing Director, Laser-Scan and Dr Michael Sanderson, CEO, Laser-Scan examine the benefits that effective spatial data compilation can bring to local authorities.

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Spatial Data: Enabling Information Integrity within Spatial Data infrastructures

Keith Murray, Bern Munday, Ian Bush

Two case studies are described (index to land ownership parcels and a new database of land now open to public access) and progress towards the DNF principles are assessed in this paper, which was presented at the GSDI FIG in Cairo, 2005.

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The DNF White Paper

The DNF White Paper was issued as a discussion document in 2004, it has since been largely superseded by developments guided by the DNF Expert Group for example the Technical Documentation, Case Studies, DNF Registry. It is retained here for reference purposes only.

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Unique Identifiers Consultation Paper

A paper has been released in order to clear up issues surrounding the handling of identifiers, range allocation, and the use of prefixes.

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Use of a common framework for positional referencing of buried assets

Geospatial Engineering Board Buried Services working group

This report marks the end of the Buried Services Working Group of the Geospatial Engineering Board. Formulated through meetings of industry and academia, the Working Group was designed with the sole objective of producing a report examining the current status of buried services and the efforts that can be taken towards formulating a common framework.

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DNF Reference Objects - DNF Reference Objects: Principles for selection and their application to OS MasterMap

Les Rackham - DNF Technical Group

This report sets out principles for establishing a set of recommended DNF Reference Objects derived from existing sources which can be promoted and disseminated by DNF. These principles are then applied to the existing OS MasterMap® objects in the Topography Layer to (i) illustrate how these principles may be used and (ii) form the basis for the publication of an initial set of recommended DNF Reference Objects. A table showing all OS MasterMap topographic objects with recommended DNF Reference Objects is given at Annexe A.

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DNF0051 - Implications of the INSPIRE Directive.

A DNF White Paper

The subject of this paper is the European legislation aimed at creating a spatial information infrastructure. It explains the impacts that this will have in the UK at a national and local level; explains the current status and what is going to happen in the future and shows how and where the adoption of DNF principles could assist organisations meet their INSPIRE objectives.

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