9 Appendix A - summary of technical standards

Component

Standard for New Project

Guidelines

Networks (TCP/IP)

TCP

IP

IPv6

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Directory

LDAP v3 [ Current systems in government are often constrained to using LDAP v2. New projects using the e-GIF will be required to use LDAP v3 and ensure backwards compatibility with v2.]

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Security

GCSB NZSIT's

GCSB SIGD

SSL v3

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Mail Security

SEE MAIL

SEE PKI

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File Transfer

FTP

-

HTTP

HTTP 1.1

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Primary Character Set

UTF - 8 bit encoded

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Security

GCSB NZSIT's, GCSB SIGD, S.E.E.

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Metadata (Discovery)

NZGLS 2.0

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Thesaurus

NZGLS 2.0

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Presentation

GIF 89a, JPG - Open

PDF - Locked

PNG, SVG

Agreed schemas

Spatial (GML, WMS, WFS)

Name/Address XnAL

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Text

XML, HTML 4.01 - Open

PDF - Locked

-

Transformation

XSL

-

File Compression

. ZIP

-

Data Modelling

UML

XMI

Internet Messaging

MIME, S/MIME

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Database exchange

XML 1.0

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File Transfer (Database Connectivity)

HTTP 1.1, FTP

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Web Services (Description)

SOAP 1.2, WSDL 1.1

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Modelling (structured data)

-

DOM, SAX

Schemas

W3C schemas, XML 1.0

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Registers

EbXML, UDDI

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Structured data description

RDF, DTD

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Web design and maintenance

NZ Government Web Guidelines 1.0

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Web construction

HTML 4.01

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Accessibility testing

Access Technology

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