Desired SPG Standards Criteria

Characteristics of desired proposed standards:

 * Strong community leadership to support and use standard

 * Potential for impact

 * Potential for approval

 * Simple standard is better

 * Potential for spillover to other communities

What types of standards?

 * Two "flavors"

     * Standard - Documents Operational Use

     * Tech. Note - Builds community awareness

 * Describe science content (e.g. Content standard for a level-2 precipitation product)

 * Describe interface (e.g. Data Access Protocol, Web Map Server)

 * Describe metadata (e.g. DIF, ECHO)

 * Describe File Format (e.g. HDF, GeoTIFF)

Soliciting Community Standards

 * Propose community practice or convention in science content, interface, metadata, or other to be a standard or tech. note

 * For a Standard:

     * Identify at least two implementations

     * Demonstrate benefits of operation using the practice

 * For a Tech. Note:

     * Identify current use

     * Show potential benefit of broader acceptance

 * PROVIDE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP


Community Leader Responsibilities

 * Identify someone in their community who will document the proposed Standard or Tech. Note as a Request For Comment (RFC) according to SPG guidelines

 * Work with the community to get an extended review of the proposed standard

 * After approval of proposed standard, the leader will work with the community to implement the standard or practice and broaden operational use.