HI Landon, Sounds very interesting, especially Public Land Survey model. Did you think about using an UML editor for the job instead Inkscape?
INSPIRE Directive spatial data models http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/2/list/datamodels (I had the pleasure to participate in the development of the models for biodiversity themes) are written in UML using a commercial tool, but there are several free tools http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unified_Modeling_Language_tools The benefits of this UML editor approach is, that using certain tools you can translate the data model directly into the database structure or even to code. Best regards: RAf On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:14:21 -0700, Landon Blake wrote > I recently started work on a GIS for a small sewer district at my day > job. I'm currently using diagrams I created in Inkscape > (http://inkscape.org/) to illustrate the following elements of my GIS > data model: > > 1) Simple Feature Attributes > 2) Individual Feature Level Metadata > > When the data model documentation process is complete I hope to also > have diagrams for the additional elements of my GIS data model: > > 1) Topology Data > 2) Feature Relationships > 3) Feature Editing History > > The diagrams will be combined with a short written guide to document > the data model. I plan on sharing all of the data model, including > its design, the SVG and PDF files of the diagrams, and the written guide. > I'd like to release all of that under a Creative Commons License. If > I can find time, I'll tweak the diagrams to create templates that could > be easily applied to other data models. > > Is there any interest among other OSGeo members in these data model > documents and templates? If there is, I'd love to gather feedback > from interested parties. If there was enough interest, I'd like to talk > about hosting an open data model page similar to the one here: > > http://support.esri.com/en/downloads/datamodel > > I'd could commit to maintaining the data for the sewer data model, > and hope to add data models for the Public Land Survey System and Flood > Control Infrastructure before the end of the year. If there isn't > interest in doing that as part of OSGeo, I'll put up a set of GIS > data model pages here: > > http://www.ccvgpg.org/ > > Ultimately my goal is to encourage better documentation and sharing > of GIS data model design. Inkscape is a really wonderful vector graphics > program that makes it possible to do this in a beautiful way using > common templates. > > If there is any interest, I'll share what I've got so far, and will > move the conversation to the OSGeo standards mailing list. > > Thanks. > > Landon > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss DR. Rafal Wawer The Department of Soil Science Erosion Control and Land Protection The Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation - State Research institute ul. Czartoryskich 8 24-100 Puławy Poland _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
