NTLIS policies, standards and guidelines

An essential component of any spatial data infrastructure is a clear framework of policy, standards and guidelines for the management and use of spatial information.

The framework established in the Northern Territory was endorsed by government in 1999 and includes policies and associated guidelines as follows:

• data custodianship guidelines
• custodianship of corporate land information
• access to corporate land information
• information about data sets or metadata
• commercial supply of data
• data supply agreements
• copyright and intellectual property
• management of liability.