New Report Identifies Key Components of Authoritative Geospatial Data

一份新报告说，权威的地理空间数据是数字化转型的基本构建块之一，可以由七个特征来定义，这些特征促进其跨境和用户之间的信任。国家地图，神职人员和土地登记处（NMCAS）的研究人员和从业人员询问了欧洲地理，Eurosdr和Ku Leuven，他们认为使他们的地理空间数据权威。

通过确定共同的特征，目的是对权威数据的定义，性质，治理和未来以及欧洲空间数据质量的链接获得更好，更全面的理解。研究发现，商定的创建和使用规则，法律方面，问责制，质量管理，认证，可追溯性和维护都是反复出现的主题。

Cadastral task

报告代表欧洲NMCAS的秘书长兼执行校长Mick Cory表示：“我们的成员被公认为是国家地理空间信息的官方来源，虽然他们的数据通常被描述为权威性，但尚未完全清楚地说明如何完全清楚该术语在整个欧洲都应用和解释。”

"Official, authoritative data is important because it supports a range of legal, fiscal, security and other public administrative purposes. For example, cadastral authorities and land registries fulfil an essential role providing official, detailed, secure and reliable information on property rights and registration.”

“In many countries, the process is enshrined in law with a public body given authority for the cadastral task. This makes the data authoritative according to our research which defines it as: Data that is provided by a public body (or authority) which has an official mandate to provide it, that is based on a set of criteria to ensure known quality, and that is required to be used and reused by the public sector and society as a whole.”

科里先生继续说：“权威数据的重要性长期以来在国家一级得到认可，并在国际上得到了越来越多的认可，尤其是在解决联合国可持续发展目标方面。其他来源可以补充但不能取代已知质量和可靠性的官方数据。”

The governance of authoritative data

Co-author, Joep Crompvoets, KU Leuven and secretary-general ofEUROSDR, which is the European Spatial Data Research network linking NMCAs with research institutes and universities in Europe, added: “NMCAs told us that they valued being able to label their information as authoritative, not only because users give it greater credit but also because it helps secure government investment to ensure it is updated, supported and used by public services. They also underlined that there is a need for organizations within the public sector to take up a central role in the governance of authoritative data.”

“Our results demonstrate that there is a need for a systematic and harmonized approach towards authoritative data and that more effort should be put in making it available and recognizable by other public organizations as well as private actors.”

Thefull report可在欧洲地理网站上找到。