Mandatory Government of Ontario Information Technology Standards, Guidelines, Policies and Procedures
1. Technical Standards
GO-ITS 20.1 Platform Software Standard V1.0. May 2007
GO-ITS 20.1 Platform Software Standard V1.0 - Appendix A. May 2007
GO-ITS 24.0 Omnibus Web Services Standard Version 1.0. January 2008.
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 1.0. February 2008.
GO-ITS 56.0 Information Modeling Handbook (IMH) - Appendices Version 4.0. February 2008.
GO-ITS 56.1 Defining Programs and Services in the OPS Version 1.0. February 2008.
GO-ITS 56.1 Defining Programs and Services in the OPS Version 1.0 - Appendix A. February 2008
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 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.
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 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 25.1 Security Standard - Routers. January 2003.
GO-ITS 25.5 Security Standard - Requirements for Wireless Local Area Networks - IEEE 802.11. June 2005.
GO-ITS 25.6 Security Standard - Firewalls. January 2003.
GO-ITS 25.7 Security Standard - Requirements for Remote Access Services (RAS). April 2006.
GO-ITS 25.8 Security Standard - Servers. January 2003.
GO-ITS 25.10 Security Standard - Requirements for Mobile Devices. April 2006.
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. October 2007.
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
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