The GCIS Resource Conventions
To better provide authoritative, accessible, usable, and timely information, GCIS resources need to be traceable and transparent to align with federal standards and practices. There are several resource types in the GCIS, each with an associated field, provenance and relationship convention. These conventions could be “default”, or “resource-specific”.
General Conventions for all GCIS Resources
Resource Specific Conventions
The conventions, together with the use case associated with each GCIS resource type, is discussed below.