State of Washington

Note: This example refers to specific information in the Cadastral Data Content Standard. If you are not yet familiar with the Standard, we recommend you first have a look at "Description of the Standard" in Section 2 , and the information contained in Section 4 .

In December, 1996, a workshop and scoping meeting was held in Olympia, Washington. One focus of the meeting was the development of a cadastral framework for the State of Washington.

An exercise was used to identify elements of the Cadastral Data Content Standard's logical model which organizations may need to use.

You can use this exercise to determine exactly which elements in the model will be used in your cadastral data base (and which elements will not).

Follow these steps:

Using the Directory of Entities and Attributes, link to the Agent entity.
Read the definition of the Agent entity.
Also refer to the entity-relationship diagram to get a visual idea of how the Agent entity relates to the rest of the entities in the Standard.
After reading the definition of the Agent entity, rate the entity according to the following criteria (do not rate the attributes, just the entity).

0 = never to be used
1 = seldom used, yearly
2 = occasionally used - monthly/quarterly
3 = frequently, used daily

After rating the Agent entity, go on to the rest of the entities and rate each of them according to the above criteria.
Conduct these ratings twice.

First rate the entities according to their use within your office.
Second rate the entities according to the degree you will be providing information about them to other offices or individuals.

This exercise helps you decide which elements of the Cadastral Data Content Standard logical model apply to your office's data uses.

Later, when its time to build or update your cadastral data base, you can conduct an inventory among people and offices related to your cadastral or land status project to find out who may already have data on the elements you will be using in your cadastral data base.

Use the links below to return to Section 5 which led to this example, or go to any other course Section or Module.

Links to the Course Sections and Modules: [Quick Reference] [Introduction] [Section 1: Purpose and Benefits of the Cadastral Data Content Standard] [Section 2: How the Standard Was Developed] [Section 3: Other Standards and Related Activities] [Section 4: Data Modeling Techniques, Rules and Diagram Conventions] [Section 5: Crosswalks, Translations, and Examples] [Section 6: Understanding Compliance with the Standard] [Section 7: Maintenance of the Standard] [Section 8: User and Technical Support] [County Recorder Module] [GIS Specialist Module] [Surveyor Module] [Glossary]

Learning the Cadastral Data Content Standard

Presented by the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, and

the Federal Geographic Data Committee Cadastral Subcommittee