9. Appendix A - Summary of technical standards
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Standard for New Project |
Guidelines |
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Networks (TCP/IP) |
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Directory |
LDAP v3 (see Note 1) |
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Security |
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Mail Security |
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File Transfer |
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Primary Character Set |
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Metadata (Discovery) |
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Presentation |
PDF - Locked |
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Agreed schemas |
- Name/Address xNAL (see Note 2) |
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Text |
PDF - Locked |
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Transformation |
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File Compression |
. ZIP |
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Data Modelling |
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Internet Messaging |
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Database exchange |
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File Transfer (Database Connectivity) |
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Web Services (Description) |
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Modelling (structured data) |
DOM, SAX |
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Geospatial |
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Schemas |
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Registers |
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Structured data description |
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Web design and maintenance |
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Access |
S.E.E. PKI |
Note 1: 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.
Note 2: a New Zealand schema is being prepared.