NIEM 2.0 Release

NIEM 2.0 is a major release, published July 2007.

Resources

Highlights

NIEM changed its philosophy from 1.0 on NIEM Core and moved away from the idea that it could reflect what the community most often used in practice or could easily support. NIEM Core (nc) was consolidated from the Universal Core (U) and Common Core (c) namespaces in NIEM 1.0. It became the designated place for content that did not belong to a single authoritative source and should thus be managed collaboratively by the NIEM Business Architecture Committee, which includes representatives from all NIEM domains.

  • Merged Universal Core (u) and Common Core (c) into a single NIEM Core (nc) namespace
  • Included an ANSI NIST namespace to represent Biometrics data
  • Reviewed Core and moved a number of justice-specific components into the Justice domain
  • Performed additional harmonization work across the domains

See the NIEM 2.0 change log for a list of changes.

The following are the NIEM specifications that can be used with this release:

  • NIEM Naming and Design Rules, version 1.3 [published 2008]

    The NIEM Naming and Design Rules specifies the data model XML Schema components and XML data for use with the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM). Learn more...

  • NIEM Conformance Specification, version 1.0 [published 2008]

    The NIEM Conformance Specification introduces the idea of NIEM conformance and provides a general normative definition for its meaning, how it applies, and to what it does and does not apply. It describes the benefits of conformance, and refers to sources of information, tools, and help. Learn more...

Release Stats

The following are some basic statistics for the 2.0 release.

Details Group Prefix Name Properties Types Codes
Core 1,478 212 21
Core nc NIEM Core 1,478 212 21
Domain 2,499 672 4,292
Domain em Emergency Management 169 37 10
Domain im Immigration 325 68 186
Domain intel Intelligence 72 22
Domain ip Infrastructure Protection 22 8
Domain it International Trade 114 16
Domain j Justice 1,236 158 31
Domain scr Screening 487 297 4,065
Adapter 2 2
Adapter edxl-cap EDXL Common Alerting Protocol 1 1
Adapter edxl-de EDXL Distribution Element 1 1
Adapter geo Geospatial 74 66
Code Set 253 677 38,280
Code Set ansi_d20 Data Dictionary for Traffic Record Systems (ANSI D20) codes 70 670
Code Set ansi-nist ANSI NIST fingerprint and biometrics 253 137 406
Code Set apco Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) codes 6 9
Code Set atf Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) codes 8 98
Code Set can Canada Post codes 2 13
Code Set census US Census Bureau employment codes 4 545
Code Set dea Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Controlled Substances codes 2 51
Code Set dod_jcs-pub2.0 DoD Joint Publication 2.0 (JP 2-0) - Joint Intelligence codes 2 7
Code Set edxl Emergency Data Exchange Language 4 24
Code Set fbi FBI NCIC, NIBRS, and N-DEx codes 172 18,394
Code Set fips_10-4 Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 10-4 country and international state codes 4 4,437
Code Set fips_5-2 Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 5-2 US state codes 4 129
Code Set fips_6-4 Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 6-4 US county codes 2 355
Code Set have EDXL Hospital AVailability Exchange (HAVE) 24 43
Code Set hazmat DOT Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) codes 2 2,380
Code Set iso_3166 ISO 3166 country and subdivision codes 6 732
Code Set iso_4217 ISO 4217 currency codes 2 201
Code Set iso_639-3 ISO 639-3 language codes 2 7,589
Code Set itis Integrated Transportation Information System (ITIS) codes 4 27
Code Set lasd Los Angeles Sheriffs Department (LASD) codes 4 458
Code Set mmucc_2 Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) codes 154 683
Code Set mn_off Minnesota statute and offense codes 6 352
Code Set nga National Geospatial Agency (NGA) codes 2 217
Code Set nlets The International Justice and Public Safety Information Sharing Network (NLETS) codes 6 20
Code Set nonauth Non-authoritative codes 10 29
Code Set sar Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) codes 6 52
Code Set twpdes Terrorist Watchlist Person Data Exchange Standard (TWPDES) codes 10 63
Code Set ucr FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) codes 2 57
Code Set unece United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Recommendation 20 (UN/CEFACT) measure codes 8 68
Code Set usps U.S. Postal Service (USPS) codes 2 62
Code Set ut_offender Utah Offender Tracking Database codes 10 109
Total 4,232 1,563 42,593