Mandatory Government of Ontario Information Technology Standards, Guidelines, Policies and Procedures
1. Technical Standards
GO-ITS 20.1 Platform Software Standard V2.0. January 2009.
GO-ITS 24.0 Omnibus Web Services Standard Version 1.3. March 2009.
GO-ITS 24.1 Omnibus Information and Content Standard Version 1.0. January 2008
GO-ITS 24.2 Omnibus Technical Standard Version 3.0. January 2008.
Includes mandatory APIs, data formats and network communication protocols.
GO-ITS 51 Smart Meter Criteria - Advanced Metering Infrastructure V1.0. April 2007
2. Architecture Standards
GO-ITS 54 Application Development Standard: SDLC V1.0. April 2007
GO-ITS 56.0 Information Modeling Standards Version 1.1. August 2008
GO-ITS 56.0 Information Modeling Handbook (IMH) - Appendices Version 1.1. August 2008
GO-ITS 56.1 Defining Programs and Services in the OPS Version 1.2. May 2009
GO-ITS 56.1 Defining Programs and Services in the OPS - Appendix A Version 1.2. May 2009
GO-ITS 56.2 Case Management Reference Model Version 1.03. April 2009
GO-ITS 56.2 Case Management Reference Model - Appendix A Version 1.03. April 2009
3. Information Standards
GO-ITS 23.1 Government of Ontario Public Web Standard. Amended February 2006.
(Note: Replaces GO-ITS 01.01 and is renamed from Internet Public Access-Product Design)
GO-ITS 23.3 Internet Web Application Interface. August 2002.
GO-ITS 27.1 Information Standard for Address Specification using Government of Ontario CDE Schema Version 2.0. March 2004.
GO-ITS 27.1 Appendix A - Additional Information, Change Control and Related Documents. March 2004.
GO-ITS 29 Ontario Road Network - Data Standard for Road Geometry and Attributes. August 2003.
GO-ITS 29 Appendix A - Ontario Road Network - Logical Data Model with Data Dictionary. August 2003.
GO-ITS 29 Appendix B - Ontario Road Network - Physical Data Model. August 2003.
GO-ITS 29 Appendix C - Data Model Symbology Explanation. August 2003.
GO-ITS 43 Web Metadata. March 2005.
GO-ITS 45.1 North American Datum 1983 (NAD83). June 2005.
GO-ITS 45.2 National Transformation Version 2 (NTv2). June 2005.
GO-ITS 45.3 Ontario Specification for GPS Control Surveys. June 2005.
GO-ITS 46 Common Metadata Elements Standard (CMES) Version 1.0. December 2005.
GO-ITS 59 Single Business Number Version 1.0 June 2009
GO-ITS 70.00 Customer Index Files (CIFs) Registration of Individual Ministries. Amended July 1996.
GO-ITS 70.01 Customer Index Files (CIFs) Implementation Information. Amended July 1996.
GO-ITS 71.00 Business Registration Data Elements. Amended February 2001.
GO-ITS 71.01 Business Registration Interpretation Guidelines. Amended July 1996.
GO-ITS 72.00 Geospatial Metadata Version 2.0. Amended March 2008.
GO-ITS 74.00 - Date Format. Amended July 1997.
4. Information Technology Service Management (ITSM)
GO-ITS 35 OPS Enterprise Change Management V2.0. November 2007.
Reference Supplemental #2 for GO-ITS 35 - ECM Common Procedures Guide V1.0 March 25, 2008
GO-ITS 36 Configuration Management Portable Guide V1.1. April 2005.
GO-ITS 37 Incident Management V1.2. August 2007.
GO-ITS 38 ITSM Problem Management Portable Guide V1.1. April 2005.
GO-ITS 42 Operating Procedure for Patch Management Version 0.70a. December 2004
GO-ITS 44 ITSM Terminology Reference Model Portable Guide V1.0. April 2005.
GO-ITS 55 IT Service Desk Interaction Model V1.0. July 2007.
5. Networking Standards
GO-ITS 01.40 - ECN-Simple Mail Transport (SMTP) Electronic Mail V1.2. Amended September 2007.
GO-ITS 39.1 Wireless LAN Version 1.0. November 2005.
GO-ITS 80.00 - Wiring Topology for Government Buildings - Voice and Data Communications. Amended February 2001.
6. Security Standards
GO-ITS 25 General Security Requirements Version 1.1. April 2008
GO-ITS 25.1 Security Requirements for Routers and Switches Version 1.1. October 2008
GO-ITS 25.5 Security Requirements for Wireless Local Area Networks Version 1.9. October 2008
GO-ITS 25.6 Security Requirements for Firewalls Version 1.1. January 2009
GO-ITS 25.7 Security Requirements for Remote Access Services Version 2.1. October 2008
GO-ITS 25.8 Security Requirements for Servers Version 1.1. March 2009
GO-ITS 25.10 Security Standard - Requirements for Mobile Devices. April 2006.
GO-ITS 25.12 Security Requirements for the Use of Cryptography Version 1.1. October 2008
GO-ITS 25.13 Security Requirements for Internet Accessible Web Applications Version 1.1. October 2007
GO-ITS 25.15 Security Standard - Requirements for Password Management and Use Version 1.3. March 2009.
GO-ITS 25.18 Physical Security Requirements for Data Centres Version 1.0. May 2009
7. Enterprise Products
GO-ITS 01.10 Network Operating Systems and Desktop Operating Systems. Amended September 2000.
GO-ITS 30.00 Database Management Systems (DBMS). March 2000
GO-ITS 30.1 Enterprise-wide Case Management Product Standard Version 1.0. January 2009
GO-ITS 30.2 OPS Middleware Software for Java Platform Version 1.0. June 2009
GO-ITS 30.3 OPS Business Intelligence Software Version 1.0. June 2009
GO-ITS 30.4 OPS Video Conferencing End-Points Version 1.0 June 2009
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