Fill in the data catalogue spreadsheet

[ricardogsilva]

The spreadsheet in

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uiuey2w4IvCNtNK0rV2Z3e5IOk0TsbGrkQit9Cdic0o/edit#gid=0

contains a Catalog sheet which contains an initial list of most datasets that were identified during previous stages of the project.

We need to fill in the blanks in the spreadsheet in order to

1. Get a description of the existing datasets and their respective custodians
2. Track the progress of data upload, validation and publishing

This sheet shall contain the following columns - be sure to create any columns listed here that may not be in the spreadsheet yet:

• Columns related to data description and owners

  • [x] OGC Topic Category - A value coming from the fixed ISO 19115 topic categories, which are listed in the first column of the Lookups sheet
  • [x] Dataset - Name of the dataset
  • [x] Dataset custodian department - Department that will be responsible for owning the data
  • [x] Dataset custodian person
  • [x] Metadata custodian department - Department that will be responsible for maintaining the metadata of the dataset
  • [x] Metadata custodian person - Person that will be responsible for maintaining the metadata of the dataset
  • [x] Style custodian department - Department that will be responsible for maintaining the style for the dataset
  • [x] Style custodian person -
  • [x] name of dataset on old DomiNode - This means that we most likely already have the dataset (as we have a dump of old DomiNode's contents)
  • [x] location of authoritative file - It is likely that more than one department has different copies of datasets, but we need to find which is the canonical one
  • [x] additional details
  • [x] dataset is to be freely accessible to the general public (YES/NO)
  • [x] dataset type - NATIONAL BASEMAP/CORE LAYER/PROJECT LAYER - Read more about this in the DomiNode Data Assessment SOP

• Columns related to data ingestion workflow status - These are mostly Yes/No columns

  • [x] dataset has been uploaded to staging DB or filesystem
  • [x] dataset has been validated
  • [x] dataset has a metadata record
  • [x] metadata record has been validated
  • [x] dataset has a style
  • [x] dataset style has been validated
  • [x] dataset has been promoted to the published DB schema or filesystem dir
  • [x] dataset should be published via OGC webservices
  • [x] dataset has been published via OGC webservices
  • [x] dataset should be published via GeoNode
  • [x] dataset has been published via GeoNode

Interact with the various project stakeholders in order to gather the information specified above.

Start with the datasets owned by the LSD and PPD departments, as these are the biggest stakeholders.

[ricardogsilva]

Subset of #22

[justinelliotmeyers]

@ricardogsilva where can I download these layers? I am only seeing one on the DomiNode website. Thank you!

[ricardogsilva]

@justinelliotmeyers Thanks for your inquiry!

Most of the layers are not publicly available yet. I hope most of them will be made public sometime during this quarter, but I don't really have any authority on this matter.

Layers are owned by the respective Dominica Government departments and are subject to their internal data policies. While there is a push for supplying most data to the general public free of charge, I don't think there is an official policy on this yet. I suggest you get in contact with the Dominica Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project's (DVRP) Project Coordination Unit (PCU):

http://dvrp.gov.dm/

The DVRP PCU is responsible for the DomiNode project as a whole and should be able to answer any questions about it. It is also a good recipient for some citizen-pressure asking that DomiNode layers be made public :wink:

[l-fawcett]

@justinelliotmeyers thanks for your interest!

Ricardo is right! anyway, I would like to know which layers specifically are you interested in?

This will help us to talk to the custodians and to the PCU and have a quicker response for you. 

You can email me at luisa@piensa.co so we can talk more about it. :)

[justinelliotmeyers]

@l-fawcett I will email now - but in case it doesn't go through, I will post here as well. I'd like to map all cities, towns, and villages. I'd like to apply a population to them as well. These layers should help: lsd_census-parishes_v1.0.0 ppd_building-footprints-roseau_v1.0.0 ppd_district-boundaries_v1.0.0 ppd_estates_v1.0.0 ppd_household-buildings_v1.0.0 ppd_towns_v1.0.0 Communities - villages

[justinelliotmeyers]

Hello! I just wanted to follow-up as per the data being updated. Can anyone assist me? Thanks! Justin

[justinelliotmeyers]

Hey! I wanted to follow-up. Is there any data available yet? Thanks @ricardogsilva @l-fawcett