Government digital standards catalogue
Formerly known as the Government Enterprise Architecture for NZ (GEA-NZ) standards reference, the government digital standards is a catalogue of digital standards and related guidance that can be used by NZ government agencies.
The catalogue supports a responsive and inclusive approach to standards across NZ government agencies and includes a range of international, national and government standards.
About digital standards
The term digital refers not only to information technology. Successful digital outcomes are dependent on more than just technology, so the catalogue includes a broad range of subjects using the 4 GEA-NZ reference taxonomies.
These taxonomies have categories for:
- business
- data and information
- applications and software services
- infrastructure.
The government digital standards catalogue aims to improve government systems and digital services for New Zealanders by helping people understand digital standards and how to meet them.
Benefits
- Understand and learn how to meet digital standards across a broad range of business and technology categories.
- Access guidance and standards developed in NZ and internationally.
- Integrate services and enable information sharing across the public sector to provide more effective services to New Zealanders.
- Transform government systems and improve digital services for New Zealanders.
Detailed advice
The government digital standards catalogue is available on data.govt.nz.
Government digital standards catalogue — data.govt.nz
Other standards resources
- Standards New Zealand – a business unit within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, which specialises in managing the development of standards. They also publish and sell NZ, joint Australia-NZ, and international standards..
- Stats NZ: Standards and classifications – information about the standards and classifications Stats NZ use and maintain, news about reviews, and tools to help classify and code responses
- Mandated data standards – Mandated data standards establish a consistent way for collecting, formatting, recording, and/or storing information. Mandated data standards must be used by Public Service Departments and Departmental Agencies when collecting and sharing data on a particular topic. The Government Chief Data Steward (GCDS) has the power to make standards mandatory.
- Health Information Standards Organisation (HISO) – supports and promotes the development and adoption of fit-for-purpose health information standards for the NZ health system.
In this section
- Digital standards principles – definitions of the 8 principles that guide the standards in the digital standards catalogue.
- Digital standards catalogue status – descriptions of the status values and when to apply these to the standards.
- Managing changes to the digital standards catalogue – the 3 steps for managing the digital standards in the catalogue.
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