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USGIN FOUNDATION INC

Tucson, AZ · EIN 464569299 · Form 990EZ · FY2020 · NTEE B99 · Education · Micro (<$100K) · usgin.github.io
revenue
$31K
expenses
$29K
net assets
$55K
employees
—
mission · from form 990

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profile · synthesized from sources

USGIN (U.S. Geoscience Information Network) develops and promotes standards and protocols for geoscience information resources. It focuses on using ISO metadata specifications to enable interoperability of catalog services, allowing for the discovery, evaluation, and utilization of geoscience data and services by geoscientists and client applications.

named programs · 1 · from sources

what they call their work

USGIN Metadata Profile
Provides recommended practices for using ISO19139 XML encoding of ISO 19115 and ISO 19119 metadata to describe geoscience resources, enabling interoperability of catalog service clients.
activities · 1 cluster

what they do

  • Geoscience Data Interoperability Standards 11 activities
    • Developing and publishing USGIN URI policies and schemes
      Develops and publishes policies and schemes for dereferenceable HTTP URIs to ensure interoperable web services within the U.S. Geoscience Information Network, including the USGIN URI Policies document (version 1.1) and the USGIN URI scheme (version 1.1).
    • Developing and recommending metadata standards for geoscience resources
      Develops and recommends metadata content models and specifications, such as the USGIN ISO metadata profile (version 1.2) and the USGIN metadata content recommendation specification, to promote interoperable metadata records for a federated resource catalog system, currently used for the National Geothermal Data System.
    • Development of URI standards for geoscience resources
      Developed and maintained the USGIN URI scheme, including version 1.1, to enable minting of dereferenceable HTTP URIs for interoperable web services in the U.S. Geoscience Information Network.
    • Development of metadata models and profiles
      Designed and refined metadata content models aligned with ISO standards (ISO19139, ISO19115, ISO19119), including a metadata content recommendation specification and a generic metadata model to support interoperable documentation of geospatial and scientific resources.
    • Formal modeling of information and vocabulary registries
      Developed a formal model for representing information objects (e.g., DataObject) and a UML model for vocabulary and information registries, synthesizing standards such as ISO19110, ISO11179, OGC10-090r3, and RDA registry prototypes to support Earth Science interoperability.
    • Guidance and capacity building for metadata implementation
      Provides practical guidance to reduce the complexity of ISO metadata specifications and supports application developers in using ISO19139 XML encoding to enable automated discovery, evaluation, and utilization of geoscience resources through interoperable catalog systems.
    • Providing guidance for metadata implementation
      Provides guidance on using the ISO19139 XML schema to encode metadata for geoscience resources, enabling application developers to create software clients for automated discovery, evaluation, and utilization workflows.
    • Publication and maintenance of USGIN specifications
      Released and updated key USGIN technical documents, including version 1.1 of the USGIN URI Policies and version 1.2 of the USGIN ISO metadata profile, and converted these specifications for public HTML publication on USGINspecs Github.io.
    • Publication of technical white papers on web interoperability
      Authored and published white papers discussing machine-actionable web links and implementation practices to advance interoperability in Earth Science data systems.
    • Researching and modeling information objects and vocabularies
      Conducts research to develop models for the formal representation of information objects, including a generic metadata model aligned with the ISO19nnn suite, a UML model for vocabulary and information registry, and a white paper on machine-actionable links, synthesizing existing models like ISO19110 and ISO11179.
    • Support for national geoscience data systems
      USGIN metadata recommendations are implemented in the National Geothermal Data System, contributing to federated data interoperability across geoscience domains.
financials · form 990EZ · fy2020

the money

revenue
Total revenue$31K
Contributions & grants——
Program service revenue$31K100%
Investment income——
Other revenue—
expenses
Total expenses$29K
Program expenses—
Admin / overhead—
Fundraising—
Salaries & benefits$28K
Grants paid out—
balance sheet
Total assets$55K
Cash—
Investments—
Liabilities—
Net assets$55K
1 years on record · 2020–2020
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2020

who runs it

paid leadership · 1
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
STEPHEN RICHARD PRES AND TREASURER 12 $28K
board members · 1
  • ROSS PHILO — DIRECTOR
relationships · 20

who they work with

  • ANZLIC Partner — Acknowledged for contributing to or inspiring the development of the guidelines.
  • Arizona Geological Survey Funder — Publisher of the document and recipient of funding for the USGIN project.
  • Arizona Geological Survey Partner — Publisher of the "Metadata Content Recommendations for Geoscience Resources" document and employer of USGIN Specifications Drafting Team members.
  • Arizona Geological Survey Partner — Publisher of the USGIN URI Policies document.
  • Association of American State Geologists Partner — Arizona Geological Survey acted on behalf of this association for NSF funding.
  • Boise State University Partner — Members of the NGDS Development Team are from Boise State University.
  • Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Partner — Involved in data and service casting schemes, which are considering use of various hypermedia formats.
  • Energistics Partner — Involved in the energy industry ISO19115-1 metadata profile, which is considering use of various hypermedia formats.
  • INSPIRE Partner — Acknowledged for contributing to or inspiring the development of the guidelines.
  • MEDIN Partner — Acknowledged for contributing to or inspiring the development of the guidelines.
  • NAP Partner — Acknowledged for contributing to or inspiring the development of the guidelines.
  • NOAA Partner — Acknowledged for contributing to or inspiring the development of the guidelines.
  • National Science Foundation Funder — Provided funding under EAR-0753154 to the Arizona Geological Survey on behalf of the Association of American State Geologists in 2009.
  • National Science Foundation Funder — Provided funding under EAR-0753154 to the Arizona Geological Survey.
  • Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Partner — A member of the NGDS Development Team is from the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.
  • Open Geospatial Consortium Partner — Involved in the OWS context Standards Working Group, which is considering use of various hypermedia formats.
  • RDA Partner — Collaborated on a DataType registry discussion at RDA plenary 7.
  • RDA Partner — Utilized the RDA data Type registry prototype (WG output, March 2015) as an input for their model.
  • U.S. Department of Energy Funder — Provided funding under award DE-EE0001120 to Boise State University and DE-EE1002850 to the Arizona Geological Survey.
  • USGS Community for Data Integration Web Application Integration Framework group Partner — Involved in the Web Application Integration Framework group, which is considering use of various hypermedia formats.