Preservation

Linked Open Data for Geospatial Formats

A geographic information or geographical information system (GIS) is a system for creating, storing, analyzing and managing spatial data and associated attributes. In the strictest sense, it is a computer system capable of integrating, storing, editing, analyzing, sharing, and displaying geographically-referenced information. In a more generic sense, GIS is a tool that allows users to create interactive queries (user created searches), analyze the spatial information, and edit data.

The significant properties of geospatial records are documented in a Geospatial Preservation Plan, which can be used as test criteria for tools and processes used in format transformations.

NARA makes its Linked Open Data available in the Resource Description Framework Terse RDF Triple Language, or RDF Turtle (.ttl files). These files can be opened in any text editor. The Digital Preservation Framework as Linked Open Data includes the same elements as are available in the version of the Preservation Plans on GitHub.

These Plans are not exhaustive nor universally applicable proposed actions and recommended or endorsed tools: these represent file formats and variant versions in NARA holdings, the current NARA risk assessment, processing capabilities, and tools in use at NARA.

 

Format Name Digital Preservation Framework Category/Categories NARA Format ID NARA Linked Open Data TTL
CompeGPS Land Track file Geospatial NF00790 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00790.ttl
E57 Lidar Point Cloud Format Geospatial|Digital Design and Vector Graphics NF00794 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00794.ttl
ESRI ArcInfo Interchange File Format Geospatial NF00173 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00173.ttl
ESRI Shapefile (Arc/View Shapefile Index) Geospatial NF00557 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00557.ttl
ESRI Shapefile (dBASE Table for ESRI Shapefile) Geospatial NF00558 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00558.ttl
ESRI Shapefile (ESRI Header Index) Geospatial NF00559 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00559.ttl
ESRI Shapefile (ESRI Spatial Index File) Geospatial NF00560 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00560.ttl
ESRI Shapefile Compound File Geospatial NF00174 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00174.ttl
ESRI World File Geospatial NF00175 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00175.ttl
Geography Markup Language Geospatial NF00200 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00200.ttl
GeoPackage Geospatial NF00795 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00795.ttl
Geospatial Tagged Image File Format (GeoTIFF) Geospatial|Digital Still Image NF00201 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00201.ttl
Intergraph Raster Format Navigational Charts|Geospatial NF00635 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00635.ttl
Keyhole Markup Language Geospatial NF00222 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00222.ttl
Keyhole Markup Language (Container) Geospatial NF00577 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00577.ttl
MapInfo Map Object File Geospatial NF00733 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00733.ttl
Microsoft Streets and Trips Map Format Geospatial NF00821 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00821.ttl
Multiresolution Seamless Image Database (MrSID) Digital Still Image|Geospatial NF00813 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00813.ttl
Raster Product Format Geospatial NF00394 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00394.ttl
Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) Geospatial NF00408 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00408.ttl
TerraGo Geospatial PDF Geospatial NF00425 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00425.ttl
Topologically Integrated Geographic and Encoding Referencing Files (TIGERLine) Geospatial NF00426 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00426.ttl
Vector Product Format Geospatial NF00433 https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00433.ttl
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