Written question asked by Greg Hands (Conservative) on Monday, 24 July 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 October 2006. It was answered by Malcolm Wicks (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 October 2006 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.
Data Standards
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the purpose is of data standards (a) BS7666 and (b) BS8766.
- Answer
-
BS7666 is a set of standards on ““Spatial datasets for geographical referencing””. It provides a method of identifying places. BS8766 ““Names and identifiers of individuals and groups”” provides a method of recording names and identifiers of individuals and groups. They provide for compatibility of information between different producers and users of information based on the standards.Further information can be obtained from the British Standards Institute (David Cowers–020 8996 7419), and for BS7666, the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) at www.agi.org.uk.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 450 c1094-5W;450 c1101W; 89651
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Information Standards Standards specifications Topography
- Link
- View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2013-11-25 20:08:24 +0000
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1166051
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1166051
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1166051